Fibre broadband went live in Louth Village for the first time this morning.
Eircom claim that 448 new premises off Louth exchange (cab E01) can now access high speed broadband of up to 70mb/s.
In total 9,254 new premises can now access high speed broadband across the country as and from today.
Fibre services are also due to go live in Inniskeen and Togher next month.
High speed broadband is on its way to Readypenny.
The townland between Dundalk and Ardee was one of several broadband blackspots unveiled today by Eircom as an area targeted for upgrade as part of their rural broadband plans.
The new broadband will be fibre directly to the home, as opposed to existing phone lines that connect to a fibre cabinet some distance from the house. It will deliver broadband speeds of up to 1,000Mbs, four times faster than speeds in Irish cities.
More than 400 new premises in the area will be able to access high speed broadband from today.
Eircom has revealed that 203 premises in Dundalk off Dundalk (cab E01) exchange can now avail of speeds of up to 100Mb/s, as well as 220 premises in Blackrock off Dundalk Blackrock (cab E01) exchange.
Work is currently underway in Louth Village, Inniskeen and Togher to bring the first Live Fibre Services there later this summer.
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