National broadband rollout in Laois nears completion near Durrow
Construction works underway to connect 763 Laois homes, farms and businesses
The rollout of high-speed fibre broadband to over 750 properties in the Castlecomer deployment area, which includes the rural areas and townlands surrounding Durrow, Ballinakill, and Spink, is near completion.
That's according to National Broadband Ireland, the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the Government.
13,000 premises in Laois are 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, Laois will receive €49m of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.
Construction works are underway to connect 763 Laois homes, farms and businesses in the Castlecomer deployment area to broadband on NBI’s high-speed network which is expected to be available between July and September this year. National Broadband Ireland is calling on people living near Durrow and the surrounding areas to visit nbi.ie/eoi to sign up for notifications on when they will be able be able to join the network.
Works have already been completed in other parts of Laois and there are a total of 9,990 premises that are available to pre-order or order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county with 3,312 connections made so far.
Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland, said: “We are delighted to announce that Laois premises in the surrounding areas of Durrow will be able to order high-speed broadband services through the National Broadband Ireland network in the coming months. This will enable users to experience the life-changing benefits that high-speed broadband provides.
“Almost 10,000 homes, businesses and farms in Co Laois can now order a high-speed fibre connection to the National Broadband Ireland network. This includes: Almost 3,700 near Portlaoise, almost 2,600 premises near Mountrath, almost 1,900 near Ballylinan and over 1,200 along the county border near Carlow and Roscrea.
"We are working hard on the ground to progress other areas of the county through engineering survey, design and construction phases. We are encouraging Laois residents to visit the NBI website to check their Eircode and sign up for updates.”