Loughrea in Co Galway is to become Ireland’s second fibre town after a €400,000 investment by open access network provider enet. The service will be delivered through Ripplecom.
This fibre-to-the-business (FTTB) network futureproofs Loughrea’s business community by providing connection speeds up to 250Mb/s.
Construction planning of the new network has commenced, and should be completed in December. Already 50% of the local businesses have subscribed to services delivered via the FTTB network.
Galway Co Council chief executive Kevin Kelly said: “The availability of direct fibre connectivity represents a step-change in the quality of broadband for Loughrea. It will give the town a significant competitive advantage, and will greatly increase its potential for future growth.”
Conal Henry, enet CEO (pictured) said: “By building a fibre network directly into every business, we are doing something no one else has done in Ireland. This fibre network completely replaces the out-of-date copper network which has reached its end of life… The support of Ripplecom, as well as the Loughrea Chamber of Commerce and Galway County Council, has been critical in driving us towards this successful outcome. We will be looking to replicate this level of support in other locations to facilitate further enet fibredirect rollouts.”
Earlier this year Claremorris in Co Mayo became enet’s first fibre connected town.
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