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''100 meters up the road from us are connected but we're looking at 2023 before we get it''

''100 meters up the road from us are connected but we're looking at 2023 before we get it''

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17.03 20 Oct 2021


''100 meters up the road from us are connected but we're looking at 2023 before we get it''


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17.03 20 Oct 2021


Only 60,000 premises will be connected under the National Broadband Plan this year - compared to the original target of 115,000.

That's according to the Department of Communications, which is appearing before an Oireachtas committee today. 

But what does this mean for those stuck without proper broadband?

Kieran discussed with Harry McCann, owner of trendster.ie, who’s based in Wexford, Michael Cahill a councillor in Kerry and Chris Hand a listener who got in touch with the show...

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