Eircom eFibre VDSL/FTTC rollout – plans to reach 1.6m premises by mid 2016

Kaner2004

A friend told me he got a call from Eircom asking him if he wanted to sign up to Fibre. He is in Swords - Could they be finished upgrading Swords exchange already?

Sponge Bob

AdamD wrote: »

On their map it says Fibre powered is available 'to the box' at the dundrum exchange, yet when I ring them its not? :S

The two nearby exchanges ( Priory and Dundrum) were largely but not completely cabinetised.....which is what will happen the two new tranches announced in the last year.

So that seems perfectly plausible.

long_b

Praetorian wrote: »

http://www.eircomwholesale.ie/Reference-Offers/

click on coverage maps, then click the broadband tick box, and you can then zoom in and see where most of the exchanges are. Map seems to be accurate.

That's a class link - finally got to measure the distance to my exchanged. 4.5KM as Google flies.

Solair

Go for a walk, you'll usually find them on corners of streets or, at green spaces.

AdamD

Sponge Bob wrote: »

The two nearby exchanges ( Priory and Dundrum) were largely but not completely cabinetised.....which is what will happen the two new tranches announced in the last year.

So that seems perfectly plausible.

Ah ok, has a date been set on this yet?

stevenf17

Can't wait until the day FTTC/FTTH is available in my area... only about 100 metres from my cabinet
Hopefully I'll be included in phase 3 but still prob be waiting a year+ :rolleyes:
(greystones btw)

SickBoy

stevenf17 wrote: »

Can't wait until the day FTTC/FTTH is available in my area... only about 100 metres from my cabinet
Hopefully I'll be included in phase 3 but still prob be waiting a year+ :rolleyes:
(greystones btw)

So phase 1 and 2 are completed now is that right?

stevenf17

SickBoy wrote: »

So phase 1 and 2 are completed now is that right?

No not nearly!
Phase 1 is getting there... phase 2 was only announced few weeks ago, but there expecting to finish that by the end of the year!
And Phase 3, that's anyone's guess. That's why I said I hope to be included!

Solair

I'm impressed at the speed at which the installation of fibre in Douglas in Cork is going.

Eircom have absolutely blitzed the area in the last few days and they have made huge progress. The street cabinets, mostly at housing estate entrances, have all had fibre pulled to them and new cabinets were being delivered and installed this morning.

Based on what I am seeing, it looks to me like this kind of rollout could be done very quickly in most Irish urban / suburban areas. Douglas would compare to any suburb of Dublin or elsewhere really.

They already have the duct infrastructure in place and it seems just a matter of pulling / pushing the fibres through.

Hopefully, this rollout continues!

SickBoy

Where do you go then to find out if this product is or will be available? I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere in this thread but there's 250+ posts to trawl through

Alun

http://www.eircom.net/broadband/fibre/

iMuse

SickBoy wrote: »

Where do you go then to find out if this product is or will be available? I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere in this thread but there's 250+ posts to trawl through

Phase 1: Summer of 2012

Mervue (Galway); Douglas (Cork); Dooradoyle (Limerick); Tallaght, Ballyboden, Palmerstown, Swords, Donabate Co. Dublin; Clonee, Co Meath; Letterkenny, Co Donegal;

Phase 2: End of 2012

Shantalla (Galway); Quaker Rd (Cork); Limerick City (Limerick); Rathedmond (Sligo); Ballincollig (Cork); Belcamp, Dun Laoghaire, Rochestown (Dublin); Ennis (Clare); Drogheda (Louth); Bray (Wicklow); Ballina and Castlebar (Mayo).


Not sure if Phase3/4 have been announced yet. There are cabinets springing up everywhere in letterkenny in the past week or so, good to see them trying to get it finished as soon as possible.



As it stands im 850 Metres from a cabinet, what speeds can I realistically expect?

AdamD

Is the Dundrum rollout as finished as its going to get? - ie. If I can't get it now despite being in a 'green' area on the map will I never get it? Or are they due to complete the area soon?

