Galway Bay fm newsroom - A lack of competition in the broadband market could leave people in rural Galway with very expensive internet or none at all.
According to Galway-Roscommon TD Michael Fitzmaurice SIRO has dropped out of bidding for the National Broadband Plan due to a monopoly on broadband infrastructure.
In addition the Independent TD says it has been reported that the Broadband Plan could end up costing half a billion euro more than expected.
Deputy Fitzmaurice says that the government should own the infrastructure for Ireland's broadband service itself.
