The NBP is five months behind meeting its revised target.
Areas in the midlands are still without Wi-Fi amid delays to the National Broadband Plan.
The NBP is five months behind meeting its revised target of 60,000 homes and businesses by the end of January.
Arthur Harvey lives on a road of 15 households in Abbeyleix, and fears it could be three or four years years before they're connected.
He says it's frustrating for kids trying to do school work: