Fibre broadband roll-out expands in west Mayo community

NATIONAL Broadband Ireland (NBI) has announced that construction has commenced to deliver high-speed broadband to over 1,000 premises in the rural areas surrounding the Killadoon deployment area in west Mayo. This includes the communities of Louisburgh, Kilsallagh and Killeen.

Having successfully completed the survey and design phase of the project, 1,055 premises in the Killadoon deployment area are now under construction to have high-speed fibre.

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Works have already been completed in other parts of Mayo and there are 7,229 premises that are available to order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county, with 2,050 already connected to the network.

Said Peter Hendrick, chief executive officer, National Broadband Ireland: “Our teams are working tirelessly on the roll-out plan and considerable progress has been made on the developments in Mayo. Presently, over 2,100 premises in Ballina can order high-speed fibre broadband to connect to the National Broadband Network, as well as over 2,000 premises in Castlebar, over 1,500 in Carrowmore Lacken and almost 1,800 in Newport.”

He continued: “As the fast pace of the roll-out continues, we are confident in our expertise to progress premises from the construction phase to the order phase. We are currently partnering with retail service providers, and other stakeholders, to connect homes in Mayo. Minimum speeds of 500Mbps will be available.”