NBI’s end of year report shows National Broadband Plan is on time and on budget as rollout reaches almost 217,000 premises

National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company responsible for delivering the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), has announced in its end of year update that the project is on time and on budget with 216,898 of the premises covered by the network ready to connect. NBI has also reported take-up rates approaching 50% in areas where the network has been live for more than 18 months, as it continues to meet the Government’s policy objective to provide ubiquitous nationwide access to high-speed broadband...