NBI 200k announcement

National Broadband Plan hits new milestone as 20,000 homes, farms and businesses passed

More than 94,000 premises can now pre-order high speed fibre broadband from a retail partner
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Ruairí Ó Murchú TD; Cathrina and Francis Bellew; Declan Campbell, Digiweb; and Joe Lavin, NBI

14 October 2022

National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the National Broadband Plan (NBP), is announcing that it has reached 20,000 connections to its network.

Communications & Broadband Spokesperson for Sinn Féin Ruairí Ó Murchú, NBI chief commercial officer, Joe Lavin and Declan Campbell, managing director of Louth retail broadband provider Digiweb marked the milestone with local farm family, Cathrina and Francis Bellew of Monasterboice, Co. Louth, who recently connected to the network.

Almost 21,000 premises – including homes, farms, businesses, and community facilities – are connected to NBI’s network, getting access to minimum broadband speeds of 500Mb/s. More than 94,000 premises are now in a position to place an order or pre-order for service with one of the retail service providers registered on the NBI network. 

NBI’s most recent progress update shows strong momentum in the roll-out across all 26 counties, with take-up rates of over 30% already in deployment areas which have been live for a period of six months or more.

NBI chief commercial officer Joe Lavin said: “Twenty-thousand connections is a significant milestone for the rollout and one that we’re continuing to build upon, as our ability to move premises from the construction phase to the order phase ramps up. Ultimately, we will connect 560,000 homes, farms, businesses, and schools or over 1.1 million people. Customers like the Bellews have experienced the life-changing difference made by guaranteed minimum speeds of 500Mb/s. We look forward to even more Irish households benefiting from the limitless possibilities created by becoming one of the most connected countries in Europe.”

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