{"id":138332,"date":"2026-04-09T13:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/?p=138332"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:55:58","slug":"get-to-know-the-different-types-of-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/get-to-know-the-different-types-of-broadband\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know the different types of broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Various technologies deliver broadband to homes and businesses in Ireland. The broadband connection you can get will depend on where you live, the available technology, and what providers are operating in your area.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Types of Broadband <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Key <a href=\"\/advice-information\/broadband-and-home-phone\/types-of-broadband-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">types of broadband connections<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fibre<\/li>\n<li>Part-Fibre<\/li>\n<li>Cable<\/li>\n<li>Copper<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Wireless<\/li>\n<li>Satellite<\/li>\n<li>Mobile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Tips to help<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We have advice and information on <a href=\"\/advice-information\/broadband-and-home-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broadband<\/a> including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the different types of broadband technology;<\/li>\n<li>the companies that offer broadband services in Ireland; and<\/li>\n<li>an explanation of broadband speeds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also have more information about <a href=\"\/advice-information\/broadband-and-home-phone\/broadband-home-phone-switching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">switching broadband and home phone providers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various technologies deliver broadband to homes and businesses in Ireland. The broadband connection you can get will depend on where you live, the available technology, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/get-to-know-the-different-types-of-broadband\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":138331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consumer-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138332"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138335,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138332\/revisions\/138335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}