Fibre optic cable in Kildare towns?

mfield

This article was posted in my local paper 'The Leinster Leader' a few weeks back. What do you guys make of it? Is it DSL or what da hell is it all about?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!


mfield.



Four Kildare towns included in plan for cheap access to information superhighway

FOUR Kildare towns are included in a major Government drive to improve regional broadband technology.
Naas, Newbridge, Athy and Kildare are among 67 towns across the country set to benefit from a €160m investment in a fibre optic and wireless network.
The Department of Public Enterprise has been working on the project since last year and the final go-ahead was given this week.
Minister Mary O’Rourke, who has appointed a team of independent experts, said: “Effectively what we are doing is providing initially key regional towns with quality and cheap access to the information superhighway.
“This initiative will provide a boost to industry, business and, more importantly, allow the consumers and educational institutes high speed, quality access.”
The move will push Ireland into the top ten of OECD countries for broadband service and will play a key role in attracting investment from the technology sector.
It is hoped that within five years the programme will cover every town in the State with a population of 1,500 or more, including Leixlip, Celbridge, Kilcullen, Kilcock, Monasterevin, Maynooth and Clane.
A spokesman for Kildare Co. Council said that although funding was not yet in place for the Kildare network the local authority was looking at the possibility of funding.
“That will involve a review of the current telecommunications infrastructure, the potential of new operators, a review of the potential demands and so on,” said council information officer Charlie Talbot.
“We would consider both fibre optics and wireless which has certain advantages and may be the more favoured option.”

kavav

i posted up a tender document that appeared in the Irish times this week a few days ago. the plan seems like some fibre serving the industrial estates and business in each town. 5 midlands towns were included in that tender but the total length of fibre was only 76km do its not going to go up to every house.

stormkeeper

Anyone have a rough idea when this will come into play?

JTMan

FF told the Irish Times that every home in the state would have the 7MBps line within 3 years. !!

mrplop

Fungus wrote:

FF told the Irish Times that every home in the state would have the 7MBps line within 3 years. !!

Bump 5 years later for the May election.

watty

This like the the rest of the Government Fibre rings does little for end users. It does not connect to homes.

Zoney

The move will push Ireland into the top ten of OECD countries for broadband service and will play a key role in attracting investment from the technology sector.

Exactly how far from the bottom are we now five years later amongst OECD countries for broadband penetration?

thegills

This like the the rest of the Government Fibre rings does little for end users. It does not connect to homes

The Fibe Rings were never designed to connect to homes as you well know. What they do is enable operators to build out national networks that connect to homes. The MAN's carry traffic for 25+ carriers, most of whom provide residential services.
thegills

watty

Yes. The rings are good for Wisps. Not much help to DSL.

thegills

Both Smart and Magnet have unbundled approx. 16 exchanges on the MAN's. They are providing DSL services. Unfortunately both are concentrating on the business sector at the moment as eircom have made DSL / Unbundling redundant with their recent NGN revelations.
Our 3G operators are also carrying traffic over the MAN's / ESBT
thegills