Eircom fibre for direct to exchange news?

MediaHaul

So just got off the phone with an Eircom engineer (there was an issue with my line and he was in the exchange working on it). He said that my main exchange that I am directly connected to CEL1 was live. So I contacted eircom enquiring and they have told me efibre is enabled and the max I can get is 24mbps.

This sucks because I am only 150m / 200 yards from the connection. They said that distance meant nothing and I could be the last connection in a 10k area. After all my waiting it seems pointless to change to fibre now given I am getting 16mbps on adsl.

Sky Broadband, who I am with, told me they clocked the fibre at 12mbps when last tested.

Soul destroying after all the waiting.

Nolars

MediaHaul wrote: »

So just got off the phone with an Eircom engineer (there was an issue with my line and he was in the exchange working on it). He said that my main exchange that I am directly connected to CEL1 was live. So I contacted eircom enquiring and they have told me efibre is enabled and the max I can get is 24mbps.

This sucks because I am only 150m / 200 yards from the connection. They said that distance meant nothing and I could be the last connection in a 10k area. After all my waiting it seems pointless to change to fibre now given I am getting 16mbps on adsl.

Sky Broadband, who I am with, told me they clocked the fibre at 12mbps when last tested.

Soul destroying after all the waiting.

the upload will be miles better if/when you change over.

ED E

1800M from the exchange would give 16Mb or a little better on ADSL2+, about 12 on VDSL. This was always going to be the case with lines of this nature.

If there was definitely a wiring fault on your line though, that could throw the prequals and give bad estimates. Get your dAttenuation figure from your modem. If its around 25dB then the above is right, if lower you might do better.

MediaHaul

ED E wrote: »

1800M from the exchange would give 16Mb or a little better on ADSL2+, about 12 on VDSL. This was always going to be the case with lines of this nature.

If there was definitely a wiring fault on your line though, that could throw the prequals and give bad estimates. Get your dAttenuation figure from your modem. If its around 25dB then the above is right, if lower you might do better.

Thanks ED E.

How would I go about getting that info from my modem?

And I'm not 1800m I am 150m from the exchange. Seems a bit mad.

ED E

150M from a VDSL cabinet, or the exchange building itself? Is it possible your line runs "the other way" around the block to get there?


Login to your modem at 192.168.1.254 with username and password from the bottom/googling them (depends on modem model/ISP). The status or diagnostic page will show the line rates: speed, attenuation, SNR. Copy paste them here and we can review.

MediaHaul

ED E wrote: »

150M from a VDSL cabinet, or the exchange building itself? Is it possible your line runs "the other way" around the block to get there?


Login to your modem at 192.168.1.254 with username and password from the bottom/googling them (depends on modem model/ISP). The status or diagnostic page will show the line rates: speed, attenuation, SNR. Copy paste them here and we can review.

Great thanks!

I would be very surprised if it went the long way around to be honest.

Time will tell I suppose. I may go fibre just for the better upload speed as suggested above.

loyatemu

bk wrote: »

Ok, some really good news, I've heard that eVDSL has gotten the go ahead and that the following exchanges will go live on the 18/03/2014:

AFD1
CRT1
LCN1
RUY1
ASN1
CRW1
LHA1
SAN1
BBS1
CTY1
LKD1
SHN1
BCA1
CVN1
MAH1
SKS1
BDT1
DBN1
MGN1
SND1
BLP1
DBT1
MGR1
SRL1
BMN1
DGS1
MHZ1
STN1
BRN2
DNN1
MNT1
THS1
BSE1
DNU1
MSN1
TLR1
BTE1
DSN1
MYN1
TRM1
BUO1
FBK1
NAS1
TWV1
BWM1
FNG1
NWT1
VGA1
CAB1
FOX1
OGT1
WAL1
CEL1
GMR1
PGS1
WST1
CHD1
GRS1
PMK1
CLS1
ISL1
PRP1
CLT1
KDN1
RCL1
CNR1
KGN1
RSL1
CPH1
KLO1
RTD1
CRL1
KME1
RUS1

Today's the day - have any of these gone live (my local GRS1 is still blue on the map)./

MediaHaul

Mine is still not green but as I said previous I think it is actually live (but I'm getting speeds that aren't worth changing over to)

Praetorian

My numbers on the relevant exhange are not appearing as enabled on the eircom web site. I'm assuming it may take some time for that system to be updated.

mass_debater

Some of those exchanges are already live, I know a business who got installed direct from Ballymote exchange 2 weeks ago

yuloni

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mass_debater

yuloni wrote: »

Was it a new line install or did they just upgrade an existing line? I assume it's no more than patching into a new block in the exchange for existing lines?

