National Broadband Ireland : implementation and progress

Tipperary DA just moved from NOV-DEC 21 to DEC21-FEB22 🤦‍♂️

Blessington DA changed from January - April 2022 to April- June 2022. This is the third move.

My area in Longford has moved from March-May 2022 to September-November 2022. Depressing.

In addition to those mentioned the following DA's were brought forward: Athenry, Dunboyne, Enniskerry and Redcross.

These DA's got dates for periods in 2023: Ballinamult, Corofin, Fethard, Glendalough, Hospital, Monamolin, Tallow, Hill of Down, Carrowmorelacken, Gurteen (Gy), Kilkerrin, Kilnaleck, Tubbercurry, Moate and Lettermore/Lettermullen (Gy).

Ah ffs, the DP's were installed months ago around Tralee.

Still pending survey. Dates added now: Jan 2025-Dec 2026.

Complete joke. OLT location means my next door neighbours have an ETA of April next year.

Just be lucky we're close enough to a connection date (even if its being pushed out). Have a look at a Castleisland eircode on the NBI website; Pending Survey January 2025 - December 2026 😕

Portaloise DA just went from Feb - Apr 2022, to Oct - Dec 2022 😡

Same dates for myself. As always assumed we would be last done. I've lived with that assessment tbh and accepted it.

Just had a look at the where are we working map and the eircode map and I've compiled a list of estimated completion date for every DA in Kerry (as of 9/9/21):

Network Build in Progress

Tralee (November 2021 - January 2022), Killarney (November 2021 - January 2022)

Survey Underway

Castlegregory (October 2022 - December 2022), Ballyheigue (January 2023 - March 2023), Ballydavid (March 2023 - May 2023), Rathmore (March 2023 - May 2023), Kilgarvan (April - June 2023)

Survey Planned (ALL JANUARY 2023 - DECEMBER 2024)

Listowel, Lauragh, Sneem

Pending Survey (ALL JANUARY 2025 - DECEMBER 2026)

Abbeyfeale, Castleisland, Glencar, Kells, Waterville

3 points;

1. Not even the Healy-Raes can stop a delay it appears with Kilgarvan being pushed back from July - December 2022 to Spring 2023.
2. I'd say until they plan a survey in the Deployment Areas mentioned above, they're probably going to give very vague far out dates. These areas will probably be brought forward in time once surveys have got underway. This point may also stand elsewhere across the country, so I wouldn't completely panic yet.
3. 1 thing for sure, there's still a place for Starlink, Fixed Wireless, 4G/5G etc. for another couple of years.

He doesn't care. Starlink is for the cars not for home broadband. Home broadband subsizes it in the interim short term cash. The ultimate goal is coverage for the driverless cars.

Have all pending survey DA's just been given that 2025 - 2026 date?

Mines been given that date as have 3 others I checked.

Wonder will we ever hear about this acceleration. Considering 50% of the country will be connected in 2025 - 2026 according to the site.

A few houses in my local area which last year had Network Build in process for about 6 months now say survey underway, broadband available April 2023. That's some push back. I'm actually going to take it with a pinch of salt though as it doesn't seem to have been right anytime yet.

Thank God for three mobile broadband, I've been living off 3mb broadband for a while with a local provider but getting minimum 40mb and up to 140mb through three since I switched to them.

Forgot to say the DA level information is available via these two endpoints:

The second endpoint is only for the amount of money and premises involved and doesn't really change:

South KK pushed back to August-October 2022. Status moved to build in progress which is something I suppose.