Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters
9:30 am
Mr. Peter Hendrick:
We have measured it over time. In advance of completing the build we take pre-orders for the three months in advance of completion. We have measured Cavan, Carrigaline and areas like that and we are seeing take-up of above 30% and growing. There is a demand but equally there are consumers who may be in contract with an existing operator and so they may be coming to the end of a contract. As we build across all Twenty-six Counties and as more retailers are actively selling, we are noticing that retailers are starting to migrate their customers onto our network, even if they are in contract, because they see the opportunity to get them on board with this fibre network. To keep that customer for the long term they have to migrate them while they are already in a contract.
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