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Current Broadband Provision in County Donegal
ENGAGE Project Workshop, Letterkenny, 12th February 2013
Brian BoyleHead of Information SystemsDonegal County Council
• Border region• Population: 161,137• Area: 4,841 km2
• Low density population: 33.28 people/km2
• Scattered population
County Donegal
County Donegal Topography
County Donegal Population
County Donegal, www.donegal.ie
ADSL Exchanges
Providers:
Eircom
Metropolitan Area Networks
Community Network Services (CNS)
Providers:
Northwest Electronics
National Broadband Scheme (NBS)
Providers:
3 Mobile
3G\GSM Mobile High Sites
Fibre Backhaul Interconnect and Project Kelvin
Kelvin – Linking NW to North America and Europe
Existing Broadband Infrastructure
NEXT CHALLENGE : HIGH SPEED BROADBAND
Digital Agenda targets
20202013
100% coverage of ≥30Mbps
100% internet coverage
50% households take-up of ≥100Mbps
Irish National Broadband Plan
70Mbps - 100Mbps to more than half of the population by 2015
At least 40Mbps to at least a further 20% to 35% of the population by 2018
A minimum of 30Mbps for every remaining home and business in the country by 2020
Mapping Exercise to define the level of investment Leveraging investment from both the private and
public sectors
NEXT CHALLENGE : HIGH SPEED BROADBAND
• National Broadband Plan• FTTx based technology (even if using LTE for “last
mile”)• Non – commercial interest for private telecom
providers:• Return of investment is not clear• Lower demand
• Rationale: social return of investment • New financial models are needed (private-public
partnership, community based models,…)
Bigger challenge for rural areas