Greystones - eFibre (Eircom Fibre Roll-out)

MyPerfectCousin

KN Networks has started working on GRS1_066 Charlesland Park this morning.

The Real B-man

fat-tony wrote: »

B-man - did you opt for the 50Mb package specifically or are you going for the eVision service? It seems that a lot of eircom customers are set on the 50Mb profile, rather than the 70Mb, whereas VF are using a 70Mb profile mostly.

No Its the Unlimited Package upto 70mb i will have to ring them Cause my Line Stats Suggest 70mb would be fine i can nearly see the Cab from my House!

fat-tony

Yes it looked like your speed potential was higher given your low attenuation. This is similar to mine and I'm about 300m from the cabinet in Hillside here in Greystones. Your signal to noise ratios (SNR) are unusually good in one direction (up) and bad in another (down). Mine were 9dB up and 12dB down on my original connection in the study but 15dB in both directions if I connected the modem direct to the master socket in the hall. I upgraded the cable to my study to CAT5 and now have 14.5dB up and 14.9dB down so the signal is stable and I have very few errors reported on the modem side (CRC and FEC errors). The eircom modem and the VF modem are different so the signal measurements may mean slightly different things or need to be interpreted differently, but I would have thought that your SNRs should be broadly similar. A SNR of below 6dB would be considered bad and indicative of poor line quality.

edit - your modem is reporting SNR margin which is an indication of how much over the actual SNR your connection is in regard to maintaining a stable connection at the port speed set. So it might indicate that at 70Mb your connection would be unstable which is maybe why you are on a 50Mb profile. If the cabinet is actually that close maybe there is possibly some minor issue with a connection or some interference on the cable. Problem is eircom won't investigate unless there is some noticeable interference with the voice quality on the line (crackling or humming or something like that). I had a cable pair swapped out a couple of years ago because of voice line issues although it wsn't interfering with my ADSL at the time.

Scania46

A second green cabinet was put up this week and the ducting was put into it.

The larger cabinet was put up a few months ago.

red_bairn

We are currently on the look out for the following cabinets to have an accompanying VDSL cabinet within its vicinity:

• GRS1_002 Killincarrick Roundabout, Greystones.
• GRS1_010 Edengate Roundabout, Greystones.
• GRS1_016 Barry’s Bridge/Drummin Road, Delgany.

• GRS1_030 Delgany National School, Delgany. (Sticker)
• GRS1_031 Killincarrig/Delgany Glen, Delgany.(SPOTTED:24/11/2013)
• GRS1_032 Convent Court/Main Road (near. Roundabout), Delgany.
• GRS1_034 Delgany Wood, Delgany (Opp Thornbury).
• GRS1_035 Windgates Hill, Windgates Upper, Greystones.
• GRS1_039 Meridian Complex.
• GRS1_040 Meridian Complex2
• GRS1_052 Charlesland Grove, Greystones.
• GRS1_064 Edengate, Delgany/Greystones.
• GRS1_065 Edengate, Delgany/Greystones.
• GRS1_066 Charlesland Park, Greystones. (Current works)


Any other housing states or areas getting Sales People?

Scania46

I spoke to a foreman from the company who is putting up the cabinets and the ducting. He said it will take between four and five weeks for ESB and Eircom to install the cables.

This means that Barry's Bridge/Drummin road will not have it done before January.

adam240610

Scania46 wrote: »

I spoke to a foreman from the company who is putting up the cabinets and the ducting. He said it will take between four and five weeks for ESB and Eircom to install the cables.

This means that Barry's Bridge/Drummin road will not have it done before January.

I hope that means that they will have most of central Greystones and the residential areas surrounding will get it prior to christmas, the internet speed is driving me crazy at the moment here in redford.

Shazerina

I'm in rathdown and spoke to eircom today about something else which led on to talking to them about efibre. No date for rathdown. Possibly early 2014 at this stage he reckons although greystones acknowledged as a high interest area so might be sooner. Bit disappointing though. Maybe if I ask santy he might bring it to me?!....

red_bairn

Shazerina wrote: »

I'm in rathdown and spoke to eircom today about something else which led on to talking to them about efibre. No date for rathdown. Possibly early 2014 at this stage he reckons although greystones acknowledged as a high interest area so might be sooner. Bit disappointing though. Maybe if I ask santy he might bring it to me?!....

Ugh...by the time it comes here I'll probably have left the country. I'd rather be here at the house to make sure it runs smoothly and if anything did happen at least my parents wouldn't have to deal with any technical grief as I would most likely be able to sort it out for them.

gorehoundess

red_bairn wrote: »

Ugh...by the time it comes here I'll probably have left the country. I'd rather be here at the house to make sure it runs smoothly and if anything did happen at least my parents wouldn't have to deal with any technical grief as I would most likely be able to sort it out for them.

Oh dear, I feel your pain. Can't believe they've done all Kilcoole before Greystones. I even had Vodafone ring me and they're installing on my business line next week, modem arrived today. Have to say I am loving the speeds at home, downloads that previously took days now done in mins, it's a dream. Hope it gets switched on very soon.

red_bairn

gorehoundess wrote: »

Oh dear, I feel your pain. Can't believe they've done all Kilcoole before Greystones. I even had Vodafone ring me and they're installing on my business line next week, modem arrived today. Have to say I am loving the speeds at home, downloads that previously took days now done in mins, it's a dream. Hope it gets switched on very soon.

