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Eir Fibre Rollout Mapping

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  • #1902
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    chewed wrote: »
    Thanks for the info. So, in layman's terms, does this have anything to do with Broadband rollout? I've been told recently that my area is not currently on the list for efibre rollout!

    If thats recent then it probably isnt on the NGA(fibre) list yet as theyve just given you NGN.

    That RSU should provide ADSL to any lines connected to it. Up to 24Mbps.


  • #1903
    chewed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,415 ✭✭✭chewed


    AnCatDubh wrote: »
    Try look up your area here - http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/ (stolen from a post above) - I found my area with a cabinet which work has started on, so a least now I know it is fibre that is going into it. Mind you, no dates available for the particular one I was interested in. Worth a look anyhow.

    That website seems to be down! But, I've been told by an Eircom rep that we're not on any future plan and to check back in July. At least I know, after I've spent over 4 years trying to get some answers from Eircom, UPC, Sky, local TDs and Councillors......all giving me bullsh1t answers!


  • #1904
    blastman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    HI all, I found out recently that fibre has (finally!) been enabled in my estate, and a friend across the road actually has it, although he's an eircom customer and I'm not. When I check with both eircom and vodafone, it says I'm not fibre enabled. So what's the procedure from here, do I have to keep scratching myself until one or other decides I can actually have it? There has been no formal announcement/sales push yet.


  • #1905
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    blastman wrote: »
    HI all, I found out recently that fibre has (finally!) been enabled in my estate, and a friend across the road actually has it, although he's an eircom customer and I'm not. When I check with both eircom and vodafone, it says I'm not fibre enabled. So what's the procedure from here, do I have to keep scratching myself until one or other decides I can actually have it? There has been no formal announcement/sales push yet.

    Are you checking with an active phoneline or just by address?


  • #1906
    dbit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭dbit


    ED E wrote: »
    Are you checking with an active phoneline or just by address?

    Oh Boy are you in for a surprise dot dot dot dot.


  • #1907
    blastman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    ED E wrote: »
    Are you checking with an active phoneline or just by address?

    By address and/or phone number. What do you mean by checking with an active phone line?


  • #1908
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    blastman wrote: »
    By address and/or phone number. What do you mean by checking with an active phone line?

    If the number returns that chances are you're either

    A. On a different cab that isnt done yet
    B. Direct fed.

    Have a read back on this thread to see an explanation for these.


  • #1909
    blastman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    According to this, fibre is live at the cabinet at the entrance to the estate, I'm less than 200m from it.....


  • #1910
    dbit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭dbit


    blastman wrote: »
    According to this, fibre is live at the cabinet at the entrance to the estate, I'm less than 200m from it.....

    That means nothing, where i live there are two units one 560m from me the other 700m odd and i am not terminated to either . The phone line checker is a good way to sniff out if your estate has split line runs, ie. some to cab and some direct to exchange. If you can get a couple of your neighbors phone numbers from the phone book or golden pages online or whatever start banging them in to the checker on the eircom website , if you see some are reporting as yes efiber enabled and some state your not in an efiber area or not yet enabled then you may or may not be direct fed. ITs a pretty good assumption to make though if you are showing up as not in an area and your neighbors are. All is not lost just yet as pending the availability they may be able to re route your line to local cab. In my case its not feasible as my line runs about 800- 900-m to my exchange along the main road . I know better than to ask for it in my case as it will not happen for me.


  • #1911
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    New router from vodafone arrived in the post yesterday, engineer coming next Thursday. Hopefully I'll be able to get close to the max anyhow like the line checker says as the cab is only 10m from my apartment building.


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  • #1912
    W1ll1s
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭W1ll1s


    blastman wrote: »
    According to this, fibre is live at the cabinet at the entrance to the estate, I'm less than 200m from it.....

