TELECOM-CITIES Digest for Monday, November 04, 2002.

1. Net protests mount in Ireland

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Subject: Net protests mount in Ireland From: Berquist@uts.cc.utexas.edu Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 16:00:10 -0600 (CST) X-Message-Number: 1

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Monday, 4 November, 2002, 09:27 GMT Net protests mount in Ireland

By Jane Wakefield BBC News Online technology staff

Consumers are fed up with paying per minute for net services in Ireland and urgent action needs to be taken if the so-called Celtic Tiger is to stay competitive, say critics.

Both IrelandOffline, a campaign group lobbying for unmetered net access, and telecom operators desperate to introduce new services to their customers, want to see radical changes soon.

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