Eir (eircom) gonfle sa fibre pour 2016-18 (bande large / TV) (high-speed broadband, irland, rural)

(27/02/2016)
Work begins on high speed broadband in three west villages

EIR reveals that Donard, Dunlavin and Kiltegan will be next to receive service

“(...) We expect the initial homes to be connected in late 2016, with 85pc of premises in Ireland to have access to high-speed broadband by 2018, with an ambition of 100pc by the end of 2020,” a Government spokesperson told Siliconrepublic.com before Christmas. (...)"

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(Feb 24, 2016)

"(...)Telecoms firm Eir is pushing ahead with a plan to provide high-speed broadband to 300,000 homes earmarked for the rural broadband scheme.

The move poses a serious challenge to the Government’s intervention strategy as EU state aid rules forbid an intervention if a private operator is already supplying the market.

The Department of Communication plans to award two subsidised contracts for the rollout of broadband to 757,000 homes in rural Ireland later this year 2016.

Eir, however, told The Irish Times it expects to have up to 100,000 of these homes connected to its new fibre network by the end of this year 2016, with a further 200,000 connected over the following three years. (...)"