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All three Mitchelstown secondary schools are set to receive fibre broadband delivered by open access network provider enet.

By Lisa O’Donnell

All three Mitchelstown secondary schools are set to receive fibre broadband delivered by open access network provider enet.

The announcement comes following the news that enet have won a significant new contract from HEAnet to supply a number of secondary schools throughout Ireland with 100Mbs broadband.

This new contract will bring to 33 the number of schools in Cork city and County that will benefit from superfast broadband delivered through the Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) operated by enet.

Under the terms of this deal, the MAN power will transform the broadband connectivity of these Mitchelstown schools, and therefore enhance their educational experience.

Ronan Byrne, CTO of HEAnet, said that this stronger broadband connection will allow online facilities to have a greater presence in the classroom, benefiting students’ education.

“The advent of 100Mbs connectivity at post-primary schools represents a quantum leap in network connectivity for these schools and allows web-based resources to be incorporated in classroom teaching in a far more effective and efficient manner,” he said.

This deal will also offer students a more varied form of education.

“Case studies carried out on existing 100Mbs enabled schools have shown that the broadband facilitates a wide range of experiential learning,” said enet CEO, Conal Henry. “Students can now take a virtual tour of a museum to study a famous painting; they can chat and follow-up online with teachers.”

“Going forward, the wider use of technology will also ensure that students in smaller or more remote schools will no longer be disadvantaged in relation to the subject choice,” he concluded.

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