Over 9,500 premises in County Kildare can avail of a high-speed connection from today

Over 9,500 premises in County Kildare can avail of a high-speed connection today.

National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the new network under the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the government, added that almost 1,500 Kildare properties will soon be able to connect to its high-speed fibre broadband network.

Works have already been completed across Kildare, and there are a total of 9,534 premises that are available to pre-order or order high-speed broadband across the county (with 2,466 connections made so far).

Commenting on the news, Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer of NBI, said: "We are delighted to announce that Kildare premises in the surrounding areas of Moyvalley 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."

Mr Hendrick continued: "Over 9,500 homes, businesses and farms in County Kildare can now order a high-speed fibre connection to the NBI network.

"This means almost two-thirds of Kildare premises under the National Broadband Plan can avail of fibre broadband, including:

• Almost 3,100 premises near Donadea 
• Almost 3,600 near the Curragh Camp
• Over 2,400 near Blessington 
• Over 1,500 near Ballylinan
• Over 750 near Dunboyne and Clonee Over 300 along the Kildare-Carlow county border

"We are working hard on the ground to progress other areas of the county through engineering survey, design and construction phases."

"We are encouraging Kildare residents to visit the NBI website to check their Eircode and sign up for updates," he concluded.

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FURTHER CONTEXT

15,000 premises in County Kildare 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, County Kildare will receive €53 million of government investment under the National Broadband Plan.  

Build works are near completion in the Hill of Down deployment area which will enable 300 premises to connect to the NBI network in the coming months.

Construction works are also underway to connect almost 1,200 Kildare homes, farms and businesses in the Baltinglass deployment area to broadband on NBI’s high-speed network which is expected to be connected by the end of this year.

NBI is calling on people living nearby to visit nbi.ie/eoi to sign up for notifications on when they will be able be able to join the network. 

In addition, NBI is encouraging people to check their eligibility and register for updates at www.nbi.ie, to receive regular notifications related to their own premises as works progresses in their area.