Upgrade but it's the same thing, just jumpered to a new vdsl block in the exchange instead of adsl.

mailsanchu

How the speed increases from 10Mb to 100 Mb if the change is that simple ?

MediaHaul

It doesn't for me. In fact it goes down from 16mb to 12mb in my case!

yuloni

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mass_debater

mailsanchu wrote: »

How the speed increases from 10Mb to 100 Mb if the change is that simple ?

This is just the upgrade install for the customer, the new vdsl blocks are connected to fibre and support upto 100mbit bit will most likely only do up to 50mbit as there is no vectoring. The customer is connected to the new vdsl block in the same way as they got connected to adsl block.

mailsanchu

I completely understand your frustration .. After all waiting all these years for downgrade of broadband

MediaHaul

I got the "sorry this happens" fromEircom when I queried why I was getting such crap fibre speeds when I was so close to the exchange. Followed by "maybe in 2016 if we upgrade it will increase".

If I could move today I would.

yuloni

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mailsanchu

What upgrade they are referring to "maybe in 2016 if we upgrade it will increase"

MediaHaul

yuloni wrote: »

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Connected to CEL1, but it appears to already be live. Was on to an engineer about another issue and he said it had gone live.

Chatted to Eircom sales and they said 24mb is the max speed I'll get, and my current provider Sky clocked it at 12mb for fibre. Currently getting 16mb adsl.

I am 150m from the main exchange and direct fed.

MediaHaul

mailsanchu wrote: »

What upgrade they are referring to "maybe in 2016 if we upgrade it will increase"

No idea! They are the worlds best bullshi**ers

Praetorian

If anyone can post their modem stats from an evdsl install we would be very happy to see them on here!

ClonNGB

I contacted Eircom just now to ask about Clonakilty exchange and they said they currently have no solution for direct fed lines but are awaiting on a regulation to be passed. They could give no indication of dates etc etc etc.
Hard to know what to believe anymore

ClonNGB

I passed the new Co-action build in Scartagh, Clonakilty yesterday and there was a KN Networks van and chap going in with a box under his arm. I assume he was installing a fibre broadband connection but since there are no cabs around just the exchange 100m away, are they were doing it eVDSL ? Or do KN Networks also do some of the old ADSL installs as well for Eircom ? Are they limiting eVDLS to just new line installs if that is the case ?

Johnboy1951

ClonNGB wrote: »

I passed the new Co-action build in Scartagh, Clonakilty yesterday and there was a KN Networks van and chap going in with a box under his arm. I assume he was installing a fibre broadband connection but since there are no cabs around just the exchange 100m away, are they were doing it eVDSL ? Or do KN Networks also do some of the old ADSL installs as well for Eircom ? Are they limiting eVDLS to just new line installs if that is the case ?

KN install telephone lines in people's homes for Eircom, so they could be doing anything it seems.

mass_debater

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

KN install telephone lines in people's homes for Eircom, so they could be doing anything it seems.

Eircom techs only do fault repair, everything else is out to KN, new provides, upgrades etc

dbit

ClonNGB wrote: »

I passed the new Co-action build in Scartagh, Clonakilty yesterday and there was a KN Networks van and chap going in with a box under his arm. I assume he was installing a fibre broadband connection but since there are no cabs around just the exchange 100m away, are they were doing it eVDSL ? Or do KN Networks also do some of the old ADSL installs as well for Eircom ? Are they limiting eVDLS to just new line installs if that is the case ?

I have been out on site in that very building they have, isdn lines fractional for phones and another line that hosts fax and standard adsl tapping out around 3-6 MB ( Its been a few years since i was in there)

MBSnr

All aboard the colour change!!

http://www.eircom.net/efibreinfo/map/

Zith

MBSnr wrote: »

All aboard the colour change!!

http://www.eircom.net/efibreinfo/map/

Wow, that would be the exchange launched then! Hope that means they will be upgrading the backhaul.