More than 1,000 homes in the Galway Gaeltacht are now able to avail of high-speed fibre broadband following a network rollout.
National Broadband Ireland has said that work has been completed in the Lettermore deployment area, which covers the surrounds of Gorumna Island, Lettermore and Lettermullen.
NBI has also announced that 3,800 further Co Galway premises will be ready to connect to the NBP network later this year.
The National Broadband Ireland network, which will see NBI deliver minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second to homes, businesses, farms, and schools, is now available to 1,066 premises in the Lettermore area.
Galway will receive €153 million of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan, with NBI ultimately serving 40,000 Galway premises with reliable high-speed broadband.
Peter Hendrick, CEO of National Broadband Ireland said, “We are delighted to announce that Galway premises in the Gaeltacht areas near Lettermore and Gorumna Island can now order high-speed broadband services through the National Broadband Ireland network.”
“This will enable users to experience the life-changing benefits that high-speed broadband provides.”
“Presently, over 17,800 homes, businesses and farms in County Galway can order high-speed fibre broadband to connect to the National Broadband Network.”
“This includes almost 2,600 premises in Athenry, over 1,100 in Inverin, over 2,500 in Gort, almost 2,500 in Loughrea, over 1,500 in Gurteen and over 3,700 in the rural areas surrounding Galway city.”
In addition, over 3,000 rural premises in the surrounds of Portumna will be able to connect to the National Broadband Ireland network in the second half of the year.
Another 800 premises near Kilkerrin village will also be ready to connect to fibre broadband before the end of the year.
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 66 RSPs have already signed up to sell services on the National Broadband Ireland network and 59 are certified as ready to start providing connections as of today.
