Hanging on the line: Are you eligible for free fibre broadband?

Getting your free fibre-optic cable with National Broadband Ireland

If you’re in a broadband black spot and struggle to achieve speeds of 30MB, do a quick check on National Broadband Ireland's website to see if you are in what is termed the NBI’s “Intervention Area”. File picture

The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is a Government initiative, rolling out high-speed fibre-optic broadband across 96% of rural Ireland, and targeting areas under-served by state-of-the-art communication technology. 

If you think you might be one of the 564,000 premises eligible for a free install of this super-cabling and don’t know what to expect, I’ve just had a tricky project completed, so here’s a quick refresher.