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