20% of homes headed by someone aged 65 or over have no internet connection of any kind.

According to the NBI, 8,400 homes and businesses in Roscommon have been connected to broadband so far.

The company is facing a three year wait for connection to the National Broadband Plan.

According to Senator Murphy, one company is losing up to €500,000 in revenue each year due to poor phone and Internet infrastructure.

There are 3,224 homes in the Longford town deployment area.

The figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 9% of people in the midlands and mid-west have not used the internet in their lives at all.

Central Statistic Office data shows that in the midlands, 61 percent of those without internet have stated it is by choice as they do not need it.

40,000 connection points have been identified in intervention areas in Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon