Claremorris becomes Ireland’s first ‘fibre town’

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Pictured (l-r): Conal Henry, enet; An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny; Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte; and Liam O'Kelly, Airspeed

7 April 2014

Claremorris in Co. Mayo has been dubbed Ireland’s first ‘fibre town’ following a €500,000 investment by open access network provider enet.

Services on the first ‘fibre to the business’ (FTTB) network in Ireland will be provided by AirSpeed Telecom. Customers will be able to avail of speeds up to 250Mb/s.

Construction of the new enet network will be completed in August and already over 50% of the local businesses have subscribed.

Conal Henry, enet CEO, said: “The team at enet are thrilled to be making this investment, making Claremorris the first, truly fibre-enabled town in Ireland. By building a fibre network directly into every business, we are doing something no one else has done in Ireland. This fibre network completely replaces the out-of-date copper network which has reached its end of life.”

“The support of AirSpeed, as well as the Claremorris Chamber of Commerce and Mayo County Council, has been critical in driving us towards this successful outcome. We will be looking to replicate this level of support in other locations to facilitate further enet fibredirect rollouts.”

Liam O’Kelly, CEO of AirSpeed Telecom, said: “The bandwidth offered by AirSpeed Telecom will be delivered via fibre optic cables directly into each premises meaning that broadband speeds advertised will be guaranteed, resulting in significant improvements in download and upload speeds for users. The cost savings, efficiency gains and commercial opportunities this superfast fibre network will create is extremely positive news for the economic growth of the region and all at AirSpeed Telecom are delighted to be involved.”

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