Sligo receive €59 million under the National Broadband Plan
National Broadband Ireland has confirmed that the first premises in the Sligo Deployment Area have been successfully connected. Up to 15,000 premises in County Sligo are included in the State’s Intervention Area, which will see NBI deliver minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second to homes, businesses, farms and…
First Sligo connections under National Broadband Ireland
The first 2,100 premises in Co. Sligo can now order or preorder high speed broadband under the National Broadband Plan. National Broadband Ireland does not supply internet themselves, instead, they lay the required infrastructure for Internet Service Providers to deliver speeds of up to 500 megabits per second. Sligo Fianna…
Missed Broadband deadlines are further blows for rural Ireland.
The fact that the National Broadband Plan is set to miss its revised target of 60,000 homes by the end of the year has been described as another major blow for rural Ireland. The Government has confirmed that just 35,000 homes will be passed by the end of…
Parts of the north west will not have high speed broadband until 2026
A Leitrim Councillor is calling for the rollout process of the National Broadband Plan to be examined as a matter of urgency. It’s emerged that broadband roll-out by National Broadband Ireland will only be able to provide fibre broadband to around 50% of the homes which were due to…
Local dismay expressed with failure to deliver high speed broadband
A Sligo Councillor says it’s not good enough the target for delivering high speed broadband to rural homes and businesses this year will not be met. National Broadband Ireland, which is in charge of the rollout, has cut its target for this year in half, as only 4,000 customers…
Ryan requested to provide update on Donegal Broadband
The Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications. Eamon Ryan has been called on to provide an update on the timeline for the roll out of the National Broadband plan for Donegal. Concerns over inadequate have come to the fore during the Covid-19 pandemic with sizeable number of people working…
A five year wait for high speed broadband
North West residents that are living with inadequate broadband may have a little longer to wait before all parts of Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim are able to avail of high speed connections. National Broadband Ireland is currently working on connecting 16,000 premises nationwide. The company is expected to…