Confusion over eligibility for Project Stratum plans
Premises on the same street are reporting inconsistencies in eligibility for the broadband scheme.
Concerns have been raised over inconsistencies in the roll out of Project Stratum.
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A council report seen by the County Derry Post has indicated over 300 premises initially eligible for a broadband upgrade scheme will not now be part of the roll-out.
In January 2019, the Department for Economy (DfE) compiled a list of postcodes containing premises eligible for development under the £165 million improvement scheme, known as Project Stratum.
Premises on the white postcode list compiled by DfE had no qualifying broadband infrastructure and were in areas where none was likely to be developed within three years.
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The first Optical Line Termination in Coalisland, County Tyrone, is now live.
Project Stratum aims to improve rural internet connectivity with 76,000 premises getting full-fibre broadband access.
Economy Minister Diane Dodds told BBC News NI that she hoped that 19,000 people would get connected by the end of 2021.
The Department for the Economy said a small number of premises had been connected in the initial phase. Fibrus (the company awarded the contract) expects the first 1,000 premises in the area to be released for customer orders at the end of March/early April, with a total of nearly 2,000 premises in the Coalisland area set for improved service once completed, a spokesperson said.
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