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Governement Investing in Broadband for Rural Northern Ireland

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Posted by Admin on August 4, 2009 – 12:24 pm
Filed under Broadband News, Rural Broadband

Rural BroadbandThe Government intends to invest £177,000 to inprove broadband services in Northern Ireland. Two companies have been awarded the money – Net I Limited and North West Electronics.

North West Electronics will extend into the Foyle Basin and North Sperrin areas of County Londonberry whilst Net I Ltd. will develop its broadband infrastructure into County Fermanagh.

Net l will offer services to Marlbank , Belcoo, lattone, Drumculley and Kinawley. North West electronics will deal with Park, Greysteel and Macosquin.

It is considered vital that higher speed broadband services are made widely available across Northern Ireland and this work will enable some of the most rural areas in Northern Ireland to benefit.

The investment was made through the £1.9 million Broadband Fund.

Fastest Broadband Speeds are in Northern Ireland

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Posted by Admin on July 29, 2009 – 4:26 pm
Filed under Broadband News, Broadband Speed, Rural Broadband

Ireland - BroadbandAccording to Ofcom Northern Ireland has the fastest boradband speeds in  the UK for anyone subscribing to an ‘ up uo 8 Mbps braodband package.

Ofcom found that a larger proportion of consumers in Northern Ireland are on ‘up to 8Mbps’ deals than in the rest of the UK although the average speed was actually 4.1Mbps compared to  3.9Mbps for others in the UK. Speeds in rural areas of Northern Ireland are much slower.

The Telecomms regulator is commited to encouraging the rollout of better faster speeds for the whole of Northern Ireland. Overall Ofcom found that most broadband customers were not getting the speeds that they are paying for and one fifth of UK consumers on an 8Mbps deal actually receive less than 2 Mbps. Only 9% of users receive more that 6 Mbps.

Ofcom say that the average quality of electrical line in Northern Ireland is of a higher standard and this may be the reason that speeds are higher there.

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