Update on the delivery of the National Broadband Plan - October 2022
From Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
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As of 30 September, over 20,000 premises across the country are now connected to high speed broadband under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). National Broadband Ireland (NBI) remain on track to meet its target to pass in excess of 100,000 premises by the end of its third contract year (end of January 2023), having passed more than 85,000 premises at the end of September.
Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) provide wireless connectivity, to support remote working and connected communities by providing public access to free high speed broadband in advance of the main fibre deployment under the NBP.
As of 30 September:
All data sourced from NBI, as of 30 September 2022. More information can be found on the NBI website. Information on the current Key Indicator statistics can also be found on the NBI website.
The Blue area on the NBP map represents areas already covered by commercial operators providing high speed broadband services and which does not fall under the NBP State Intervention Area.
Any consumer in a Blue area who is experiencing difficulties in obtaining high speed broadband that is defined as minimum speeds of 30Mbps download and 6Mbps upload should contact their broadband service provider to investigate the issue and to determine the reason why broadband speeds are slow or that service cannot be provided.
General email contact - contactus@nbi.ie
Elected representatives email contact - reps@nbi.ie
By phone: 0818 624 624
You can contact the department through our customer service query form.
The National Broadband Plan State led intervention is being delivered by National Broadband Ireland under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the intervention area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in over 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with some 679 schools.
The process of delivering fibre to all homes in the Intervention Area is gathering momentum and National Broadband Ireland are forecasting that it will see over 100,000 homes and business with access to world class broadband infrastructure by the end of 2022.
The NBP falls within the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.