    Fibre live @ cabinet too far for me, gona be a looong wait i'am thinking :(


  • #1913
    cunnijo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭cunnijo


    W1ll1s wrote: »
    Fibre live @ cabinet too far for me, gona be a looong wait i'am thinking :(


    It will probably never reach you until the Governments broadband project gets up and running. You can be sure Eircom are not interested in providing a fibre broadband service, as it would cost them too much?? I say this as my folks live less than 1km from a live cabinet and when they asked about fibre the response they got was not interested in supplying the area (from an Eircom sales rep). The same area has over 100 homes in it.

    So if you're in one of the areas listed in the ESB project then think about going that route. If not see what FWA providers cover your area. As you say it might be a very loooooong wait if at all.


  • #1914
    murphaph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,031 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    cunnijo wrote: »
    The same area has over 100 homes in it.
    -How many dwellings per km²?
    -How are the houses currently fed? All running via the same cabinet or more direct fed taking all sorts of different paths back to exchange?

    It's basically pointless saying there are x houses in an area. That does not mean that Eircom can just drop in a cabinet and connect these 100 houses up (as they can generally with VDSL).

    To be quite honest, Eircom are slotting in cabinets that would NEVER be installed by Deutsche Telekom here in Germany. I can't get over some of the isolated spots that will get VDSL in Ireland.


  • #1915
    cunnijo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭cunnijo


    murphaph wrote: »
    -How many dwellings per km²?
    -How are the houses currently fed? All running via the same cabinet or more direct fed taking all sorts of different paths back to exchange?

    It's basically pointless saying there are x houses in an area. That does not mean that Eircom can just drop in a cabinet and connect these 100 houses up (as they can generally with VDSL).

    To be quite honest, Eircom are slotting in cabinets that would NEVER be installed by Deutsche Telekom here in Germany. I can't get over some of the isolated spots that will get VDSL in Ireland.

    Hi murphaph

    The total number of dwellings in the area I mentioned in my last posting is 107 and these are spread over ikm. So this would signify a reasonably densely populated area in comparison to smaller places being covered. As to where the lines are connected/routed to Eircom when asked were very cagey. However they have located 2 of their cabinets for the area literally on the side of a main road with no houses around them and seemly providing a short range of about 300m for each, nothing like the distances mentioned in other posts in this forum.


  • #1916
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    cunnijo wrote: »
    The total number of dwellings in the area I mentioned in my last posting is 107 and these are spread over ikm. So this would signify a reasonably densely populated area in comparison to smaller places being covered. As to where the lines are connected/routed to Eircom when asked were very cagey. However they have located 2 of their cabinets for the area literally on the side of a main road with no houses around them and seemly providing a short range of about 300m for each, nothing like the distances mentioned in other posts in this forum.

    In that case its not the range of the cabinet, its just they only current "feed" premises close by.


  • #1917
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,457 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    This is more a general question of eircom's new connection process..

    We are set to move into a new development (38 houses) in an e-fibre enabled area... when it comes to connecting this development to the network; do eircom as a rule go with the latest and greatest technology available for that area?

    It so happens that I currently rent just up the road from the new development in a development finished in 2006 and despite being in an e-fibre area; that development is still only connected to the network over VDSL..


  • #1918
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    lawred2 wrote: »

    It so happens that I currently rent just up the road from the new development in a development finished in 2006 and despite being in an e-fibre area; that development is still only connected to the network over VDSL..

    Only VDSL? Are you expecting FTTH?


  • #1919
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,457 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    ED E wrote: »
    Only VDSL? Are you expecting FTTH?

    lol

    sorry I meant ADSL... my dl speeds max out at 4Mb/s with ul about 300Kb/s

    VDSL is what I want to see


  • #1920
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    That makes more sense.


    Premises that have had lines before may just be reconnected to the same drop point, with a new build I'd expect they'd probably have fed them from a cab if there was one near the entrance to the development.


