Rural search for reliable broadband connectivity continues

Whitechurch Community Centre is one of a number of Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) installed in advance of the full national roll-out of the NBP’s fibre-to-the-home network

Around the country, 113 BCPs are connected and ‘live’ with both internal and external broadband access, according to National Broadband Ireland, the company delivering the NBP. File Picture. 

People within 5km of Whitechurch, a village 11km north of Cork city, can now avail of free wifi by parking at the front or back of the village’s Community Centre.

It may prove a popular parking spot, for remote workers, learners, and all others who need broadband connectivity.