Eir rural FTTH thread

Gonzo

damienirel wrote: »

Thought there were a bunch of exchanges going live on friday last?? Nada on the techbytes page. No updates on the map either it seems from a quick look - don't they know we're watching them very closely? - I suppose they haven't given a sh1te before now, that's not likely to change.

Techbytes hasn't updated in nearly 6 months. It's as if they stopped caring once the FTTC rollout is almost reached completion. Also the twitter channel hasn't seen any marketing info on it in months. No information anywhere. The new map that was promised over 7 months ago never materialized. Eir/Open Eir should be singing the FTTH rollout from the rooftops but not even a word. Baffling.


Im no fan of Imagine but they need a social media campaign like them, letting everyone know what is happening and where.

edit: just realised there has been 1 update to Techbytes in December but 1 update in 6 months is not much better.

Shyboy

Shyboy wrote: »

Thanks Plodder, another thing that I will have to try tonight.

Ok, we finally got to the bottom of the reasons for my lower speeds after my FTTH installation...it was a faulty router...

They sent me a replacement yesterday and I am now getting a constant 900MB+ speed on my 1000MB package...:)

I have to say, for all the flak that Eir take (and I have also given it in the past)...they were superb at getting to the bottom of what was causing this...regular call-backs, etc. to make sure the problem was solved...:)

Gonzo

Shyboy wrote: »

They sent me a replacement yesterday and I am now getting a constant 900MB+ speed on my 1000MB package...:)

Now we need to see speedtests, pingtests, images! It's all up to you. Wouldn't want to count on me I could be months more waiting.

Shyboy

Gonzo wrote: »

Now we need to see speedtests, pingtests, images! It's all up to you. Wouldn't want to count on me I could be months more waiting.

Sure Gonzo, I will get on the case tonight...:)

Gwynston

Yeah, pics - or we don't believe you!

Make us jealous - tell us how long short it takes to download an HD movie...

long_b

Screw photos. I want to see that needle FLY!!

damienirel

Either boards isn't very popular or very few people getting ftth. This thread is starting to stagnate, I was expecting a load of posts on here with speedtests etc. Are open eir missing all the targets - me think so.

murphaph

Or the people getting FTTH have never even heard of boards. There's only a handful of contributors here. When most people get FTTH they will be on Netflix, not looking for a forum to tell people they can now watch Netflix!

damienirel

damienirel wrote: »

Either boards isn't very popular or very few people getting ftth. This thread is starting to stagnate, I was expecting a load of posts on here with speedtests etc. Are open eir missing all the targets - me think so.

I think the fact that this is a technical forum and many posters are simply not interested in the technical side of getting FTTH to come here.
All many people are interested in is getting it and using it, they're not interested in following the progress of the rollout.

Just look at any of the road construction threads to understand what I mean, 100,000s of road users and only about a dozen or so posters following the construction progress.

tkmullingar

Hi lot of work on my road (Gaybrook area of Mullingar)before Christmas ,but nothing since. Has anyone any sightings ? The crew were saying it should be live in March but I think this was wishful thinking .

lucernarian

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think the fact that this is a technical forum and many posters are simply not interested in the technical side of getting FTTH to come here.
All many people are interested in is getting it and using it, they're not interested in following the progress of the rollout.

Just look at any of the road construction threads to understand what I mean, 100,000s of road users and only about a dozen or so posters following the construction progress.

Considering the largest road project under construction right now in the state is a motorway from a point between Athenry and Galway to somewhere past Tuam, a town of 10,000 people or so, is it any wonder the road building threads are quiet?

A 500 million PPP project for that, and we can't link up Cork and Limerick or even just bypass the villages on the N20 with a dual carriageway...

I think plenty of folks would be coming to talk about it if there was a lot of people affected by it. But eircom haven't been promoting their work mucjlh as they've gone along, many areas (e.g. Brittas Bay) had several completed sections in November yet are launching only soon.

irishchris

lucernarian wrote: »

Considering the largest road project under construction right now in the state is a motorway from a point between Athenry and Galway to somewhere past Tuam, a town of 10,000 people or so, is it any wonder the road building threads are quiet?

A 500 million PPP project for that, and we can't link up Cork and Limerick or even just bypass the villages on the N20 with a dual carriageway...

I think plenty of folks would be coming to talk about it if there was a lot of people affected by it. But eircom haven't been promoting their work mucjlh as they've gone along, many areas (e.g. Brittas Bay) had several completed sections in November yet are launching only soon.

