Broadband horror stories — Cork students go to enterprise centre to get connection

The horror stories were aired by councillors amid frustration that the national broadband roll-out is too slow and needs to be fast-tracked as more people need to work from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cork County Council heard the broadband roll-out had been postponed for more than a year in the Cobh area and people are being forced to go to their workplaces as they don't have adequate coverage at home.

Students are having to go to an enterprise centre in West Cork to get proper broadband connections for school classes, a meeting of Cork County Council has been told.

The meeting also heard broadband roll-out had been postponed for more than a year in the Cobh area and people are being forced to go to their workplaces as they don't have adequate coverage at home.