OVER 50,000 premises in Kerry are set to get highspeed broadband as part of the government’s pledge to end the urban and rural digital divide.
In Kerry, an estimated 5,700 kms of fibre cable will be rolled out which will bring speeds of 1000 Mb/s to homes across the county.
The Government has identified a total of 700,000 homes nationwide that will benefit from ‘Intervention Footprint’ scheme.
The tender for the National Broadband plan is expected to issue in late 2015. The first homes will be connected in 2016, with the final homes expected to be connected by 2020. Pricing for broadband products will be the same in rural areas as they are in urban locations.
The announcement of eircom’s proposed rural fibre rollout comes as its existing over €9 million commercial broadband rollout in Kerry continues to make significant progress.
By the end of 2016 eircom will have rolled out high-speed broadband at speeds up 100Mb/s to approximately 38,000 homes and businesses in 33 communities across Kerry.
The National Broadband Plan tender will support the rollout of high-speed broadband to the remainder of County Kerry.
Eircom has started work on Kerry’s first Fibre to the Home network in Tralee,making it amongst the first locations in the country to receive this state of the art technology.
This new FTTH network will see broadband speeds of up 1000Mb/s go live from September 2015, as 100% direct fibre connection is rolled out in housing estates across the town. Killarney is also part of the 1000Mb/s rollout programme.
These speeds will be the highest broadband speeds currently available in Ireland – on a par with any network in Europe – and up to 4 times the highest broadband speed accessible in Dublin.
These speeds will be the highest broadband speeds currently available in Ireland – on a par with any network in Europe- and up to 4 times the highest broadband speed accessible in Dublin.
Eircom has already planned to bring high-speed broadband access to 1.6 million premises by next year, it is committed to tender for this National Broadband Plan and ensure that these further 700,000 have access to high quality, high-speed broadband.
A super fast internet line called ‘Fibre To The Home’ (FTTH) with speeds of up to 1000 Mb/s has successfully trialled in the village of Belcarra in Mayo.
Monday marked the successful completion of that trial which was celebrated by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD and Minister for Communications, Alex White TD and members of the local community.