Scheme to make broadband available to every premises

BROADBAND is to be available to every home and business in the country by the end of next year.

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has launched a new rural broadband scheme which aims toidentify the remaining premises in rural Ireland that are unable to obtain a broadband service and to provide a services to those premises where requested.

While the completion of the Government’s National Broadband Scheme (NBS) means broadband services are available in 99% of the country, the remaining 1% of rural Ireland remains unserved. These areas were too remote to be included in the NBS for a variety of technical reasons.