Good news for Tipperary as 1,600 new homes to benefit from expanding broadband rollout
National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) today announced that construction has commenced to deliver high-speed broadband to over 1,600 premises in the Mullinahone deployment area in County Tipperary.
In Tipperary, there are approximately 30,000 premises in the Intervention Area (IA), which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools.
Under the National Broadband Plan, County Tipperary will see an investment of €118M in the new high speed fibre network.
This will enable e-learning, remote monitoring of livestock or equipment, e-health initiatives, better energy efficiency in the home, and facilitate increased levels of remote working.
Having successfully completed the Survey and Design phase of the project, 1,609 Tipperary premises in the Mullinahone deployment area are now under construction to have high-speed fibre.
Homes, businesses and farms in these areas will be ready to connect to the National Broadband Network.
Works have already been completed in other parts of Tipperary and there are 5,807 premises that are available to order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county, with 1,588 connections already made to the network.
National Broadband Ireland is calling on people to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect.
Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland said: “Our teams are working tirelessly on the rollout plan and considerable progress has been made on the developments in Tipperary.”
He continued: “As the fast pace of the rollout continues, we are confident in our expertise to progress premises from the construction phase to the order phase.
"We are currently partnering with retail service providers, and other stakeholders, to connect homes in Tipperary. Minimum speeds of 500Mbps will be available.
“Our goal is to improve digital connectivity across the country. Digital connectivity has become a huge part of our everyday lives, and this new Fibre-to-the-Home network, will be a key enabler for the sustainability of local businesses and communities.”