I have today, strongly condemned Eir and the
Government for the total exclusion of Boyle, Elphin, Roscommon Town, Tulsk and
Williamstown from its current plans to provide Fibre to the Home (FTTH)
Internet access speeds.
Whilst these areas currently have or are in the process
of getting upgraded to Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC), these areas are to be
completely overlooked for the greater 1 Gb Internet speeds until at least
sometime after 2020 under Eir’s current FTTH rollout plans.
FTTC, known as Fibre to the
Cabinet or eFibre can deliver download speeds of up to 100 Mb per second.
FTTH, known as Fibre to the Home
can deliver speeds of up to 1000 Mb per second (1 Gb)
Many homes and businesses in
these areas are already struggling with their existing broadband speeds, and
knowing now that there are no plans to improve the speeds in these neglected
areas for at least another 5 years raises multiple questions about this
Government’s and Eir’s commitment to providing proper High Speed Internet
across Ireland.
Eir’s planned rollout of FTTH for
2016 – 2020 to the country can be viewed here:
