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Telephone Exchange Locations

  • 12-06-2008 9:46am
    #1
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know where I can find info on where the telephone exchanges are located and what types they are?

    I have googled and live searched, but nothing specific coming up.


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  • #2
    zing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,095 ✭✭✭zing


    Which exchanges are you interested in ? Someone will most likely be able to pinpoint them on google maps or M$ Live maps for you


  • #3
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    Was specifically interested in ones around Dublin Road Kilkenny and also Waterville Kerry at the moment.

    Surprised there is any list of locations.


  • #4
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    does anyone know where the caherdavin exchange in limerick city is

    thanks


  • #5
    cgarvey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    Their location/nature are well held secrets. If you live locally, it's easy to identify the bigger/older ones, but there is no published list of lat/long coords and DSL-enabled status anywhere. There is a list, just not published.

    If you have a more specific question like "is exchange X enabled?", or "where is the exchange for Dublin 2 area" you might get someone who has the list, or local knowledge, to tell you.

    Similarly, Smart Telecom line checker tells you the exchange a given phone number is on, if that's of any use.


  • #6
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,510 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Exchanges don';t tend to be really signposted, for example in Waterford I could tell you were the central exchange is but no idea where Tycor is...in my local town I can find the exchange but then its a small building in a park area so it can't be missed :)


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  • #7
    Neil_Sedaka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭Neil_Sedaka


    It's not in the interest of National security to publish these locations.
    Sure if it was common knowledge, al Qaeda would have blown them up years ago!

    Now move along please, nothing to see here :cool:


  • #8
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    CAHERDAVIN 52.6692827, -8.6637514

    I have a fairly up to date (Jan/Feb) list of about 550 DSL exchanges. There has been more upgraded since, but not announced.

    I also have a list of about 250 with co-ords, DSL and non-DSL.
    For some reason they won't upload as attachments so I'll upload them to webspace later.


  • #9
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,486 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    I'd be interested in knowing where the Bray exchange(s) is/are .. my line attenuation figures seem very high considering where I am in the town.


  • #10
    zing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,095 ✭✭✭zing


    kaizersoze wrote: »
    CAHERDAVIN 52.6692827, -8.6637514

    I have a fairly up to date (Jan/Feb) list of about 550 DSL exchanges. There has been more upgraded since, but not announced.

    I also have a list of about 250 with co-ords, DSL and non-DSL.
    For some reason they won't upload as attachments so I'll upload them to webspace later.

    Ever considered putting these all up on google maps - say one color marker for dsl enabled and one for not enabled ? Would be quite useful for peoples reference as long as they can remember that copper runs are anything but straight and that the path it takes to your house/office is not guaranteed to be the shortest available one.


  • #11
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Alun wrote: »
    I'd be interested in knowing where the Bray exchange(s) is/are .. my line attenuation figures seem very high considering where I am in the town.

    BRAY 53.2053305, -6.1068981
    zing wrote:
    Ever considered putting these all up on google maps
    Indeed I have considered it. Lot of work that I haven't got time for atm.


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  • #12
    cgarvey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    zing wrote: »
    Ever considered putting these all up on google maps - say one color marker for dsl enabled and one for not enabled ?
    I belive IoffL v2.0 have done some work on that (as part of a realistic broadband coverage map), but I don't know when, or if, that will be completed.


  • #13
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,486 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    kaizersoze wrote: »
    BRAY 53.2053305, -6.1068981
    Aha! .. behind the main Post Office .. why didn't I think of that :) About 1.8km as the crow flies, but my attenuation is consistent with a distance of about 3.5km, so it must take a pretty tortuous route.


  • #14
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Maybe that Crow simply shat on the cable instead of flying Alun and that in 1983 but nobody cleaned it off since.

