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THREE ADDITIONAL AREAS are set to become fibre towns as part of a €2.5 million investment in broadband infrastructure.
Network operator enet announced its plans to create three new ‘Fibre to the Business’ (FTTB) networks in Loughrea, Kilkenny and Ardee.
The infrastructure is provided through enet’s fibredirect initiative which replaces older copper networks with fibre optic cables which deliver directly into premises.
The direct connection allows businesses to access speeds of up to 250Mbs, which frees it from bandwidth bottlenecks. Delivering bandwidth directly into the premise means that broadband speeds advertised will be guaranteed rather than the ‘up to’ claims made by service providers over copper networks.
In a statement, enet Chairman David McCour said the expansion was a “significant day for Irish telecoms.”
Loughrea, Ardee and Kilkenny can look forward to gaining a significant competitive advantage in terms of keeping, developing and attracting new companies and new jobs, driving innovation and acting as a platform for economic stimulus in the localities.
Back in April, Claremorris in Co. Mayo became the first place to become Ireland’s first fibre town The initiative was part of a €500,000 investment in broadband in the town and construction of the network is expected to be completed by August.
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They’ll be the 3 quietest places in the country now until they all emerge after a 3 month Netflix binge :)
I laid a cable up there recently!
Lucky feckers.
Kilkenny is a city. ;)
This is all PR nonsense – they issue a press release and people lap it up – how many have they connected in Claremorris?
killkenny and limerick are not citys
It’s a town
About 10 businesses are connected to it.
Kilkenny is way too small to be called a city. Don’t be embarrassing yourself :-)
@ Ciaran – size does not determine city status. St Davids is an official city in Wales, yet has only 1,800 people.
According to the comedians recently at the Cat Laughs it’s not a City it’s not a town, it’s a tity.
Frustrating to see this, I live 1 mile from the main Killarney Tralee road and about 5 miles from the nearest exchange. Our broadband speed (now there is a misnomer) is 0.7 Mbs, pathetic!
Fibre town makes it sound like they’re trying to increase bowel movements in these locations…grim
Hon loughrea!! they’l be no county final won this year so!!
@Pete, nope hasn’t been for years… people still call it that though! Legally and on paper its a town, never mind that the locally funded signs read ;)
In fairness it’s a lovely town dho
Tis a lovely town, they managed to keep a lot of stuff in the centre. Their key to success in some respects! That and a layout that lends itself to a good atmosphere. Easily the nicest town in Ireland.
Ardeeeeee hiiiii
For these areas read the small print carefully. They don’t tell you your speed depends where your relay is and how far away it is. I ordered eircom efiber and the speed I was recieving was 6.5 meg download speed because the relay my phone is set up to is half a mile away even though theres on just across the road from me. Friends in other areas were getting 40meg download. Standard broadband was quicker. After making a big fuss they agreed to cancel my contract. So be careful, just because it says superfast broadband doesn’t mean your going to get it. Ask them to check the line
Wish I could get 6.5mb :-(
Loughrea already have a great local broadband service Lightnet.
Waste of time remember the man’s if theres no big backhaul network into it then its just glass in the ground (like tge man in the town I live in.
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