VoIP firms hit out at slow broadband rollout
The adoption of VoIP as a viable business tool is being hindered by the slow rollout of broadband, according to senior executives in two Irish companies providing VoIP services. VoIP technology has the potential to facilitate worker mobility and effective telecommuting but these benefits are dependent on a suitable broadband structure with sufficient bandwidth to carry it, they claim.
“In Ireland VoIP is really only available to the corporate customer because they’re the only ones who can afford the bandwidth or the dedicated lines to use it. The SME is at a serious disadvantage because of the cost of broadband, the scarcity of broadband and the quality of broadband,” Feargal Brady, CEO of Blueface, told siliconrepublic.com.
“It's the beginning of a catastrophe,” he added. “You need a leased line of some sort or you won’t be able to use it.” He added that trying to get bandwidth in Ireland is “like trying to get water in the desert” and that this presented a major obstacle to Ireland’s competitiveness.
“In Ireland VoIP is really only available to the corporate customer because they’re the only ones who can afford the bandwidth or the dedicated lines to use it. The SME is at a serious disadvantage because of the cost of broadband, the scarcity of broadband and the quality of broadband,” Feargal Brady, CEO of Blueface, told siliconrepublic.com.
“It's the beginning of a catastrophe,” he added. “You need a leased line of some sort or you won’t be able to use it.” He added that trying to get bandwidth in Ireland is “like trying to get water in the desert” and that this presented a major obstacle to Ireland’s competitiveness.
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