Eir is to miss its June deadline for connecting 300,000 rural Irish homes to fibre broadband. Eir is to miss its June deadline for connecting 300,000 rural Irish homes to fibre broadband. The spokesman said that Eir has passed over 300,000 of the 330,000 homes identified in its rural fibre broadband plans. Meanwhile, the state is continuing to work on a contract for the National Broadband Plan with its preferred bidder, National Broadband Ireland, the entity formed by Granada’s McCourt. A deal is expected by the Autumn with construction of the broadband network to 540,000 rural premises expected to start in early 2020.

Source: Irish Independent June 14, 2019 12:45 UTC