Surveying for National Broadband Plan continues in Mayo
NATIONAL Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high speed fibre broadband network under the government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), says surveying works in Mayo are well underway.
The most recent works in the county have begun in the Knock area.
In Mayo, there are approximately 37,000 premises in the Intervention Area (IA), which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools. Under the NBP, Mayo will see an investment of €145 million in the new high speed fibre network.
Crews have made substantial progress in Mayo, where 2,986 premises in the Knock deployment area have recently begun surveying work. These initial works pave the way for the next stage of deploying fibre on poles/ducts and includes the erection of poles, unblocking of ducts, and the insertion of sub duct into existing ducts, for the fibre to be installed.
These survey works enable Fibre -to-the-Home network designs to be completed for each of the 559,000 plus premises in the Intervention Area, as identified by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
Works have already been completed in other parts of Mayo and there are over 4,000 premises that are available to order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county, with 1,100 connections already made to the network.
National Broadband Ireland is calling on people to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect.
Said NBI chief executive Peter Hendrick: “Momentum has been steadily building in the progression of the National Broadband Plan rollout, with homes across the country being connected to high-speed broadband. Our teams continue to work on the rollout and steady progress has been made on surveying, design, and build to connection works in County Mayo.
“Survey and designs are an important part of mapping out how every home, farm and business will be connected, and they provide the blueprint for how the NBI fibre is laid. The BCPs are also a key milestone in delivering access to high-speed internet in the Intervention Area, and we’re delighted to see these being connected for access - internally and externally - right across Mayo.”
NBI is encouraging people to check their eligibility and register for updates at www.nbi.ie to receive regular notifications related to their own premises as works progresses in their area.