Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland
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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 |
| Key People | |
| Paul Durrant, General Manager | |
ISPAI (Internet Service Providers of Ireland) is a not for profit company composed of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and it serves the interests of its members by providing a unified voice for the Irish ISPs within the national, European Union and International level. ISPAI is funded via cost sharing by the organizations members. ISPAI was established on January 1998.[1]
Mission
Based on the company's mission statement, ISPAI aims to achieved the following:[2]
- 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.[3] 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.[4]