Northern Ireland Broadband Superfast Fibre Broadband in Northern Ireland

This website, operated by BT Northern Ireland, pulls together all the key information about superfast fibre broadband to increase awareness and inform consumers of the benefits and availability of this exciting new technology.

The Technology

BT is upgrading its copper broadband network and data technologies and investing in a new fibre network to bring superfast fibre broadband to homes and businesses across Northern Ireland and the UK. 

Superfast fibre broadband uses the latest fibre optic technology (known as fibre to the cabinet, or FTTC) to greatly increase broadband speeds by replacing a section of the copper network with superfast fibre optic cable.  The result is download speeds of up to 40Mbps, and upload speeds of up to 15Mbps.

Availability

Significant investments by BT and the public sector will mean that 89% of all lines in Northern Ireland will be connected to a fibre broadband cabinet. Upon completion, Northern Ireland will be one of the best connected locations in the world, with more fibre deployed by March 2012 than most major European countries aspire to rollout by 2015!

Customer Choice

Superfast fibre broadband is available on an ‘Open Access’ basis – meaning that other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can use the network to offer their own superfast fibre broadband services.  This means that there are lots of options available to both home users and businesses to choose the supplier and package that is best for them.

This site explains more about what we’re doing and how you could benefit.