Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Dónal Palcic:

There will be value but they have to keep refreshing the optical technology. That develops rapidly enough in terms of the active equipment they use to transmit light down the fibre. That has to be refreshed every seven to ten years at a minimum, although one could sweat it a bit if one wanted. That must be built in. All of these things can be built into a contract in any event.