High speed fibre broadband is now available for some 2,500 homes, businesses and farms near Mountbellew on the NBI network.
There are 2,545 Galway premises in the Newbridge deployment area that can pre-order NBI’s high-speed fibre broadband.
Network build works are also continuing across Galway with build works in progress for almost 2,400 premises in the Clifden deployment area and a further 900 in the Banagher deployment area, both due to be connected to NBI’s fibre network by autumn next year.
There are 40,000 premises in Co Galway 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 Galway will receive €153M of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.
Works have already been completed in other parts of Galway and there is a total of 24,333 premises that can now pre-order or order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county with 7,901 connections made so far.
Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland, said, “We are delighted to announce that over 2,500 Galway premises in the Newbridge deployment area can now pre-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.”
The areas connected so far include:
- almost 2,600 premises near Athenry,
- over 2,500 near Ballinasloe,
- almost 2,500 near Gort,
- over 1,100 near Inverin,
- almost 1,600 near Gurteen,
- almost 1,100 near Lettermore
- over 2,500 near Loughrea, and
- over 3,700 surrounding Galway city
“We are working hard on the ground to progress other areas of the county through engineering survey, design and construction phases,” Peter Hendrick said.
“We are encouraging Galway 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.
