Over 1,300 premises in Offaly can now avail of high-speed broadband

Over 1,300 premises in Offaly towns and villages can now avail of National Broadband Ireland's high-speed fibre connection broadband.

Homes, businesses and farms in places in areas such as Shinrone, Aghancon, Mountheaton and Dunkerrin will be able to access high speed broadband as part of the initiative.

National Broadband Ireland, the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed fibre-to-the-home network under the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the Government, has confirmed that over 1,300 Offaly premises in the Roscrea deployment area can order or pre-order a high-speed fibre broadband connection on its network today.

Approximately 12,000 premises in Offaly 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, Offaly will receive €48m of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.

There are 1,324 Offaly homes, businesses and farms that are located in the Roscrea deployment area that can join the National Broadband Ireland network. National Broadband Ireland is calling on people living near Roscrea to visit https://nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect.

Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland, said: “We are delighted to announce that premises in the Roscrea Deployment Area of Offaly can now order or pre-order broadband services through the National Broadband Ireland network. This will enable users to experience the life-changing benefits that high-speed broadband provides.”

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). As a wholesale provider, NBI will make the new Fibre-to-the-Home network available to all RSPs operating in the Intervention Area.

Some 57 RSPs have already signed up to sell services on the National Broadband Ireland network and 44 are certified as ready to start providing connections as of today.

To see the retail broadband providers that are currently licensed to sell on the National Broadband Ireland network, https://nbi.ie/where-can-i-buy/

The National Broadband Ireland website is regularly updated to show estimated connection dates. Signing up to the NBI email notifications at https://nbi.ie/eoi/ is the easiest way to get the most up to date status of premises during the rollout and when premises will be ready for order.

NBI is encouraging people to check their eligibility and register for updates at  https://nbi.ie/to receive regular notifications related to their own premises as works progresses in their area.