The bonkers.ie Podcast

19. The growth of fibre broadband and smart homes

The bonkers.ie Podcast

Show Notes

Earlier this month Virgin Media announced that it is to invest €200 million on upgrading its broadband infrastructure to full fibre over the coming three years. Meanwhile, SIRO has announced a further expansion of its fibre broadband network to over 700,000 premises over the coming months.

In this podcast we chat to Cian O’Mahony, Head of Operations at SIRO, to talk about the growth in the demand for pure fibre broadband in Ireland. We discuss why a fast broadband connection is so important in today’s world, the growth of smart homes, and in the second half we discuss some of the best superfast broadband deals available on the market right now.

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