Construction commences on project to deliver broadband to almost 10,000 Cork homes and businesses
NBI said it is commencing engineering survey works on Bere Island while survey works are due to commence shortly on Sherkin and Cape Clear islands. Image provided by NBI.
Construction has commenced on a project which aims to deliver high-speed broadband to almost 9,600 homes, farms and businesses in Co Cork.
National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), has announced that work has commenced to deliver high-speed broadband almost 5,800 premises in the Clonakilty deployment area and over 3,800 premises in the Fermoy deployment area.
These works also include the delivery of high-speed broadband to the communities of Courtmacsherry and Rathclaren as well as Rathcormac and Watergrasshill.
The company said that engineering survey works are underway on Bere Island, as it progresses towards towards high-speed fibre broadband access for almost 250 premises.
Commenting on the works TJ Malone, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland Deployment said: "Our teams are working on the ground all over the country and considerable progress has been made on developments in Cork.
“High-speed fibre broadband is now available to order for over 6,500 premises near Templemartin, 2,300 premises around Youghal, over 4,700 in Carrigaline, over 9.500 in Midleton, almost 900 in the Tallow deployment area and over 2,100 in Rathmore. Construction works are already underway for almost 3,900 premises in the Kanturk deployment area, and we are delighted that premises in Clonakilty and Fermoy are now also moving into this phase.”
Mr Malone said they are also pleased to be commencing engineering survey works on Bere Island.
“The NBI team is on the island this week to provide information to residents and I would also encourage everyone to visit nbi.ie/eoi to sign up for updates. The Sherkin and Cape Clear islands are also due to see survey works commence shortly which will mean overall broadband infrastructure is advancing for 500 Cork offshore island homes.
“Our overarching goal is to improve digital connectivity across the country. With minimum internet speed of 500Mbps, this new Fibre-to-the-Home network will play a pivotal role in sustaining local businesses and communities."
For the latest estimated connection dates and updates on the project rollout see at https://nbi.ie/eoi/
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