Broadband surveying completed in three more Mayo areas

ENGINEERING survey works for almost 5,700 Mayo premises across Achill Island, Belmullet and Ballinrobe areas are now complete, National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has announced.

In Mayo, there are approximately 37,000 premises in the Intervention Area (IA), which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools. Under the National Broadband Plan, Mayo will see an investment of €145m. in the new high speed fibre network.

NBI crews have made substantial progress near Keel village on Achill Island, Belmullet and Ballinrobe, where 5,679 premises included in these deployment areas have recently completed engineering surveying work. These initial works pave the way for the next stage of deploying fibre, including the erection of poles and preparation of ducts for fibre to be installed.

Network build works are also in progress for 1,050 premises in towns and townlands around Killadoon and homes and businesses in the area will be able to connect to NBI’s high-speed fibre broadband network later this year.

There are 7,402 homes, businesses and farms in County Mayo that can order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband. National Broadband Ireland is encouraging residents to visit https://nbi.ie/eoi/ to sign up for updates on when they will be able to connect.

NBI chief executive Peter Hendrick said: “Our teams are on the ground all over the country and making progress on rolling out the NBI network in County Mayo.

“We know that people want access to high-speed broadband. Our goal is to deliver that as quickly as possible and the rollout is happening at pace.

“There are over 7,400 homes, businesses and farms ready to connect in rural areas across the county. This includes over 2,100 premises in Ballina and nearly 1,800 in Newport. We would encourage people living in those areas to visit nbi.ie to see if they can place an order for a high-speed connection on the NBI network.”