With regard to the use of technology in order to continue to educate students during covid 19 restrictions, according to a news report 53% of teachers in one locality said they are being hampered by a bad internet connection in their home. For those having problems, as called Fibre broadband is advertised as a connection that won’t play up. It uses fibre optic cables of the sort used for tv’s and telephones rather than other means such as a satellite dish or so called ASDL, asymmetric digital subscriber line which uses an existing telephone line. In Ireland, sky, virgin media, vodafone, digiweb, pure telecom and others are believed to offer broadband, which has to be a multi-billion dollar industry and might be something of a monopoly.
Rural areas have been promised a reliable internet connection for some years but by all accounts are still waiting. Satelite broadband is believed to be excellent by some users and may be the best option for rural areas, as a satellite dish can be fixed anywhere. Propaganda is to wait for as called new, super-fast fibre broadband when a satellite dish does the same.