We are below average.
Ireland has got a pretty fraught relationship with Broadband, and the EU’s latest Digital Economy and Society Index has confirmed that we are way behind when compared to the other countries in the EU.
While 96% of Irish households are ‘covered’ by fixed broadband, this is both below the EU average of 97% and misleading. Only 65% of Irish households actually take-up this broadband, which lands us in 20th place of 28 EU countries for broadband take-up.
However, Ireland performs rather well when it comes to mobile broadband coverage, ranking 6th in all of the EU.
Clearly we’re all glued to our phones, but at least we aren’t glued to our laptops.
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