Current Broadband Provision in County Donegal ENGAGE Project Workshop, Letterkenny, 12 th February 2013 Brian Boyle Head of Information Systems Donegal County Council

Border region Population: 161,137 Area: 4,841 km 2 Low density population: people/km 2 Scattered population County Donegal

County Donegal Topography

County Donegal Population

County Donegal,

ADSL Exchanges Providers: Eircom

Metropolitan Area Networks

Community Network Services (CNS) Providers: Northwest Electronics

National Broadband Scheme (NBS) Providers: 3 Mobile

3G\GSM Mobile High Sites

Fibre Backhaul Interconnect and Project Kelvin

Kelvin – Linking NW to North America and Europe

Existing Broadband Infrastructure

NEXT CHALLENGE : HIGH SPEED BROADBAND Digital Agenda targets % coverage of ≥30Mbps 100% internet coverage 50% households take-up of ≥100Mbps

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

NEXT CHALLENGE : HIGH SPEED BROADBAND 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,…) Bigger challenge for rural areas