Provider expects six-figure fines for broadband delay

The Chief Executive of National Broadband Ireland has said that the company is preparing to pay"a couple hundred thousand euro" in fines relating to delays in the rollout of the National Broadband Plan.

"In the first two years of the project there was no associated penalties. When we came into 2022, we recognised there was a 12-month delay," he said. "We’re actually ahead now by six-to-eight weeks in terms of recovering, so when we go through the entire programme we believe we’ll bring the overall project – even with the delays of Covid – all back under the seven-year original plan," he said.

"There are homes that are in a contract, where they’re connected with a broadband provider and their plan is transition at the end of their contract," he said.

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