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Wed 04 Apr 2007Report criticises Coalition's record on broadbandThe Government's record on broadband rollout is "unsustainable" and needs to be addressed as a matter of the "gravest urgency", according to an Oireachtas committee report to be published today.Legislation establishing the communications regulator ComReg is "deficient" and "without bite" and needs increased powers to ensure the "properly managed regulatory environment" to facilitate broadband supply, the report says.