High-speed broadband continues to roll out

National Broadband Ireland, the company delivering the new future-proofed, highspeed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the Government, has said that almost 1,500 Kilkenny properties in its Carrick-on-Suir deployment area will be able to connect to its high-speed bre broadband network at the end of autumn.

e area also includes the rural areas and townlands surrounding Pilltown, Fiddown and Killamery.

A total of 19,000 premises in Co Kilkenny 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 schools. As the biggest investment in rural Ireland since rural electri cation, Co Kilkenny will receive €72M of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.

Construction works are underway to connect 1,456 homes, farms and businesses in the Carrick-on-Suir deployment area and broadband on NBI’s high-speed network is expected to be available between October and December later this year. National Broadband Ireland is calling on people living near Carrick-on-Suir to visit nbi.ie/ eoi to sign up for noti cations on when they will be able be able to join the network. Works have already been completed in other parts of Kilkenny and there are a total of 9,770 premises that are available to pre-order or order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county with 2,810 connections made so far. National Broadband Ireland is calling on people to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect. e Carrick-On-Suir deployment area is comprised of 4,860 homes, businesses, farms and schools across counties Kilkenny, Tipperary, and Waterford. e area will see an investment of approximately €19M to deliver the new high speed bre network. is will enable e-learning, remote monitoring of livestock or equipment, e-health initiatives, better energy e ciency in the home, and facilitate increased levels of remote working.

Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive O cer, National Broadband Ireland, said: “We are delighted to announce that Kilkenny premises in the Carrick-on-Suir area will be able to order high-speed broadband services through the National Broadband Ireland network by the end of this year. is will enable users to experience the life-changing bene ts that high-speed broadband provides. Presently surrounding areas of Johnstown can order high-speed bre broadband to connect to the National Broadband Network.”

As a wholesale network operator, NBI does not sell bre 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.

Some 62 RSPs have already signed up to sell services on the National Broadband Ireland network and 51 are certi ed as ready to start providing connections as of today. To see the retail broadband providers that are currently licensed to sell on the National Broadband Ireland network, visit NBI.ie/buy.