Comments on: Emergency Budget 2009 – What does it mean for tech?

By: Poly: Polyblog: Web and Multimedia Design studio agency in Dublin, Ireland

Poly: Polyblog: Web and Multimedia Design studio agency in Dublin, Ireland — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:44:58 +0000

[...] got christened on Twitter), things are looking particularly grim. Alexia Golez has great first reactions here and Damien Mulley eloquently handled it in his bludget post. There weren’t any [...]

By: Gareth Stenson

Gareth Stenson — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:50:45 +0000

In fairness ridding the banks of the toxic assets should help funding for SMEs.

I wonder how “smart” the economy will actually be when they eventually bring back in college fees .. bye bye working class thrid level students

By: Little Links - Wednesday April 8th 2009 | Joe Scanlon

Little Links - Wednesday April 8th 2009 | Joe Scanlon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:01:11 +0000

[...] Emergency Budget 2009 From Alexia. [...]

By: Mick

Mick — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:40:41 +0000

In general i try and keep away from the politics as I think its generally the people in any democracy that eventually make a difference. For this to happen however the government of the day have to put in place a general framework that allows things to develop naturally.

An obvious area in the modern world is a communications infrastructure. What’s really frustrating is that IT IS SO OBVIOUS!!

So, for the next few years we’re going to have to fudget because of the bludget.

I’ll be off politics by the morning as i reckon you’d find more inspiration under a stone!

By: The bludget « Damien Mulley

The bludget « Damien Mulley — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:59:10 +0000

[...] asked by a journalist about my take on the budget in regards to technology which I include below. Alexia’s post on it is clearer and better than mine though. Have a look. And bludget? Well that’s what the good [...]

By: Christian Hughes

Christian Hughes — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:36:40 +0000

Fantastic article Alexia. Your points on broadband are spot on. The broadband situation sickens me. I had a meeting today with a Media Auditor and was told that broadband penetration is at 66% and will rise to 85% by the end of the year. I asked how and was told that the National Broadband Scheme will make broadband accessible to the whole country within 3 years.

I actually laughed.

I proceeded to explain the VERY BIG difference between dongles and broadband.

It made me sick. Then I saw the news on the Oz plans. I actually got sick a little.

How is the government so short-sighted and unaware of the necessity for a top rate broadband infrastructure. How?