National Broadband Ireland(NBI) reports that work in installing broadband access in county Tipperary is making progress with over 2,100 homes, businesses and farms near Hollyford now able to connect to fibre broadband on the NBI network . The area covers the rural communities of Clonoulty, Moyaliffe and Upperchurch – almost 23,400 premises in county Tipperary can avail of a high-speed connection today
National Broadband Ireland (NBI) is designing, building and operating the new high-speed fibre broadband network for rural Ireland on behalf of the Irish Government and will be responsible for the management of the new national broadband network for at least the next 25 years.
31,000 premises in county Tipperary 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 Tipperary will receive €118M of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.
National Broadband Ireland is calling on people living nearby to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect.
Network build works are also continuing across Tipperary with build works in progress for over 2,800 premises near the Templemore deployment area, due to be connected by autumn this year. Works have already been completed in other parts of Tipperary, including the rural surrounds of Clonmel, Cashel and Tipperary town.
As a wholesale network operator, NBI does not sell fibre broadband directly to end users, rather it enables services from a range of broadband providers or Retail Service Providers (RSPs).
In advance of the Fibre-to-the-Home rollout, the National Broadband Plan(NBP) provides for the delivery of Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) nationwide at sports clubs, community centres, schools, marts and tourist sites such as Ballylooby Castlegrace GAA Club, the Apple Farm, and Killurney Community Centre. Primary schools in the Intervention Area are also now connected for educational access as part of the National Broadband Plan.
