Longford among first counties set for fibre rollout completion in June
National Broadband Ireland (NBI) confirms June completion for high speed broadband rollout in Longford
Longford will be among the first counties expected to reach the completion of the broadband rollout plan, the NBI has confirmed.
According to NBI, over 9,000 premises in Longford are included in the State’s Intervention Area, with homes, businesses, farms, and schools benefitting from “minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second,” however just over a month ago, the issue of problematic broadband, and in some cases non-existent broadband, was raised in a council meeting of the Granard Municipal District.
During the meeting, Cllr Garry Murtagh called on Longford County Council to write to Minister Patrick O’Donovan in a bid to seeking a review of the National Broadband Plan rollout in Longford, particularly in ‘light blue’ areas such as Aughnacliffe and Ballinamuck where broadband speeds are reported to be “problematic” and “insufficient to the point of being non existent.”
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Completion for the rollout in Longford is scheduled for June alongside Kilkenny and Westmeath. Tipperary, Waterford, Meath and Dublin are scheduled for July.
Described as “the biggest investment in rural Ireland since rural electrification”, the main build of the fibre network remains on track for nationwide completion by the end of this year.
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