Rural communities in Tipperary are now connected to the National Broadband Plan network

National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, has said that over 2,100 Tipperary properties in its Hollyford deployment area can now avail of a high-speed fibre broadband connection. The area covers the rural communities of Clonoulty, Moyaliff and Upperchurch.

31,000 premises in county Tipperary are included in the State’s Intervention Area, which will see NBI deliver minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second to homes, businesses, farms, and schools. As the biggest investment in rural Ireland since rural electrification, county Tipperary will receive €118M of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.

There are 2,106 Tipperary premises in the Hollyford deployment area that can join the NBI™ network. National Broadband Ireland is calling on people living nearby to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect.

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Network build works are also continuing across Tipperary with build works in progress for over 2,800 premises near the Templemore deployment area, due to be connected by autumn this year.

Works have already been completed in other parts of Tipperary, including the rural surrounds of Clonmel, Cashel and Tipperary town. There is a total of 23,352 premises that can now pre-order or order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county with 7,133 connections made so far. Signing up to the NBI email notifications at https://nbi.ie/eoi/ is the easiest way to get the most up-to-date status of premises during the rollout and when premises will be ready for order.

NBI has now passed over 344,000 homes, farms and businesses in rural Ireland to high-speed broadband with almost 118,000 now connected. The average take-up rate of 33% is well ahead of projections and international comparisons and surpasses 50% in areas of the country where the network has been live for 18 months.

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Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland, said: “We are delighted to announce that over 2,100 Tipperary premises in the Hollyford deployment area can now order high-speed broadband services through the NBI™ network. This will enable those who connect to experience the life-changing benefits of high-speed broadband with minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second.