Welcome to Broadband
The Schools Broadband Programme provides an integrated set of services to schools which includes broadband connectivity, and hosted services including content filtering, webhosting, and security services including anti-virus control and firewall. These services are managed by the NCTE working closely with the Department of Education and Science and HEAnet and are coordinated and supported by the NCTE Service Desk which is the single point to contact for schools for all broadband related issues, providing information, advice and support to schools.
The Schools Broadband Programme does not include the provision of local area networking (ie LANs) within the schools themselves. A separate Department of Education and Science networking grant was made available to support local area networking (LANs) within schools. For more information please refer to ICT School Networking.
In order to be 'School ready' to be connected to the Schools Broadband Network, schools are required to have an up-to-date Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) governing the acceptable use of the Internet in the school. Advice on Internet Safety is available on this website along with information on Developing an Internet AUP on Webwise.ie, NCTE's internet safety website.
For more information please refer to FAQs .
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