Good news for Waterford as further 2,200 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 engineering survey works for over 2,200 Waterford premises in the Dungarvan deployment area are now completed.

Homes, businesses and farms in places such as Ardmore, Cappoquin and Dromana are included in this deployment area.

In Waterford, there are approximately 16,000 premises in the Intervention Area (IA), which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses, and schools. 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. 

NBI crews have made substantial progress in Dungarvan, where 2,230 Waterford premises included in the deployment area have recently completed surveying work.

These initial works pave the way for the next stage of deploying fibre on poles/ducts and includes the erection of poles, unblocking of ducts, and the insertion of sub duct into existing ducts, for the fibre to be installed. 

NBI Chief Executive Peter Hendrick said: “Momentum has been steadily building in the progression of the National Broadband Plan rollout, with homes across the country being connected to high-speed broadband. Our teams continue to work on the rollout plan and good progress has been made from surveying, design, build to connection works in County Waterford.”  

“We’re confident that the rollout will continue to gather pace as we look to connect thousands more homes and businesses. We know that people want access to high-speed broadband and our goal is to deliver that as quickly as possible.” 

“Survey and designs are an important part of mapping out how every home, farm and business will be connected, and they provide the blueprint for how the NBI fibre is laid.

The BCPs are also a key milestone in delivering access to high-speed internet in the Intervention Area, and we’re delighted to see these being connected for access - internally and externally - right across Waterford.”

There are 6,063 homes, businesses, and farms in County Waterford that can order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband. National Broadband Ireland is calling on people living in Waterford to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect.