Ireland:Minister Gormley announces Government decision to end electronic voting and counting project
Die irische Regierung hat entschieden, auf die Einführung der elektronischen Stimmabgabe bei Wahlen zu verzichten, gab das Ministerium für Umwelt und Regierungsangelegenheiten bekannt. Als Grund wurden die zu erwartenden hohen Kosten genannt.
The organisers of the awards said that the recession should be used by Government departments as an opportunity to look at ways of driving savings with in their own organisations.
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Eircom spokesman Paul Bradley told the Oireachtas Communications Committee that even when the local exchange is upgraded to handle broadband, after 5km the signal becomes so weak that a modem will not connect. He said it was a limitation of the technology.
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Ireland currently has over 1.2 million subscribers to broadband, according to the government of Ireland, which provides a detailed map of broadband availability by location, by company and by speed.
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