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Build works for new National Broadband Ireland (NBI) network underway in Dundalk Reporter: Patrick.flaherty@iconicnews.ie Over 2,770  premises have been surveyed to date around Dundalk as part of the rolling out of broadband under the government's National Broadband Development Plan ');  '); National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) today announced that build works in Dundalk, Co. Louth are well underway. In Dundalk, over 2,770  premises have been surveyed to date with ne...

Surveying for National Broadband Plan continues across Offaly Reporter: ');  '); National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) has announced that surveying works in several areas of Offaly are well underway. NBI contractors have been on the ground across the country for thirteen months and over 191,000 premises nationwide have been surveyed to date. This involves physically walking the routes and documenting images, notes and measurements of the poles, cables and underground ducts i...

Surveying for the National Broadband plan has begun this week in the Comeragh area of Waterford. There are 15,000 premises in the Intervention Area (IA) in the county, which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools, which is around 24% of all premises in Waterford. Jack Doyle, the local authority’s broadband officer, has been updating Waterford councillors on the rollout at council meetings this month. He said the target for this year is to connect around 5,500 premises. The surveying of the city area is now complete, and in April it’s expected the build phase will start, ...

Mr Ryan’s comments may give hope to the new segment of Irish people left out of high speed rollouts but deemed to have services that aren’t bad enough for state intervention through the National Broadband Plan. At present, households that can receive a 30 megabits (Mbs) broadband service do not qualify for inclusion in the NBP. This 30Mbs cutoff line is based on previous EU guidance about what constitutes ‘high speed’. However, the EU is now revising that minimum target up to 100Mbs, with 30Mbs no longer deemed adequate for modern requirements. There are approximately 100,000 homes in...

Business Editor The head of the company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Plan (NBP) has said it is looking at opportunities to accelerate the seven-year building programme. But the chief executive of National Broadband Ireland, Peter Hendrick, indicated that getting sufficient skills could be a difficulty. "In doing so, there are some challenges ahead in terms of getting people into the country, resources, training-up," he said. "There are lots of students and graduates, getting them trained under apprenticeships. Many of our industry partners have started that process and i...