I had the opportunity to work from home today. I have to admit I was a bit tempted to jump into many of the house projects that were lurking in the background … but I resisted. I realized my new work laptop doesn’t even have a modem. So, to add insult to injury, I set up a shared Internet connection over dial-up. It may soon be faster to hand-carry packets back and forth.

Lack of competition within the Irish marketplace is an issue, specifically within industries like telecom. I am experiencing firsthand what it is like as a consumer to be waiting on Eircom who has little motivation to speed along my satellite broadband order.