Or to combine both threads, I have been denied ftth due to that motorway between athenry and Tuam (the n17 bypass). my access road to our culdesac was cutoff by the motorway and was initially on the blue line for ftth whilst the new access road has not been added for ftth. The original road has now gone live and all houses on that road as far as the motorway have ftth available whilst the ten houses after it are in limbo and surrounded on all sides by speeds of 1gb/s whilst we have less than a 1mb line available :-(

Gwynston

irishchris wrote: »

Or to combine both threads, I have been denied ftth due to that motorway between athenry and Tuam (the n17 bypass). my access road to our culdesac was cutoff by the motorway and was initially on the blue line for ftth whilst the new access road has not been added for ftth. The original road has now gone live and all houses on that road as far as the motorway have ftth available whilst the ten houses after it are in limbo and surrounded on all sides by speeds of 1gb/s whilst we have less than a 1mb line available :-(

That can be taken as a parable for progress in Ireland:
"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away"

long_b

irishchris wrote: »

Or to combine both threads, I have been denied ftth due to that motorway between athenry and Tuam (the n17 bypass). my access road to our culdesac was cutoff by the motorway and was initially on the blue line for ftth whilst the new access road has not been added for ftth. The original road has now gone live and all houses on that road as far as the motorway have ftth available whilst the ten houses after it are in limbo and surrounded on all sides by speeds of 1gb/s whilst we have less than a 1mb line available :-(

That's ducking heartbreaking. I'm sorry for you my friend.

pegasus1

irishchris wrote: »

Or to combine both threads, I have been denied ftth due to that motorway between athenry and Tuam (the n17 bypass). my access road to our culdesac was cutoff by the motorway and was initially on the blue line for ftth whilst the new access road has not been added for ftth. The original road has now gone live and all houses on that road as far as the motorway have ftth available whilst the ten houses after it are in limbo and surrounded on all sides by speeds of 1gb/s whilst we have less than a 1mb line available :-(

Has the new motorway build been progressed to an extent that ducting is laid on a flyover or underpass?.. Perhaps when it is they will come out to do your section...

Gwynston

pegasus1 wrote: »

Has the new motorway build been progressed to an extent that ducting is laid on a flyover or underpass?.. Perhaps when it is they will come out to do your section...

Eh? That would would require forward thinking and cooperative planning between two completely separate, huge, complex infrastructure projects. Can't see that happening... :rolleyes:

plodder

Gwynston wrote: »

Eh? That would would require forward thinking and cooperative planning between two completely separate, huge, complex infrastructure projects. Can't see that happening... :rolleyes:

I'd be surprised if ducting wasn't provided for such cabling. Might be worth confirming with the council. It's unfortunate for the poster that we're all completely at the mercy of (Open)Eir's decisions. But, maybe it was a timing issue in that case. If the area wasn't slated for FTTH until after the road was constructed, then the problem might not have arisen.

murphaph

Yeah I'd be amazed if the 2 disjointed sections of road weren't linked by ducting. It would be a very bad job if they weren't.

damienirel

murphaph wrote: »

Yeah I'd be amazed if the 2 disjointed sections of road weren't linked by ducting. It would be a very bad job if they weren't.

All conjecture the fact is OP hasn't got it as a result of a motorway being built. Do you accept that?

Gonzo

The one remaining blue line route in Dunshaughlin not started is in progress today at the Bog Road in Dunshaughlin. Still without a date and the final route being worked on, so looks like when Dunshaughlin does go live, it will probably be 100% completed or very close to it.

While it is painfull waiting to go live, I'm glad to see the entire exchange being finished in one chunk. Makes perfect sense to fully complete and exchange and move onto the next one.

mdfire

The fibre stopped 250m short of me on our lane. We have the crazy situation of there being 2 fibre boxes each of which has four ports. The eir rep told me that only one of the 6 properties served by it wanted fibre broadband. So there is 7 spare ports just down the lane and i cant get it. Is there another country in the western world where this would be allowed to happen?

tsue921i8wljb3

mdfire wrote: »

The fibre stopped 250m short of me on our lane. We have the crazy situation of there being 2 fibre boxes each of which has four ports. The eir rep told me that only one of the 6 properties served by it wanted fibre broadband. So there is 7 spare ports just down the lane and i cant get it. Is there another country in the western world where this would be allowed to happen?

