SIRO to erect information stall in Dundalk this weekend for 1GBps broadband

Information on the new 1,000mbps broadband on the way to Dundalk will be available in the Marshes Shopping Centre this weekend.

Dundalk is the first town in the country to get SIRO’s new 100% fibre-optic broadband network.

Since September the new high speed broadband, made available in a joint venture by ESB and Vodafone, has been available to over 800 homes in the Coes Road area with more people set to benefit in the coming weeks.

A SIRO stall will be in the Marshes Shopping Centre from Thursday to Sunday showing how you can work smarter, play harder and shine brighter with the new 1GBps speeds.

For further details pop along to the Marshes this weekend or visit www.siro.ie

Ardee to become Ireland’s third fibre town

Ardee

Ardee is to become Ireland’s third “fibre town” with a fibre connection directly into every business in the town’s centre.

The move is being facilitate by Enet, the company that holds the concession to manage, maintain and operate two phases of the Irish State’s Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) programme.

A spokesman for Enet said that the fibre broadband activation can deliver speeds of 250Mbs.

The MAN infrastructure is in place in 94 towns and cities across the country, with fibre optic cables delivered directly into premises.

The move comes as Eir and Siro promise new fibre broadband services into Irish towns across the country.

Eir says that 23,000 homes and businesses around the country are already able to receive its 1,000Mbs fibre broadband service and that it will roll this service out to 1.9m premises around the country.

Dundalk unveiled as the first town to avail of SIRO’s 1GB broadband

 

SIRO, the joint venture between the ESB and Vodafone to deliver 1GB broadband to homes and businesses, held a presentation in Dundalk on Friday ahead of the roll out of the service here this autumn.

Dundalk will be the first town in the country to receive the new high speed broadband with the announcement made at an event at the County Museum.

The company says that the rollout of the network is currently underway in Dundalk and that services will be available from broadband retailers from autumn this year.

Approximately 800 homes and businesses in the Coes Road area will be the first to be offered the service, with an opportunity to participate in a trial from the end of September via registration on the SIRO website. It is hoped that 18,000 households in Dundalk and Blackrock will have access to 1GB broadband in the next 12 months.

SIRO is building a 100% fibre-optic internet service, with no copper connection at any point in the network, and has the ability to offer speeds up to 1 Gbps. As an example of what this means in practice, the company says that a high definition film of 4 gigabytes, which would take one hour to download with a 10 Mbps connection, would take 30 seconds on this new service.

“This is a first for Ireland. SIRO will mean that anyone starting a business in Dundalk will be able to compete not just at a national level, but at an international level,” said Sean Atkinson, CEO of SIRO.

“It will mean that students will be able send large files instantly, that families can download a movie in a few seconds and that working from home is a real prospect for employees.”

“It will mean a completely new internet for Dundalk. Dundalk has a vibrant local economy and a growing digital future, which we are delighted to be a part of.”

The service will be available in the area from the autumn and you can register your interest here.

SIRO now accepting expressions of interest for 1GB broadband in Dundalk

SIRO, the joint venture between the ESB and Vodafone to deliver 1GB broadband to homes and businesses, are now accepting expressions of interest from people in Dundalk looking to avail of the service.

Earlier this year Dundalk was selected as one of the first 10 towns to receive the new broadband.

According to their website: “SIRO will deliver a 100% fibre-to-the-building broadband network, with speeds of 1,000Mbps, for the first time in Ireland and will soon propel Dundalk into the ranks of the world’s fastest broadband towns and open up a new world of possibilities for home users and businesses.”

The service will be available in the area from the autumn and you can register your interest here.