Archive for May, 2009

Northern Ireland is going to tap the global crossing broadband line and bring it in to Derry. The Deptartment of Enterprise will provide some funding in return for links to Donegal and Monaghan. This will give a very high quality broadband connection to these areas. The current completion date is scheduled for March 2010.

Here is the official line on it:

Project Kelvin

Project Kelvin is a €30m cross-border venture in partnership with the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and co-financed by Interreg funding from the European Union. Broadband Communications between Ireland and North America will be routed directly into a transatlantic communications network without having to use intermediate external networks e.g. through London. Amongst the benefits will be faster response times at lower cost for high capacity broadband users.

The project will involve the construction of a fibre optic submarine telecommunications cable which will be brought ashore in Co. Derry. Further links will ensure Letterkenny and Monaghan as well as Castleblayney, Drogheda and Dundalk have direct international connectivity.

Following a competitive tendering process, the contract for delivery of the project has been awarded to Hibernia Atlantic Ltd.

Some more info here science.ie site