That is pretty shocking. The arbitrary drawing of lines in certain areas is bound to leave people disappointed.

pegasus1

mdfire wrote: »

The fibre stopped 250m short of me on our lane. We have the crazy situation of there being 2 fibre boxes each of which has four ports. The eir rep told me that only one of the 6 properties served by it wanted fibre broadband. So there is 7 spare ports just down the lane and i cant get it. Is there another country in the western world where this would be allowed to happen?

This is the thing each house/premises gets a 100% dedicated port so down the road - time wise - one can 100% get connected...tis the NBP you will have to wait on..

Johnboy1951

mdfire wrote: »

The fibre stopped 250m short of me on our lane. We have the crazy situation of there being 2 fibre boxes each of which has four ports. The eir rep told me that only one of the 6 properties served by it wanted fibre broadband. So there is 7 spare ports just down the lane and i cant get it. Is there another country in the western world where this would be allowed to happen?

Yes.

This is a commercial roll out and there is no onus on open/eir to offer their service to anyone.

When the NBP rolls out you should then have some right to expect a connection.

Yes it is disappointing; even frustrating, but it is up to open/eir to make the service available or not, at their discretion.

The sooner the NBP begins, the better for all of us.
At least we can expect some responsibility to be taken when the roll out is being supported by the NBP.

marno21

irishchris wrote: »

Or to combine both threads, I have been denied ftth due to that motorway between athenry and Tuam (the n17 bypass). my access road to our culdesac was cutoff by the motorway and was initially on the blue line for ftth whilst the new access road has not been added for ftth. The original road has now gone live and all houses on that road as far as the motorway have ftth available whilst the ten houses after it are in limbo and surrounded on all sides by speeds of 1gb/s whilst we have less than a 1mb line available :-(

Is this at Annagh Hill where the old N63 was removed and is now replaced by a new road approx 500m further south?

A footbridge is being installed there in the coming weeks so eir would be able to run the fibre along the new bridge. Up until now there has been no access from one side to the other of the motorway.

SteveD92

Our installation for FTTH was scheduled for today. Engineer was on site and once he went to connect it he realised the code on the box which was running the fibre from the road to the house was different to what he had been issued and couldn't complete the install.

Called Eir and they said it was an isolated issue and the guy on the phone hadn't heard of it happening before and had to leave it with him to sort out before getting another installation date. Said it would have to be manually fixed (whatever that means?)

Any idea as to what the code has to do with it?

ccazza

SteveD92 wrote: »

Our installation for FTTH was scheduled for today. Engineer was on site and once he went to connect it he realised the code on the box which was running the fibre from the road to the house was different to what he had been issued and couldn't complete the install.

Called Eir and they said it was an isolated issue and the guy on the phone hadn't heard of it happening before and had to leave it with him to sort out before getting another installation date. Said it would have to be manually fixed (whatever that means?)

Any idea as to what the code has to do with it?

I'd say that that's the same thing that has happened us over three weeks ago now. Ours still hasn't been resolved. Openair were given the wrong DP by eir wholesale. Until they get the correct DP they can't connnect. We have the Fibre to the box outside but that's as far as we've got.

mdfire

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Yes.

This is a commercial roll out and there is no onus on open/eir to offer their service to anyone.

When the NBP rolls out you should then have some right to expect a connection.

Yes it is disappointing; even frustrating, but it is up to open/eir to make the service available or not, at their discretion.

The sooner the NBP begins, the better for all of us.
At least we can expect some responsibility to be taken when the roll out is being supported by the NBP.

So explain to me why it stopped 250m in the other direction also? The road is a loop of the main road and they came in both sides and left out about 500m in the middle where most of the houses are. Other parts of the area which are more remote (by several km) are served.

mdfire

pegasus1 wrote: »

This is the thing each house/premises gets a 100% dedicated port so down the road - time wise - one can 100% get connected...tis the NBP you will have to wait on..

Its even more frustrating in that a fibre cabinet was installed two weeks ago less than 1km from the house. Its still showing as planned and i cant get any date from eir. At least if I had that up and running it would be an improvement on the 2mb im getting at min.

MBSnr

pegasus1 wrote: »

This is the thing each house/premises gets a 100% dedicated port so down the road - time wise - one can 100% get connected...tis the NBP you will have to wait on..

Is this for certain? Each house has a dedicated port, so there is no issue of getting in first? I'm stuck in an 18 month Vodafone contact... Don't fancy buying it out (if I don't need to) if FTTH magically becomes available for me in mid 2017