Ryan on broadband, Eircom, MANs

Spent 45 minutes with Eamon Ryan in his office yesterday (interview to appear in Sunday's paper). He said the state was committed to "ubiquitous" broadband, even if it had to be permanently subsidised. He said a few other interesting things, including thoughts on "leapfrogging" certain unscheduled towns and areas into phase 2 of the MANs.