Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland
ISPai (Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland) is a not for profit corporation limited by guarantee, composed of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The organization serves the interests of its members by providing a unified voice for the Irish ISPs within the national, continental, and international level. ISPai is funded via cost sharing by the organizations members. It was established in January, 1998.[1]
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| Type: | Not-for-profit |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 1998 |
| Headquarters: | Unit 24 Sandyford Office Park
Dublin 18 |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Website: | www.ispai.com |
| LinkedIn: | ISPAI |
| Key People | |
| Paul Durrant, General Manager | |
The organization is a member of the pan-European association of the Internet services providers, EuroISPA, which represents more than 1800 ISPs within the European and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries.[2]
Mission
Based on the association's mission statement, ISPai aims to achieve the following:[3]
- Promote accurate and unbiased media coverage of the Internet Service Providers and Users.
- Provide a focal point for discussion with political groups and others likely to impact the industry.
- Establish a Code of Practice for service providers.
- Establish accepted standards of service and a uniform code of practice acceptable to members.
- Sponsor research into trends likely to affect Internet Service Providers.
- Communicate to members, issues and developments relevant to the industry, and to foster communications between members.
- Foster the industry's image.
- Encourage an open and competitive environment, and to resist anti-competitive policies and practices.
- Address any technical issues of specific relevance to the Irish Internet Community.
- Foster co-operation with related organisations worldwide.
Hotline.ie Service
ISPai operates Hotline.ie Service which serves as an avenue for the Irish community to report any illegal content they encounter on the Internet such as child pornography in a secure and confidential manner.[4] The hotline was created on November 1999 and receives partial funding from the European Commission's Safer Internet Programme, which aims to empower and protect children and young people from harmful online contents and increase awareness and initiatives to combat illegal activities on the internet.[5]
Membership
The members of ISPai are companies providing internet access, e-mail and hosting services to different entities or individual internet users within the Ireland.Members of ISPAI include:[6]
- eir.net
- Vodafone
- Irish Domain
- Ripple Communications Ltd.
- Protocol Internet Technology
- BT Ireland
- HEAnet Limited
- Imagine! Irish Broadband
- Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd.
- MyHost.ie
- 02
- Verizon Ireland Ltd.
- Google Ireland Ltd.
- UTV Internet
- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.
- Strencom
- Satellite Broadband Ireland
ISPai Issues
ISPai is actively involved on issues related to the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers,eCommerce Development in Europe and Ireland, Illegal and Harmful Uses of the Internet,Copyright issues on the Internet, Unsolicited e-mail spamming,Industry Code of Practice, Domain Name Service Organization (DNSO), Child Protection Online and many other internet related activities.[7]