Current Broadband Provision in County Donegal

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Current Broadband Provision in County Donegal

Brian Boyle Head of Information Systems Donegal
County Council

• ENGAGE Project Workshop, Letterkenny, 12th
  February 2013

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County Donegal

• Border region
• Population 161,137
• Area 4,841 km2
• Low density population 33.28 people/km2
• Scattered population

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County Donegal Topography
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County Donegal Population
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County Donegal, www.donegal.ie
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ADSL Exchanges
Providers Eircom
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Metropolitan Area Networks
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Community Network Services (CNS)
Providers Northwest Electronics
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National Broadband Scheme (NBS)
Providers 3 Mobile
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3G\GSM Mobile High Sites
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Fibre Backhaul Interconnect and Project Kelvin
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Kelvin Linking NW to North America and Europe
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Existing Broadband Infrastructure
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NEXT CHALLENGE HIGH SPEED BROADBAND
Digital Agenda targets
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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

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NEXT CHALLENGE HIGH SPEED BROADBAND
Bigger challenge for rural areas

• 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,)