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  • #1921
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,971 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Had eircom at my door today trying to sell their package. He was saying the line was tested and can handle 80mb, I live on a housing estate the fibre as not been layed down in the estate only to the front and as it is I can just about get 17mb on my line and everything has been replaced inside. When I pointed out that I could only get 17mb he then started on about how vodaphone rents the lines from eircom and it was vodafones fault that I could not get the 25mb. Dont know about anyone else but that does not sound right..... ;) by the way I worked in IT for years and often had to call eircom when their bb went down in companies and it used to miraculously come back when on the phone to them.


  • #1922
    Seamu$
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭Seamu$


    marno21 wrote: »
    fibrerollout.ie map now updated. Dates available for all exchanges and updated timescales for exchanges where installation has commenced

    http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/

    Checking the above link and this one, what is the general consensus about how achievable those dates are, is it even remotely likely that the "January - June 16" exchanges will be done by June 16?

    I'm in a rural area on one of the 22 exchanges in Kerry that are due to be done by then http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/kerry/. Am I right in thinking they might not get them all done by then (given there are only 9 done by now) and even then, not all lines connected to that exchange will be able to get the service? I'm about 4km from the exchange so I'm pessimistic to say the least!

    Thanks


  • #1923
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Not bad at all.

    Nice upgrade on what was available to me before.

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    Edit: Some difference on wifi sitting right beside the router :(

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  • #1924
    wcarey1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    I know it's probably wireless n but is the wireless connected to the route via wireless n or b. I've 2 laptops and wireless on the older on b maxes out at 43 and the one on wireless n maxes out at 85, wired is 95-98.
    5starpool wrote: »
    Not bad at all.

    Nice upgrade on what was available to me before.

    4099182198.png

    Edit: Some difference on wifi sitting right beside the router :(

    4099196093.png


  • #1925
    wcarey1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    sorry meant wireless g not b.
    wcarey1975 wrote: »
    I know it's probably wireless n but is the wireless connected to the route via wireless n or b. I've 2 laptops and wireless on the older on b maxes out at 43 and the one on wireless n maxes out at 85, wired is 95-98.


  • #1926
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    It's connected via wireless n as far as I can tell. I used wifi analyser as well and it's the only device in the area on channel 11, so not a problem there either. I'll just have to live with it I guess. I updated drivers, checked firmware, etc but no improvement.


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  • #1927
    bridster007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭bridster007


    How long does it take Eircom to let Vodafone or other providers know that a line is enabled for fibre?
    On Eircom site my line started showing ready on 15th January and Eircom will take my order.
    But my contract is with Vodafone and they say it is not enabled per their system.
    Do Eircom hold off for a while to try and get new customers ?


  • #1928
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Different eircom, its wholesale that run those tests and send the results to all operators. Sounds like vodafone might not have integrated the latest batch yet.


  • #1929
    bridster007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭bridster007


    ED E wrote: »
    Different eircom, its wholesale that run those tests and send the results to all operators. Sounds like vodafone might not have integrated the latest batch yet.

    Thanks, I also tried the Sky website and same as Vodafone.
    Anyway, should be here soon then, not the worst problem to have.


  • #1930
    astonvanilla
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭astonvanilla


    Sorry for my stupidity, but is there a way of identifying which of these cabinets feed into your house? Can you ring Eircom and quote the fibre cabinet number? I've been told that my estate will be upgraded to fibre by June and going by that map, the nearest cabinet to my estate is expected to go live tomorrow (11/02/15). Speeds have been so bad, I was contemplating moving to wireless broadband but if fibre will be in by the end of the week, I'll stay with my current provider.


  • #1931
    dbit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭dbit


    astonvanilla wrote: »
    Sorry for my stupidity, but is there a way of identifying which of these cabinets feed into your house? Can you ring Eircom and quote the fibre cabinet number? I've been told that my estate will be upgraded to fibre by June and going by that map, the nearest cabinet to my estate is expected to go live tomorrow (11/02/15). Speeds have been so bad, I was contemplating moving to wireless broadband but if fibre will be in by the end of the week, I'll stay with my current provider.

