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Buncrana gets light speed fibre
optic broadband
12.02.19
MINISTER for Education
& Skills Joe McHugh TD has announced a new €14
million investment by SIRO in the rollout of its
Fibre-to-the-Building broadband network to six new
towns in Donegal – Buncrana, Donegal Town,
Ballybofey, Stranorlar, Ballyshannon and Bundoran.
This will see over 14,000 homes and premises offered
access to Ireland’s fastest broadband network.
Currently the most used technology in Ireland,
Fibre-to-the-Cabinet, generally delivers speeds of
up to 100Mbps. All the fibre optic light speed is
lost on the last stretch of copper wire used to
connect your house to the exchange.
SIRO is a Fibre-to-the-Home connection. The fibre
optic cables run directly to the router inside your
house with no loss of signal. This means you get
fibre optic light speeds up to 1000Mbps in your
home.
SIRO has already commenced construction, with 1,600
homes and businesses in Buncrana already able to
avail of gigabit connectivity, and preparatory works
are already underway in the five other towns. All of
the premises will have a 100% fibre optic connection
available, giving them access to the same level of
world class broadband in cities like Hong Kong or
Tokyo. |
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Pictured in Buncrana at the SIRO
announcement of a new €14 million investment in the
rollout of its Fibre-to-the-Building broadband in
Donegal. |
Cathaoirleach Cllr.
Seamus O’Domhnaill has today welcomed the launch of
the SIRO Fibre to the premises broadband roll-out in
Donegal.
Speaking at the launch Cllr. O’Domhnaill stated that
“the announcement, which will see a further 14,000
premises passed throughout County Donegal in
addition to the 11,000 premises already passed by
SIRO in Letterkenny, marks an important milestone in
Donegal County Council’s journey over the last 20
years”.
Cllr. Martin Farren Chair of Inishowen MD also
welcomed this announcement and was particularly
pleased that the announcement was made in Buncrana
in Inishowen saying “this is a very important
announcement not just for Buncrana but for the
entire county. The importance of high speed
broadband cannot be overstated in todays world and
the digital agenda is especially important for
Donegal in terms of job creation and business
development and I wish SIRO every success in the
roll out of this infrastructure”. |
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Minister for Education and Skills
Joe McHugh TD, Stephen O'Connor, SIRO Director of
Corporate Affairs, Cllr Seamus O'Domhnaill,
Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council and Cllr
martin Farren, Cathaoirleach Inishowen Municipal
District. |
In addition to
prioritising high speed broadband roll-out, Donegal
County Council is leading the implementation of a
Digital Strategy for County Donegal.
Brian Boyle, Head of Information Services with the
Council added that “one project of note is the
creation of a network of Digital Innovation Hubs
county-wide, including a very substantial facility
on the site of the former Town Council offices in
Buncrana. The Inishowen Innovation Hub is of
strategic importance to the entire Inishowen
peninsula as it will provide a range of innovation,
technology transfer and digital enterprise support
services to potential start-ups, and existing
businesses in the region and it is expected that
construction of this new hub will start in the
coming months.”
Another Donegal digital initiative is the provision
of public Wifi and work is underway on planning the
deployment of free public WiFi services throughout
Donegal following the recent announcement under the
Wifi4EU Scheme at the end of last year.
Brian Boyle believes that “as well as providing a
key public service, the provision of wide scale
public wifi delivers a message about our intent as a
county to embrace digital technologies to drive
social and economic development, as well as underpin
Donegal’s growing reputation as a place to reside,
work and invest”. |
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