Sky partners with National Broadband Ireland
Updated / Monday, 25 Jan 2021
09:35
About 544,000 premises will be passed under the NBI programme with Cork, Cavan, Galway and Limerick set to be the first counties to benefit from the rollout
Sky is partnering with National Broadband Ireland to bring ultrafast broadband speeds of up to 1 Gb to homes across the country.
The first homes go live from today and Sky said it has begun selling and taking pre-registrations for Sky Broadband Ultrafast in towns that will soon be passed under the National Broadband Plan.
About 544,000 premises will be passed under the NBI programme with Cork, Cavan, Galway and Limerick set to be the first counties to benefit from the rollout.
A GROUND-BREAKING ultrafast broadband project run by Pembrokeshire County Council has reached a major milestone. The first cabinets bringing full fibre, gigabit-capable broadband, with download speeds of up to 1,000Mbps have been installed at St Ishmaels and Woodstock Cross, to serve the surrounding project areas of Dale, New Moat and Ambleston. Pembrokeshire County Council s Ultrafast Broadband project aims to connect all of Pembrokeshire to gigabit-capable broadband. The scheme works by stimulating demand for fast-fibre broadband and accessing funding from the UK and Welsh Government. Local communities are invited to select a supplier of their choice, with no installation fee for customers.
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