Some 300 towns and villages across Ireland are to get high-speed internet hubs while they await the arrival of the National Broadband Plan (NBP), the company in charge of rolling out the €3 billion scheme has confirmed. National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the consortium led by US investment firm Granahan McCourt, said it will deploy “broadband connection points”, where the public can get free high-speed internet access, across the country from the second quarter of next year. (If you are reading this article on The Irish Times app, click here to see our interactive location map). The measure is intended as a stop-gap for communities with the worst broadband coverage, he said. NBI will operate the new network on a wholesale basis, charging broadband providers €100 connection fee per premises plus a monthly rental.

Source: The Irish Times November 19, 2019 15:59 UTC