Home and business owners signing up to fixed-broadband has risen

Home and business owners signing up to fixed-broadband has risen, an industry watchdog has found.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) in its key data report on the Electronic Communications market for the last three months of 2024 shows that fixed broadband subscriber lines increased to 1.69 million, an increase of 2.4 per cent compared to the same period in 2023.

Of these, over 867,052 were fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) subscriber lines representing 51 per cent of total fixed broadband subscriber lines at the end of last year, up from 40.4 per cent for the same period in 2023.

ComReg also published an Open Data Map Hub with an interactive application to show Coverage and Take-Up of Gigabit Broadband (FTTP and Cable) by county across Ireland.

FTTP is the most purchased broadband technology and is available at 74 per cent of all premises in Ireland. Gigabit broadband is available at 85 per cent of all premises in Ireland.

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