The decision on TE's False Flat Rate will not be published until the end of the month according to the ODTR. TE is waiting to hear from the ODTR on whether it can implement the 100 hours for £30 deal for internet users. A decision had been expected at the end of February but the increase in wonder fluff stories about TE's new ventures made it obvious that attention was being distracted from the non-appearance of the decision. The ODTR would not comment on what was causing the delay however there are hand-off issues to be resolved first.

The move to real flat rate access for the Irish internet users will probably not happen until there is real competition inthe Irish telecoms market. The dominant position of Telecom Eireann allows them to exploit the customer. While the market was partially deregulated last year, the last mile or local loop aspect is still controlled by TE. That means that a TE phoneline has to be rented in order to gain access to any of the other telecos' services. Though the ISPs operating in Ireland are loathe to give any hard data on their user numbers, it is believed that TInet is the smallest operator of the three and would benefit from anything that would cause an influx of new users.