    Eircom can tell from your phone number as to the location of your termination point . It can be difficult getting the information from them as customer service agents do not all have the ability to pull that info . In my case i had to go to higher level and from IT support not CS.


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  • #1932
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Your current provider might be able to look up the cable records and tell you. If you can catch an eircom technician in the area he certainly will be able to.

    Its not really possible to tell yourself.


  • #1933
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,554 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    Do Eircom need to get planning permission to install the cabinets?
    I was told by a service provider today that my area is awaiting planning permission from the county council to start the instal.

    Anywhere I can check this to be true ?


  • #1934
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Any installations on public roads and paths require PP. The only ones with a blanket wayleave are the ESB.

    They got in trouble for it before when the power pedestals to link with the ESB werent applied for:
    http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eircom-pillars-1191089-Nov2013/


  • #1935
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,554 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    ED E wrote: »
    Any installations on public roads and paths require PP. The only ones with a blanket wayleave are the ESB.

    They got in trouble for it before when the power pedestals to link with the ESB werent applied for:
    http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eircom-pillars-1191089-Nov2013/

    Cheers,I should be able to check the council website so to see has planning been sought or were they just trying to fob me off.


  • #1936
    dbit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭dbit


    Sad part of all of this for me is that a treble large rectangular set of manholes with "Eircom" on it sits right at the foot of my front door ( Main road facing) . Im not going to stay where i am due to the long delays waited almost a year but if i was to hang on im guessing id be right on top of the fiber if they do roll out FTTH. It would only be of advantage if they dropped a little fttc unit in there, loads of bloody room with a set of three ?.


  • #1937
    hots
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭hots


    Is there anywhere to find out when a specific cabinet is scheduled to be done? My area on the eircom main map is finished (it's not really) and on the where and when map it's orange which just means planned.

    I live in Killester and have a cabinet on the other side of our development but annoyingly we're connected to the wrong one.


  • #1938
    dbit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭dbit


    hobbit of the shire wrote: »
    Is there anywhere to find out when a specific cabinet is scheduled to be done? My area on the eircom main map is finished (it's not really) and on the where and when map it's orange which just means planned.

    I live in Killester and have a cabinet on the other side of our development but annoyingly we're connected to the wrong one.

    ITs just a matter of waiting for completion , Keep on them . I haven't even seen a blue (working on build ) icon in my town and its up and running over a year here . Else you could be direct fed ? All i see is Orange, orange everywhere and im not even in northern Ireland ( Allowed make that joke as i was born there)


  • #1939
    hots
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭hots


    dbit wrote: »
    ITs just a matter of waiting for completion , Keep on them . I haven't even seen a blue (working on build ) icon in my town and its up and running over a year here . Else you could be direct fed ? All i see is Orange, orange everywhere and im not even in northern Ireland ( Allowed make that joke as i was born there)

    Tell me more? :) It's annoying they can't just have estimates for each box available for us, I assume they have some sort of plan themselves.


  • #1940
    dbit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭dbit


    Well you would need to ask them what exchange you are terminated to or cabinet . Older lines of majority of Irish towns end up being direct fed due tot he fact they were laid years before the green cabinet plans began. All is not lost you will eventually get something only it could be a year or two after everyone else on the cabinets as the hybrid Evdsl solution is undergoing testing and scrutiny in that it wont de-off other users due to line noise, basically.( Exchange based)


  • #1941
    dbit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭dbit


    hobbit of the shire wrote: »
    Tell me more? :) It's annoying they can't just have estimates for each box available for us, I assume they have some sort of plan themselves.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057262696


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  • #1942
    Hibrasil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 392 ✭✭Hibrasil


    Phone / Address Checker:
    Looking at the Eircom website with Interactive Map showing "eFibre Coverage" - When I "Check to see if eFibre is available" at my address, I have a choice of entering my phone number or my address (if I do not know my phone number ???). When I my phone number I get the following respons - "Your home is not in an eFibre area - However eircom is rolling out eFibre across Ireland.
    We will remember the phone number / address on this computer"

    When I enter my home address - I get a similar response. However if I enter my address without my house number I get a selection of house numbers (similarly for adjacent estates) usually house numbers 100-118 and selecting any of these houses the response is similar to the above two cases.

