{"id":138641,"date":"2026-05-01T11:49:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/?p=138641"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:57:59","slug":"how-to-find-the-best-broadband-in-your-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/how-to-find-the-best-broadband-in-your-area\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find the best broadband in your area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The broadband connection available to you depends on where you live, the available\u00a0<a href=\"\/advice-information\/broadband-and-home-phone\/types-of-broadband-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, and what providers sell broadband in your area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadband Availability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use our\u00a0<a href=\"\/broadbandchecker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadband Checker<\/a>\u00a0by entering either your Eircode or address to see if broadband is available or planned in your area. A table will be shown with the network operator, type of broadband (for example, fibre) and its speed. You can also find a list of service providers that may sell broadband on that network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips to help<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have advice and information on\u00a0<a href=\"\/advice-information\/broadband-and-home-phone\/upgrading-broadband-home-phone\/getting-a-new-broadband-connection-tips-to-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">getting a new broadband connection<\/a>\u00a0including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>questions to ask your provider before you <a href=\"\/advice-information\/broadband-and-home-phone\/upgrading-broadband-home-phone\/getting-a-new-broadband-connection-tips-to-help\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">change your broadband connection<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>preparation for a <a href=\"\/advice-information\/broadband-and-home-phone\/upgrading-broadband-home-phone\/getting-a-new-broadband-connection-tips-to-help\/#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technicians visit<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>expectations during <a href=\"\/advice-information\/broadband-and-home-phone\/upgrading-broadband-home-phone\/getting-a-new-broadband-connection-tips-to-help\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">installation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also have more information for <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>The broadband connection available to you depends on where you live, the available\u00a0technology, and what providers sell broadband in your area. Broadband Availability Use our\u00a0Broadband &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/how-to-find-the-best-broadband-in-your-area\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":138640,"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-138641","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\/138641","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=138641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138644,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138641\/revisions\/138644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}