    Kleefarr

    -10.1739149 51.8311671
    -7.250854 52.6502575

    list of kilkenny exchanges

    BALLYRAGGET
    BENNETTSBRIDGE
    CALLAN
    CASTLECOMER
    COON
    CUFFESGRANGE
    FRESHFORD
    GLENMORE
    GORESBRIDGE
    GOWRAN
    GRAIGUENAMANAGH
    INISTIOGE
    JENKINSTOWN
    JOHNSTOWN
    JOHNSWELL
    KELLS
    KILKENNY
    KILMACOW
    KILMOGANNY
    KNOCKTOPHER
    LOUGHBOY
    MOONCOIN
    MOUNT JULIET
    MULLINAVAT
    OLDTOWN
    PILTOWN
    THE ROWER
    THOMASTOWN
    TUBRID
    TULLOGHER
    PAULSTOWN


  • #15
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Need to know precisely where these exchanges are , STD code where known

    ATHGARVAN Newbridge area kildare 045
    BATTERSTOWN se meath nr dunshaughlin 01
    COLPE CROSS nr Drogheda 041
    CURRAGHEEN tipp limerick cork
    DEEPFORDE drogheda housing estate?
    FOXHOLE youghal ?
    JOHNSTOWN kildare/wicklow 045
    LINSFORT boyle or buncrana roscommon or donegal
    PELLETSTOWN D15/Meath area? 01
    TULLYALLEN 041


  • #16
    god's toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭god's toy


    Anyone know where the Rathdrum (Co wicklow) exchange is located?


  • #17
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    -6.2271969 52.9306819


  • #18
    god's toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭god's toy


    Thanks a mill SB!


    You the man.


  • #19
    bigpaddy2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,078 ✭✭✭bigpaddy2004


    The majority of exchanges are located at or around the Local Garda Station.


  • #20
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    You sure you got that right Sponge Bob?????

    th_-101739149518311671.jpg

    Great quality if true! :eek: Second one's not much further away.

    :D


  • #21
    god's toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭god's toy


    HA! loved that.


    Put them in other way round.

    As BP said it's next to the Garda station.


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  • #22
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    god's toy wrote: »
    HA! loved that.


    Put them in other way round.

    As BP said it's next to the Garda station.

    :D hehe

    There must be another on the Dublin road because when the Eircon engineer said he was going to pop out to the exchange I asked him how long he would be, 5 minutes he said, it's just around the corner. And he was, just a few minutes.


  • #23
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,533 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    kaizersoze wrote: »
    Indeed I have considered it. Lot of work that I haven't got time for atm.
    Send me the list and I'll do it for you. I can send you the HTML file if you'd rather host it yourself..


  • #24
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Send me the list and I'll do it for you. I can send you the HTML file if you'd rather host it yourself..

    Drop me a pm with your email address.


  • #25
    Davey Devil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭Davey Devil


    Hi.

    Can anyone give me the location of the exchange in Dun Laoghaire.

    Thanks.


  • #26
    cian1500ww
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭cian1500ww


    Some tend to be at the back of Garda stations.


  • #27
    macrubicon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 642 ✭✭✭macrubicon


    Davey Devil wrote: »
    Hi.

    Can anyone give me the location of the exchange in Dun Laoghaire.

    Thanks.

    It's on Patrick St, up the top end on the right hand side coming from the town just after the vet and right before the Builders providers.


  • #28
    murfo
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭murfo


    how about swords? is it beside the garda station there, coz i heard bridge street. if its even closer to my house than i previously thought, it'll make me even sadder


  • #29
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,510 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Sponge Bob wrote: »

    list of kilkenny exchanges

    KELLS

    I'm actually amazed Kells has Broadband, its sooo small :pac:


  • #30
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,510 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    -6.2271969 52.9306819

    You mean 52.9306819 -6.2271969 right? ;)


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  • #31
    royan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭royan


    Anyone have a location for the Glenealy exchange? It seems to have just been enabled for ADSL (rumour confirmed by online checkers) possibly just yesterday when we moved in to our new place there...

    James


  • #32
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,486 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    royan wrote: »
    Anyone have a location for the Glenealy exchange? It seems to have just been enabled for ADSL (rumour confirmed by online checkers) possibly just yesterday when we moved in to our new place there...

    James
    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/user?uid=118359808684743111028&hl=en&gl=uk


  • #33
    royan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭royan


    Great, thanks. I saw the earlier comment about mapping them all, but there was no followup. Apparently I should be able to get a better rate than I ever did when living in the UK, which is a pleasant surprise.