What kind of business are you running?

gorehoundess

red_bairn wrote: »

What kind of business are you running?[/

Our local charity shop , we don't even need efibre there and wouldn't have bothered, but Vodafone rang and offered it at no extra cost. That's a killer, when others are screaming for it to be installed.

red_bairn

gorehoundess wrote: »

red_bairn wrote: »

What kind of business are you running?[/

Our local charity shop , we don't even need efibre there and wouldn't have bothered, but Vodafone rang and offered it at no extra cost. That's a killer, when others are screaming for it to be installed.

The one down on the main street?

gorehoundess

yep, that's the one.

Jimjay

Just got connected.
Getting 51mbps down and 18mbps up

The average from UPC over last few months was 10mbps down and 2 up.

Just browsing the internet and web pages are almost instant. :-)

red_bairn

Jimjay wrote: »

Just got connected.
Getting 51mbps down and 18mbps up

The average from UPC over last few months was 10mbps down and 2 up.

Just browsing the internet and web pages are almost instant. :-)

Almost instant? Ah, that aint good enough. Haha! I have high expectations as I had a 100/100 connection in South Korea.

adam240610

Jimjay wrote: »

Just got connected.
Getting 51mbps down and 18mbps up

The average from UPC over last few months was 10mbps down and 2 up.

Just browsing the internet and web pages are almost instant. :-)

Can you by any chance test to see if that can load 1440p quality videos without the need for pausing/buffering? It would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Jimjay

adam240610 wrote: »

Can you by any chance test to see if that can load 1440p quality videos without the need for pausing/buffering? It would be much appreciated. Thanks.

If you send me a link to something to stream i will let you know.

adam240610

Jimjay wrote: »

If you send me a link to something to stream i will let you know.

Here's the first thing I found
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYvPw8qq604

Jimjay

adam240610 wrote: »

Here's the first thing I found
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYvPw8qq604

Took 10 seconds to start playing and was fully downloaded before 40 seconds had streamed.

adam240610

Jimjay wrote: »

Took 10 seconds to start playing and was fully downloaded before 40 seconds had streamed.

Thank you, that is awesome!

Now I just need to wait until they connect redford park...

Sasso

BASIC BASIC QUESTION, In short what does this mean ? Quicker broadband ? Am in Woodlands, how affect me pls ?
Am with Vodafone, contract up Feb 14 I think. What do I do, wait for them to contact me ? Do I need new modem ? New point installed ?

Thanks but not very techy and i know a lot of you using lingo etc, just need basic explanation, thanks

loyatemu

Sasso wrote: »

BASIC BASIC QUESTION, In short what does this mean ? Quicker broadband ? Am in Woodlands, how affect me pls ?
Am with Vodafone, contract up Feb 14 I think. What do I do, wait for them to contact me ? Do I need new modem ? New point installed ?

Thanks but not very techy and i know a lot of you using lingo etc, just need basic explanation, thanks

Its faster - maybe 5 times faster than your existing connection.

stick your phone number into the form at the bottom of this page and it will tell you if you can get it yet (only some parts of Greystones have been switched on so far).

I'd imagine Vodafone will upgrade you if its available at your house, but you might need to sign a new contract - other providers are available once your existing contract has expired, but Vodafone are the cheapest anyway.

nickhx

Installed this morning in Blacklion and it is syncing at 50Mb down and 20 Mb up. I am pretty sure I am on the fixed 50Mb profile so I have put in a request for eircom to upgrade my profile to Up to 70 Mb. Will see if they do that for me tomorrow and then post some speed results!

Oh by the way, according to the engineer, I am the first person connected to the Redford park cabinet :-)

red_bairn

nickhx wrote: »

Installed this morning in Blacklion and it is syncing at 50Mb down and 20 Mb up. I am pretty sure I am on the fixed 50Mb profile so I have put in a request for eircom to upgrade my profile to Up to 70 Mb. Will see if they do that for me tomorrow and then post some speed results!

Oh by the way, according to the engineer, I am the first person connected to the Redford park cabinet :-)

Ugh, pity you couldn't ask him about the Rathdown Park one for us.

eigrod

Is it the same process to configure your laptop, hand-held devices etc as it is for wireless broadband, ie inputting a security key that comes with it ?

red_bairn

eigrod wrote: »

Is it the same process to configure your laptop, hand-held devices etc as it is for wireless broadband, ie inputting a security key that comes with it ?

That should be the case. There is no complexity to this set up.

The engineer should come in and install an internal filter where the MDP (Main Drop Point) is (unless you have one already) and he'll setup the new modem/router.

Then he heads to the cabinet to work up there and can take no more than 10/15mins.

Problems usually occur if there is some degraded copper line or a device not getting a proper connection.

Ensure that ALL devices are set up before letting the engineer leave the premises.


Edit: So instead of the external DSL filters (that we have in our home):



You will get an internal filter at the MDP.:

MyPerfectCousin

MyPerfectCousin wrote: »

KN Networks has started working on GRS1_066 Charlesland Park this morning.

FYI, all they did was a bit of digging and they haven't been back since. I had asked them if they were putting in the fibre cabinet, they said yes, but also said something about first getting power fed to it from another part of the estate.

red_bairn

MyPerfectCousin wrote: »

FYI, all they did was a bit of digging and they haven't been back since. I had asked them if they were putting in the fibre cabinet, they said yes, but also said something about first getting power fed to it from another part of the estate.

They'll need to feed a cable to a ESB source.

eigrod

Got connected today.

Upload 14.11
Download 25.06
PING 27

Cabinet on corner of Church Lane (opposite bottom of Applewood)