Broadband roll out is on track across county

NATIONAL Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) say that surveying works in of Kerry are well underway.

NBI contractors have been on the ground across the country for eight months and over 150,000 premises nationwide have been surveyed to date. This involves physically walking the routes and documenting images, notes and measurements of the poles, cables and underground ducts in each area.

This will enable network design solutions for the provision of a fibre network to every premises in the Intervention Area – a map of over 544,000 premises nationwide identified by the Department of the Environment, as not being served with adequate broadband speeds.

In Kerry, there are 26,905 premises in the Intervention Area (IA), which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools, which This equates to about a third of all premises in the county.

Under the National Broadband Plan, Kerry will see an investment of €107M 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.

NBI crews have made substantial progress in Kerry and at present the following areas are being surveyed: Rathmore, Knocknacopple, Mounthorgan, Kilquane Upper, Barraduff, Cloonteens, Gneevegullia, Tureenamult, and Renasup.

NBI chief executive Peter Hendrick said the company was pleased with the substantial progress being made currently in Kerry.

“We started physical work on the ground last January and I am delighted to report that this is going very well,” he said.

“Survey designs are an important part of mapping out how every home and business will be connected, and these will provide the blueprint for how the fibre is laid,” Mr Hendrick said.

Stock Image National Broadband Ireland say surveying in Kerry, in preparation for the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan, is well underway and is proceeding well.