{"id":8783,"date":"2015-03-02T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=8783"},"modified":"2015-03-02T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T10:28:09","slug":"northern-ireland-secures-another-gbp17m-to-expand-fibre-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/03\/northern-ireland-secures-another-gbp17m-to-expand-fibre-broadband.html","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE N.Ireland Secures Another GBP17m to Extend Superfast Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The on-going <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/\/broadband-improvement-project.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Ireland Broadband Improvement Project<\/a> (NIBIP), which only began one year ago, appears to have been boosted by another \u00a317 million investment in order to help bring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s faster &#8220;<em>fibre broadband<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>\/P) connectivity to an additional 38,000 premises.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The first phase of the NIBIP only began last February 2014 with an investment of <strong>\u00a323.5m<\/strong> and an aim to push the faster broadband service out to an additional <strong>45,000 premises<\/strong> by December 2015. At the last count some 17,500 homes and businesses had already been put within reach of the service (<a href=\"http:\/\/nibroadband.com\/the-big-build\" target=\"_blank\">here is a list of the upgraded street cabinets<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the project is still on target and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> recently confirmed that a total of <strong>200,000 premises<\/strong> in Northern Ireland can now receive its &#8216;up to&#8217; 80Mbps capable <strong>Fibre-to-the-Cabinet<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>) connectivity (with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>); this includes the operators own pure commercial upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of Northern Ireland is thus already well served with <strong>Next Generation Access<\/strong> (NGA) style infrastructure and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s 2014 Infrastructure Report put the coverage figure at 94%, although this fell to 77% for those able to receive superfast broadband (<strong>24Mbps+<\/strong>) speeds (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/12\/ofcom-united-kingdom-can-sign-superfast-broadband.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). So even after December 2015 there will still be areas that need an upgrade and this is where today&#8217;s investment comes in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Colm O&#8217;Neill, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> Northern Ireland, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The Superfast Rollout Programme marks another successful step in Northern Ireland&#8217;s broadband journey, helping to strengthen its position as one of the best regions in Europe for fibre speeds and availability<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Ed Vaizey, UK Digital Economy Minister, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Today&#8217;s announcement is fantastic news for Northern Ireland &#8211; this additional funding will see tens of thousands more homes and businesses able to access superfast speeds and will provide a tremendous boost to Northern Ireland&#8217;s economy<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently the new investment will see the UK Government&#8217;s <strong>Department of Culture, Media and Sport <\/strong>(DCMS \/ BDUK) contribute \u00a37 million towards the extension project, which will be matched by the <strong>Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment<\/strong> (DETI). On top of that BT has agreed to commit \u00a33 million of its own money.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the details that have been released so far do not offer a clear timescale for the extension work or give any indication of what the total coverage for &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; speeds will be once completed. We are attempting to find out more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 10:26am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BT has clarified that the extra investment won&#8217;t strictly be an additional 38,000 premises, instead it will aim to provide &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; (24Mbps+) speeds to homes and businesses that may already have existing standard broadband capable connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The on-going Northern Ireland Broadband Improvement Project (NIBIP), which only began one year ago, appears to have been boosted by another \u00a317 million investment in order to help bring BT&#8217;s faster &#8220;fibre broadband&#8221; (FTTC\/P) connectivity to an additional 38,000 premises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[474,471,55,56,414,69],"class_list":["post-8783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bt","tag-bduk","tag-fttc","tag-fttp","tag-northern-ireland","tag-bt-openreach"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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