Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
National Broadband Plan: Discussion
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The company would have to rent the poles or build its own. Within two years, the contractor would be active in every single county.
I understand the grid is separated into 110 zones of 5,000 each. I presume there is a certain logic based on the nodes, as the Deputy described. The MANs and Eir exchanges will be the base from which they will start. They will seek to deliver on a least cost basis but it is certainly the intention that this will be done in a fair way. The company must hit its targets and it will making its plans clear at an early date.