Hogzy

Huge work going on by Eircom on the Donnybrook Hill in Douglas today. They are laying loads and loads of cable.

Happy days!!

_John C

They have been pulling lots of cable over the past few weeks in Carrick-On-Suir (South Tipperary) even though Carrick-On-Suir hasnt been mentioned for phase 1 or 2. No sign of any new cabinets yet though.

Their plans must be larger then they are letting on ?

_John C

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Eircoms top 67 Exchanges serve over 1m lines between them and have 10,000 lines each. Minimum.

If your exchange is not on this list then you may consider an upgrade is somewhat unlikely to say the least.

TLH Tallaght
CRA Crown Alley
BDT Blanchardstown
DBN Dolphins Barn
BBH Beggars Bush
NMN North Main
MER Merrion
BLP Belcamp
PRP Priory Park
BLB Ballyboden
DLA Dunlaoghaire
SRD Swords
WAL Walkinstown
LMK Roches Street
QKR Quaker Road
FNG Finglas
MVW Mervue
DBC Drogheda
RMS Rathmines
PAL Palmerstown
DDK Dundalk
TRE Terenure
DDM Dundrum
KNY Kilkenny
SAN Santry
WTD Waterford Central
BRI Bray
NUT Nutley
ENS Ennis
CHF Churchfield
CAB Cabra
CRW Carlow
SRL Summerhill
WHI Whitehall
NAS Naas
ROC Rochestown
LKY Letterkenny
TWV Tralee
MGR Mullingar
SLA Shantalla
WRD Wellington Road
DGS Douglas
CKC Cork Central
AUV Navan
STN Sutton
DNU Droichead Nua ( Newbridge)
DYX Dennehys Cross
CLK Coolock
CLM Clonmel
LKD Dooradoyle
CRL Crumlin
CBR Castlebar
CLT Clontarf
CLD Nangor Road
BNC Ballincollig
LCN Lucan Ballydowd
SKL Shankill
PHB Phibsboro
BRN Balbriggan
CHD Caherdavin
PGS Portlaoise
TYC Tycor
SHP Ship Street
GAL Galway
KLN Killarney
SNH Sandyford Aeh

Carrick-On-Suir not on this list and doesnt seem to be covered on the "Possible FTTC roll-out footprint" map !!!

PeadarB

I'm in Ashbrook, Letterkenny, and I see that the new second cabinet was connected to the ESB box at Binnion Avenue today. I expect they are ready to go. Had Eircom on the phone yesterday asking if I wanted to come back to them?
FTTC / FTTH of course I do. And the prices are OK. But they couldn't tell me when the product would be ready!!!

arctan

Alun wrote: »

Does anybody have any reliable info on what equipment (make, model) is provided in both cases, i.e. FTTH and FTTC, and how is the phone connection realized i.e. for FTTC is it a normal connection like with ADSL, or is it via some kind of VOIP setup?

FTTC is VDSL2
FFTH is GPON

Huawei won the contract to supply the equipment for the FTTH and FTTC infrastructure, although Alcatel Lucent was the other final competitor, so their stock will also be used, but mainly expect Huawei..

FTTC, full install would be VDSL2 Broadband, with VoIP ... you can keep your regular POTS, but you then have to pay for extra line rental too

iMuse wrote: »

As it stands im 850 Metres from a cabinet, what speeds can I realistically expect?

realistically, 15 megs, 20 maybe if you have a good case wire ...

VDSL2 has almost full service (50 megs) within the first 350 meters (again depending on case wire, interconnections etc..) or so from the cab, but rolls of fast after that ...

_John C

VDSL2 profile tables on pages 30 & 31.

Oceans12

i would assume that the main type of connections in Drogheda ( DBC )
would be FTTC, with a small part FTTH.


is it possible to find out what parts of a rollout area will be FTTH / FTTC?

i havent seen any eircom works in Drogheda yet, laying cable etc.

chops018

http://www.eircom.net/broadband/fibre/

150mb !!!! Does anyone know where this is available yet ????