    Is there any significance to these small number of houses being listed.


  • #1943
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Its just the mapping database they're pulling from, doesnt know every dwelling or autofills a selection.


    With FTTC/VDSL you can be eligible and the next house down can miss out, so neighbours dont mean a huge amount.


  • #1944
    Marhay70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭Marhay70


    Sponge Bob wrote:
    This thread exists to manage the boards.ie crowdsource effort behind mapping the current eircom Fibre to the Cabinet Rollout. In a few weeks we have already found about half of all the cabinets.


    Any of you guys in the River chapel area find speeds have dropped off dramatically in recent times? KN were working at CT 08 a couple of weeks ago and I've noticed my speed dropping to less than 3mbs over the last week. I wonder if there's any connection, I was told speed loss would be a thing of the past.


  • #1945
    seanbrady49
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭seanbrady49


    Eircom rep called last week to inform me and the estate i live in that Headford Galway has been upgraded to fibre broadband and will be active in two weeks, i asked why so quick all of a sudden to upgrade when it was due for july/august on the efibre rollout map, he said that they have employed more contractors to get a full country wide rollout and plan to have it fully finished by the end of the year for all planned areas.

    Not bad news if true but eircom always tell you what you want to hear.

    Will let you know if Headford get upgraded in a couple of weeks.


  • #1946
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    seanbrady49 wrote: »
    Eircom rep called last week to inform me and the estate i live in that Headford Galway has been upgraded to fibre broadband and will be active in two weeks, i asked why so quick all of a sudden to upgrade when it was due for july/august on the efibre rollout map, he said that they have employed more contractors to get a full country wide rollout and plan to have it fully finished by the end of the year for all planned areas.

    Not bad news if true but eircom always tell you what you want to hear.

    Will let you know if Headford get upgraded in a couple of weeks.

    Reps at the door always talk ****.....


  • #1947
    Bazsutto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 205 ✭✭Bazsutto


    1.GIF

    Strange. Only a few weeks ago the coverage map showed Fibre Broadband being rolled out in my Area, Collon, between Mar-Apr 15, now we not getting it at all according to this:eek:


  • #1948
    Nolars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭Nolars


    Bazsutto wrote: »
    1.GIF

    Strange. Only a few weeks ago the coverage map showed Fibre Broadband being rolled out in my Area, Collon, between Mar-Apr 15, now we not getting it at all according to this:eek:

    that's wrong I see they still haven't fixed it


  • #1949
    Forest Demon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Forest Demon


    It's th same for Roosky and Dromod. Rep knocked on the door said it was going live about 6 weeks ago. On the map it said March until last week and then it's gone off the map and Eircom said they now can't say when it will happen.

    Typically useless information and service from Eircom.


  • #1950
    Nolars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭Nolars


    Forest Demon wrote: »
    It's th same for Roosky and Dromod. Rep knocked on the door said it was going live about 6 weeks ago. On the map it said March until last week and then it's gone off the map and Eircom said they now can't say when it will happen.

    Typically useless information and service from Eircom.

    You shouldn't use that map anyhow go by this

    http://www.eircomwholesale.ie/Our_Network/


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  • #1951
    Forest Demon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Forest Demon


    Nolars wrote: »
    You shouldn't use that map anyhow go by this

    http://www.eircomwholesale.ie/Our_Network/

    It says fibre build live in roosky and one cabinet in Dromod. The one I and most of the village is connected to says fibre build commenced. Engineer told me its done. It's been dragging on for the past year. Hopefully soon.


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