    James


  • #34
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Would finish the map if anyone replied to my queries :(
    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Need to know precisely where these exchanges are , STD code where known

    ATHGARVAN Newbridge area kildare 045
    BATTERSTOWN se meath nr dunshaughlin 01
    COLPE CROSS nr Drogheda 041
    CURRAGHEEN tipp limerick cork
    DEEPFORDE drogheda housing estate?
    FOXHOLE youghal ?
    JOHNSTOWN kildare/wicklow 045
    LINSFORT boyle or buncrana roscommon or donegal
    PELLETSTOWN D15/Meath area? 01
    TULLYALLEN 041


  • #35
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    Alun wrote: »
    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/user?uid=118359808684743111028&hl=en&gl=uk

    damn, beaten to the punch. :)

    i posted that in one of the upgrade threads a month or two ago.

    I wonder if the google maps user Bohrio is the same as the boards user Bohrio that I've seen in the broadband forum recently?


  • #36
    royan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭royan


    This is wandering OT, but I'm loath to start a new thread as it's probably answered somewhere else (though my search-fu fails me today)... Is there a list of which DSL providers are just reselling Eircom's service, and which have their own equipment in exchanges?


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  • #37
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    not quite yet :)

    most large exchange in big cities have anywhere up to 4 in them , some Dublin exchanges have BT and Homevision and Smart and Magnet as well.

    Outside Dublin is usually either or both of BT and Smart in larger towns .

    Gorey and Ballinasloe are BT only ( albeit ADSL1 not ADSL2) but Ennis has nobody .

    Best simply name exchange and see !


  • #38
    royan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭royan


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Best simply name exchange and see !
    Right, well.. Glenealy? I'll bet that as it's only just been ADSL activated there's only Eircom in there.

    You've probably seen SamKnows for UK exchange information, right?


  • #39
    stylers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭stylers


    Anyone know the location of the exchange in Milltownpass, Co. Westmeath. thats if an exchange even exists - I think it must be one of those small exchanges in a cabinet - though any numbers I know on it fail the line checker. I've heard it was to be upgraded..


  • #40
    brimur69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭brimur69


    Sorry for posting in an old thread but does anyone know, exactly, where the DOUGLAS EXCHANGE in Cork is? Thanks


  • #41
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    brimur69 wrote: »
    Sorry for posting in an old thread but does anyone know, exactly, where the DOUGLAS EXCHANGE in Cork is? Thanks

    51.8757621, -8.4360807


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  • #42
    Salvation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 299 ✭✭Salvation


    Anyone got the details of the dundalk exchange ?


  • #43
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Salvation wrote: »
    Anyone got the details of the dundalk exchange ?

    54.0011984, -6.4012422

    53.970564, -6.3888214 - Dundalk Blackrock


  • #44
    Salvation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 299 ✭✭Salvation


    cheers :)


  • #45
    Salvation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 299 ✭✭Salvation


    Anyone got the co-ordinates for the exchange in Inniskeen in Monaghan


  • #46
    lucernarian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    Salvation wrote: »
    Anyone got the co-ordinates for the exchange in Inniskeen in Monaghan
    I'm not sure I trust the google-provided coordinates to the nearest metre but this streetview link (http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Inniskeen&hl=en&ll=54.002658,-6.57797&spn=0.049841,0.154324&sll=53.401034,-8.307638&sspn=6.475044,19.753418&z=13&layer=c&cbll=54.002658,-6.57797&panoid=YuxUL-_pUL67FJlcB48Igw&cbp=12,57.13,,0,-1.73) contains the coordinates just outside the exchange. The shed-like building with two tall poles right behind it, is the exchange. Beside the community centre.


  • #47
    Salvation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 299 ✭✭Salvation


    ah yes thanks right beside the national school thanks :-)

    Now to find if it is ADSL 2 enabled :)


  • #48
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    You can pull 75% of exchange locations out of this old map but because it is eircom data it is crap!

    http://handelaar.org/maps/exchanges-4km.php

    ( use View Source) , copy and paste.


  • #49
    philroche
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭philroche


    @Sponge Bob Any chance you have the coordinates for the Cootehall (COT) exchange?


  • #50
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    philroche wrote: »
    @Sponge Bob Any chance you have the coordinates for the Cootehall (COT) exchange?

    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/39502907/query21Public.html

    Tick DSL or non DSL and the exchange area underlay....as required.


  • #51
    philroche
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭philroche


    Excellent. Thank you very much


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