Hi Alec,

I'm not talking about regular coverage but data coverage. The only data device I have at the moment is a 3G data modem and I'm not at all impressed with the coverage outside of Dublin. The days when mobile phones stop working when you head away from major towns are long gone but good 3G coverage is far from ubiquitous. I know the iPhone uses Edge but I'd be shocked if out edge networks were better than our 3G networks.

As for decentralisation, we don't have it in this country. What decentralisation actually means is taking power away from central government and giving it to local governments. Our government is NOT proposing to do this, it's just playing musical chairs with civil servants and pretending that's decentralisation. It's also being done in a retarded way. One of the marine based offices is moving to Cavan of all places, a totally land-locked county!

Anyhow, to get back to my point, our nationwide data coverage sucks so most people won't hit the 1G limit because they won't be able to unless they live in a large urban centre.

Bart.