Sharp Increase In No. Of Kildare Premises Surveyed Under National Broadband Plan.

Friday, 4 June 2021 07:10

The rate at which surveys are carried out has jumped since March.

There's been a surge in the number of broadband surveys conducted on premises in Kildare.

The studies are being conducted on buildings in the county which can't get online, as part of the National Broadband Plan.

Up to March, just 20% of premises in Kildare had been surveyed for supply of the service.

That's jumped to 42%, or 5,963, up to May 20th.

And by May 27th, had increased to 54% of premises.

COUNTY	number of premises in the IA	surveys completed	% surveys completed
Carlow	8,190	7,772	94.62%
Cavan	16,274	3,817	23.45%
Clare	22,719	3,567	15.70%
Cork	79,663	22,765	28.57%
Donegal	32,483	6,389	19.67%
Dublin	13,677	2,437	17.79%
Galway	38,887	14,914	38.34%
Kerry	26,988	16,382	60.69%
Kildare	14,085	7,598	53.94%
Kilkenny	18,416	5,951	32.31%
Laois	12,562	9,695	77.18%
Leitrim	11,614	3,576	30.79%
Limerick	21,293	8,583	40.31%
Longford	8,712	3,294	37.81%
Louth	8,423	7,850	93.18%
Mayo	36,614	8,281	22.62%
Meath	19,824	7,742	39.05%
Monaghan	15,332	10,644	69.42%
Offaly	12,216	1,275	10.44%
Roscommon	19,185	8,268	43.10%
Sligo	14,875	3,959	26.62%
Tipperary	29,810	14,001	46.97%
Waterford	15,048	11,277	74.94%
Westmeath	11,761	8,656	73.60%
Wexford	22,552	11,231	49.80%
Wicklow	15,464	10,547	68.09%
TOTAL	546,762	220,471	40%

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