Rural areas north of Cork city have now been connected to high-speed fibre broadband, with National Broadband Ireland’s (NBI) connection of premises between Blarney and Watergrasshill meaning that 1,705 homes and businesses can now benefit.
The announcement comes as NBI, the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, has announced that 62,700 homes, farms and businesses in county Cork can place an order for high-speed broadband today. The most recent catchment area includes the rural surrounds of Whitechurch and Carrignavar.
20,600 connections have been made to date and works have already been completed in rural areas elsewhere across the county including Carrigaline, Midleton and Templemartin.
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NBI’s fibre rollout under the NBP is delivering broadband infrastructure to what is known as the State’s Intervention Area, which includes the most remote and rural parts of Ireland where commercial operators have no plans to deliver high-speed broadband. The Intervention Area currently includes 83,000 premises in Cork which will see NBI deliver minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second to homes, businesses, farms, and schools across the county. As the biggest investment in rural Ireland since rural electrification, Co Cork will receive €314m of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.
As a wholesale network operator, NBI does not sell fibre broadband directly to end users, rather it enables services from a range of broadband providers or Retail Service Providers (RSPs). As a wholesale provider, NBI will make the new Fibre-to-the-Home network available to all RSPs operating in the Intervention Area.
National Broadband Ireland is encouraging all Cork residents to visit nbi.ie and check their Eircode to see if they’re ready to connect and find out more about placing an order.