Contrarian

provisional and unofficial as yet list of exchanges to be completed by mid 2013

CLONEE
MERVUE
SWORDS
DOUGLAS
TALLAGHT
LETTERKENY
PALMERSTOWN
DONABATE
BALLYBODEN
DOORADOYLE
BLANCHARDSTOWN
PRIORY PARK
BRAY
DROGHEDA
ROCHESTOWN
DUN LAOGHAIRE
BELCAMP
DOLPHINS BARN
DUNDRUM
DUNDALK
ENNIS
SUTTON
TERENURE
BALLINCOLLIG
RATHMINES
BALBRIGGAN
CROWN ALLEY
BEGGARS BUSH
QUAKER ROAD
CHURCHFIELD
SHANKILL
MULLINGAR
TRALEE
KILKENNY
GREYSTONES
WALKINSTOWN
CORK CENTRAL
NAVAN
COOLOCK
WHITEHALL
FINGLAS
CABRA
WELLINGTON ROAD
NUTLEY
DROICHEAD NUA
RUSH
CARRIGALINE
CARLOW
CASTLEBAR
DENNEHYS CROSS
NAAS
CLONTARF
CELBRIDGE
FOXROCK

kaahooters

am i the only one that thinks the new "unlimited off peak" calls is a bit of a dick move, considering, that now ofor the same price you cna have free calls anytime?

nm, saw that the new plans are all the same, might stick to the one im on so.

chops018

Ah no way. Mid 2013. Why do they have it advertised on their site so?

Contrarian

Sandyford and Wexford town are done already and the following will all be completed over the next few months:
Dooradoyle (Limerick); Ballyboden (Dublin); Palmerstown (Dublin); Douglas (Cork); Shantalla (Galway); Quaker Rd (Cork); Limerick City (Limerick); Rathedmond (Sligo); Ballincollig (Cork); Belcamp, Dun Laoghaire, Rochestown (Dublin); Ennis, (Clare); Drogheda, (Louth); Bray, (Wicklow); Ballina and Castlebar( Mayo).

Oceans12

Contrarian wrote: »

Sandyford and Wexford town are done already and the following will all be completed over the next few months:
Dooradoyle (Limerick); Ballyboden (Dublin); Palmerstown (Dublin); Douglas (Cork); Shantalla (Galway); Quaker Rd (Cork); Limerick City (Limerick); Rathedmond (Sligo); Ballincollig (Cork); Belcamp, Dun Laoghaire, Rochestown (Dublin); Ennis, (Clare); Drogheda, (Louth); Bray, (Wicklow); Ballina and Castlebar( Mayo).

Any way of finding out if Drogheda will be mainly FTTC or FTTH ?

Sponge Bob

With the exception of Clonee (rural with an unusual amount of underground ducting) I think all the 50 odd exchanges listed by Contrarian are on the top 67 list I posted here some weeks ago.

The FTTX and FTTC rollouts are unlikely to go beyond 200 exchanges and most of the remainder will be small URBAN exchanges.

I personally doubt if they will get to any town with a population under 5000 before they go back into examinership and we will be lucky if they do every urbanisation with 10,000 persons or more by then....eg Tuam and Midleton are around that if you count everyone within 3 miles of the centre.

Hogzy

Will only newer housing be getting FTTH? (ie housing built in the last 10-15yrs) or does completely new infrastructure need to be installed in ALL houses between home and cabinet?

BorneTobyWilde

Only three years,
awesome , they can rip up the new roads just after completion,

Sponge Bob

UPC will go and fibre an entire estate if the ducting is there an they are in that town on co ax. eircom simply won't tell you what they will do. Amazingly some of the guys planning and laying UPC fibre are also laying eircom fibre but they are subcontractors.

Nobody outside a small team in Dublin is authorised to do or plan anything and the local engineers are completely out of the loop on this FTTx project save that technicians are being trained on installation issues.

eircom have stashed a group of around 30 Chinese engineers somewhere (in HQ or Citywest...they were in HQ before christmas) , these Chinese guys know a lot more than the eircom Area Engineers do.