National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the new high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, has announced that over 8,000 premises in the Midleton Deployment Area are now ready to connect.
This brings the total number of Cork homes, farms and businesses which can connect to the network to almost 16,000.
NBI said it will visit Carrigaline shopping centre this week to provide information to the public on whether they are one of the 5,700 premises in the town ready to connect and outline the benefits of superfast fibre broadband.
With 2,250 Youghal premises also ready to connect to the network, Cork residents are being encouraged to visit the NBI website nbi.ie to check their Eircode and sign up for updates.
Up to 81,000 premises in County Cork are included in the State's 'Intervention Area', which will see NBI deliver minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second to homes, businesses, farms and schools.
As the biggest investment in rural Ireland since rural electrification, the County will receive €314 million of Government investment under the NBP.
"We are on a mission to enable homes and business all over Ireland to experience the life-changing benefits that true high-speed broadband provides with families able to work, study and access entertainment at the same time on multiple devices," said Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer of National Broadband Ireland.
"For Cork businesses, like the Ballymaloe Cookery School, having a reliable connection for key employees unleashes the benefit of remote working to both day-to-day business and work life balance, as well as unlocking international business opportunities," he added.
