Over 450 homes, businesses and farms near Hill of Down can now connect to fibre broadband on NBI™ network
Almost 9,700 premises in Co Westmeath can avail of a high-speed connection today
National Broadband Ireland (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 said that over 450 Westmeath properties in its Hill of Down deployment area can now avail of a high-speed fibre broadband connection. This includes the rural townlands of Clonard, Longwood and Coralstown.
There are 12,000 premises in Co Westmeath 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, Co Westmeath will receive €46M of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.
There are 452 premises in the Hill of Down deployment area that can join the NBI™ network. National Broadband Ireland is calling on people living near Kinnegad to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect.
Works have already been completed in other parts of Westmeath and there is a total of 9,681 premises that can now pre-order or order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county with 3,354 connections made so far.
Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland, said: “We are delighted to announce that over 450 premises surrounding Kinnegad can now order high-speed broadband services through the NBI™ network. This will enable those who connect to experience the life-changing benefits of high-speed broadband with minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second.
“In total, almost 9,700 homes, businesses and farms in Co Westmeath can now order a high-speed fibre connection to the NBI™ network. This includes over 3,200 premises surrounding Mullingar and almost 1,500 near Tyrrellspass. We are working hard on the ground to progress other areas of the county through engineering survey, design and construction phases. We are encouraging Westmeath residents to visit the NBI website to check their Eircode and sign up for updates.”
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 72 RSPs have already signed up to sell services on the NBI™ network and 68 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 NBI™ network, visit NBI.ie/buy.
National Broadband Ireland contractors have been on the ground across the country and 311,575 premises nationwide can order or pre-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.
