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eircom fttc

  • 26-04-2015 11:33am
    #1
    TheCowboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭


    A friend of mine got eircom fttc. They have a download of 25 MB on wireless. That is not great is it? They said the tech told them to bring ftth eircom would connect the fibre to the in place copper, is that right? Hearing it second hand

    So would they have to dig up the roads to add the fibre or how does it work?


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  • #2
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    TheCowboy wrote: »
    A friend of mine got eircom fttc. They have a download of 25 MB on wireless. That is not great is it? They said the tech told them to bring ftth eircom would connect the fibre to the in place copper, is that right? Hearing it second hand

    So would they have to dig up the roads to add the fibre or how does it work?



    Don't beieve a word eircom tell you or your friend.

    Terrible company to deal with.
    If fibre power bb is not there then don't expect to get it any time soon.


  • #3
    TheCowboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭TheCowboy


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Don't beieve a word eircom tell you or your friend.

    Terrible company to deal with.
    If fibre power bb is not there then don't expect to get it any time soon.
    Please do not use my question to spew your hatred of eircom. i do not agree they are terrible to deal with


  • #4
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    TheCowboy wrote: »
    what do you mean fibre pwer bb? There is a cabinet near their home and they have fttc. How do eircom bring it from the cabinet to the home is my question

    By running fiber cables from the FTTC cab to the home either through the existing ducts or overhead via the poles.

    However this is a brand new product that Eircom is only slowly launching at the moment. So few details about cost, rollout schedule, etc. currently exist. So I wouldn't worry about it for the moment.

    Your friend needs to do a speed test using a wired ethernet connection to properly test the speed.


  • #5
    TheCowboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭TheCowboy


    Can tv come over fttc or does it need ftth?


  • #6
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    It already does. Eircom sell "eVision".


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  • #7
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    TheCowboy wrote: »
    Please do not use my question to spew your hatred of eircom. i do not agree they are terrible to deal with



    Just saying how it is.

    Spew away.......


  • #8
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    TheCowboy wrote: »
    A friend of mine got eircom fttc. They have a download of 25 MB on wireless. That is not great is it? They said the tech told them to bring ftth eircom would connect the fibre to the in place copper, is that right? Hearing it second hand

    So would they have to dig up the roads to add the fibre or how does it work?

    Fttc (fibre to the cabinet) is delivered from the street cabinet over the original copper phone line. In future they will replace this copper moving fibre closer to the customer


  • #9
    thehouses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭thehouses


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Just saying how it is.

    Spew away.......

    Meteor are just as bad being the same company and all...


  • #10
    TheCowboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭TheCowboy


    bk wrote: »
    By running fiber cables from the FTTC cab to the home either through the existing ducts or overhead via the poles.

    However this is a brand new product that Eircom is only slowly launching at the moment. So few details about cost, rollout schedule, etc. currently exist. So I wouldn't worry about it for the moment.

    Your friend needs to do a speed test using a wired ethernet connection to properly test the speed.
    Would these home plugs be of any use? anyone used them. the computer can be plugged to ethernet to test but not practical long term. but if a home plug could increase the signal and the home plug connected by ethernet it would be easy


  • #11
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Yeah they probably would but there's no point in buying them without trying it with ethernet first. Is it a laptop that they are using or a pc?


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  • #12
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    TheCowboy wrote: »
    Would these home plugs be of any use? anyone used them. the computer can be plugged to ethernet to test but not practical long term. but if a home plug could increase the signal and the home plug connected by ethernet it would be easy

    Test it first with ethernet and then you can decide what to do next.


  • #13
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    guil wrote: »
    Yeah they probably would but there's no point in buying them without trying it with ethernet first. Is it a laptop that they are using or a pc?

    Argos have a 14 day money back policy that's handy for times like this, keep the packaging


  • #14
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    bk wrote: »
    By running fiber cables from the FTTC cab to the home either through the existing ducts or overhead via the poles.

    However this is a brand new product that Eircom is only slowly launching at the moment. So few details about cost, rollout schedule, etc. currently exist. So I wouldn't worry about it for the moment.

    Your friend needs to do a speed test using a wired ethernet connection to properly test the speed.

    Think you are confusing FTTC(xVDSL) and FTTH, no?


  • #15
    TheCowboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭TheCowboy


    bk wrote: »
    By running fiber cables from the FTTC cab to the home either through the existing ducts or overhead via the poles.

    However this is a brand new product that Eircom is only slowly launching at the moment. So few details about cost, rollout schedule, etc. currently exist. So I wouldn't worry about it for the moment.

    Your friend needs to do a speed test using a wired ethernet connection to properly test the speed.
    I thought i had asked this but do not see it. Would home plugs work? if the speed is good on ethernet would a home plug near the pc work if the pc was conected by ethernet to the home plug


  • #16
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    TheCowboy wrote: »
    I thought i had asked this but do not see it. Would home plugs work? if the speed is good on ethernet would a home plug near the pc work if the pc was conected by ethernet to the home plug

    Yep, they should work fine, as long as they are on the same circuit. In English that means served by the same meter. Eircom had a special offer on them. Have a look at their website,http://support.eircom.net/homeplug/

    Very good information there.


  • #17
    SpaceSasqwatch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 768 ✭✭✭SpaceSasqwatch


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Just saying how it is.
    well go of and get another provider.


  • #18
    TheCowboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭TheCowboy


    I see now I did ask twice about home plugs.sorry. thanks for the replies guys.


  • #19
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    SpaceSasqwatch wrote: »
    well go of and get another provider.


    Very difficult when bills still coming and having phone line locked.

    Where we are there isn't much competition or choice.


  • #20
    SpaceSasqwatch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 768 ✭✭✭SpaceSasqwatch


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Very difficult when bills still coming and having phone line locked.

    Where we are there isn't much competition or choice.

    Yeah you can be kind of snookered if youre outside the major population centres.UPC wont run cable because its not cost effective and eircom often wont upgrade the line capacity again because its not cost effective either.

    Then you have to consider the distance from the exchange which hampers dsl speeds.You'd still have the same issues with vodafone etc who would still use eircom network so any issues you have would just carry over.


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