Mr. Declan Campbell:

That is a question that NBI needs to answer rather than me. As an industry player, I understand the scale of the task it has, which is to roll out broadband for 500,000 homes scattered throughout our island. It is difficult to roll that out beyond the seven years NBI is talking about but there are efficiencies that can take place. If the neighbours of those homes the Deputy talked about have a service, then it should be possible, and much quicker than heading off to a new house on the side of a mountain, to get the service into those sorts of gap houses that are not getting it. Again, I go back to a point I made earlier, namely, that there are technologies available for individuals in those positions, such as the pointing option where a neighbour is asked to share his or her service, but that is not ideal and is not what people want. People do not want to approach a neighbour to ask if they can share broadband service until such time as theirs improves. NBI is best-placed to answer that question, as is Open Eir with its FTTH roll-out.