Homes, businesses and farms in townlands and villages near Tipp town and Clonmel such as Ballyclerahan, Ballykisteen and Kilmucklin are ready to connect to fibre broadband today
National Broadband Ireland, the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the Government, has said that almost 6,000 premises in Tipperary can get a high-speed fibre broadband connection on its network today.
National Broadband Ireland will visit Tipperary Town shopping centre this week (23rd, 24th and 25th March) to provide information to the public on whether they are one of the 3,000 premises in the town ready to connect and outline the benefits of superfast fibre broadband. With 1,595 Clonmel premises also ready to connect to the network, Tipperary residents are being encouraged to visit the NBI website nbi.ie to check their Eircode and sign up for updates.
Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland, said: “In Tipperary, we have already seen a great response from local homes, businesses and farms signing up to our high-speed broadband network. On the National Broadband Ireland website, people in the area can check their eligibility to connect to the network. A connection to our high-speed broadband creates limitless opportunities for users.”
30,000 premises in County Tipperary 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 electrification, County Tipperary will receive €118m of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.
Works have already been completed in other parts of Tipperary and there are 5,846 premises that are available to order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county, with 1,679 connections made to the network 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.
National Broadband Ireland’s website is regularly updated to show estimated connection dates. Signing up to the NBI email notifications at /eoi/ is the easiest way to get the most up to date status of premises during the rollout and when premises will be ready for order.
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.
Some 61 RSPs have already signed up to sell services on the National Broadband Ireland network and 48 are certified 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.
National Broadband Ireland contractors have been on the ground across the country and over 126,806 premises nationwide are available to order broadband on the NBI network so far.
The National Broadband Ireland website is regularly updated to show estimated connection dates. Signing up to the NBI email notifications at /eoi/ is the easiest way to get the most up to date status of premises during the rollout and when premises will be ready for order.
Keep up to Speed!
NBI is encouraging people to check their eligibility and register for updates at www.nbi.ie to receive regular notifications related to their own premises as works progresses in their area.
Broadband Connection Points
In advance of the Fibre-to-the-Home rollout, the NBP provides for the delivery of Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) nationwide. 602 of these sites, including Public BCPs, are now ‘live’. Public BCPs – which include sports clubs, community centres and tourist sites – will provide free public access to high-speed internet in the rollout area. Other BCP categories include schools and marts. BCPs will pave the way for rural communities to receive the benefits of broadband, from mobile working, e-learning and mobile banking, to digital tourism. You can view BCPs at www.nbi.ie/bcp-map/. An example of some of the locations of Broadband Connection Points in Tipperary include Gurtagarry Community Hall, Ballinahinch Community Centre and Donaskeagh Community Centre. Primary schools in the Intervention Area are also being connected for educational access as part of the NBP.
