Rural Louth will be one of first areas to avail of Eir's new 1 gbps FFTH broadband

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Eir this morning revealed the first 100,000 premises in rural locations around Ireland that will get 1Gbps broadband speeds in the next 12 months. The company also revealed that it is creating 50 new apprentice roles to help facilitate the rollout.

Eir said this morning that, in the next 12 months, some 100,000 homes and businesses across 200 communities in all 26 counties will get 1Gbps broadband.

The first 100,000 locations in rural Ireland to get 1Gbps FTTH from Eir -

Louth: 7,570 premises

Ardee 680
Castlebellingham 540
Dunleer 1110
Termonfeckin 790
Carlingford 570
Hackballscross 460
Louth 530
Omeath 260
Ravensdale 820
Riverstown 1030
Drogheda 500
Dundalk 280

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/2016/03/03/eir-reveals-first-100k-rural-locations-to-get-1gbps-broadband

bikeblue

I would love to get 1Gbps but currently I am still on copper and currently without an active contract.
Would it help to move now to eFibre or would an existing contract (new contract is 18 months) become a obstacle to move over?

I haven't moved yet because they say my current connection (copper) is as fast as I would get with eFibre (12Mbs) because of the distance to the cabinet.

bpmurray

bikeblue wrote: »

I would love to get 1Gbps but currently I am still on copper and currently without an active contract.
Would it help to move now to eFibre or would an existing contract (new contract is 18 months) become a obstacle to move over?

I haven't moved yet because they say my current connection (copper) is as fast as I would get with eFibre (12Mbs) because of the distance to the cabinet.

That's not what this is about - it's not "eFibre" but rather fibre to the home (FTTH). Eir plan on rolling out this infrastructure over the next 3 years - apparently to all of Louth except where I live :-(

Edit: I would kill for 12Mb/s

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Any inklings as to what it will cost?

5.11 Tactical

https://www.eir.ie/extreme/

It aint cheap............Yet

positron

500 premises in entire Drogheda. Zero chance of getting it then! No peep from Vodafone+ESB crowd either.

bpmurray

positron wrote: »

500 premises in entire Drogheda. Zero chance of getting it then! No peep from Vodafone+ESB crowd either.

Drogheda is an urban location so it already is covered by other plans. The issue Eir are addressing is that people who don't live in urban areas are lucky to get 5Mbs and the plan is to go all in and provide direct fibre links. For a while, this will mean that some rural areas will be faster than some urban areas, but the reality is that the towns will catch up easily. You can get 100Mbs all over drogheda and already you can get 1Gbs in parts.

positron

bpmurray wrote: »

You can get 100Mbs all over drogheda and already you can get 1Gbs in parts.

I agree with you in general, but in reality you can't really get 100Mbps everywhere - I am in Dublin Road and my line can only rated for maximum 30 Mbps, and in reality I get only about 20-21 Mbps.

blingrhino

1 mb in tenure :rolleyes:

nearly at dial up speed

bpmurray

positron wrote: »

I get only about 20-21 Mbps.

The poor wee lamb. Us country lads can only dream of speeds like that!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

positron wrote: »

I agree with you in general, but in reality you can't really get 100Mbps everywhere - I am in Dublin Road and my line can only rated for maximum 30 Mbps, and in reality I get only about 20-21 Mbps.

Try this part of rural Louth where the max we ever get is 2.6 Mbps.

positron

I very well know the pain of unreliable 1 to 1.5 Mbps, I had that for ages (while paying for 24 Mbps in theory) until Dublin Road area went FTTC a year or two ago. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. However me wishing for faster network access doesn't take away network speeds for you guys, as far as I can tell.

PS: I personally love the freshness and tranquility of countryside setting, and I hope to move away from town / estate type living one day in future. I wish many Gbps connection everyone! Peace!!

Whereisgerry?

I've noticed a lot of Eir vans around Tinure recently- could it be ftth is on its way to us?

bpmurray

Whereisgerry? wrote: »

I've noticed a lot of Eir vans around Tinure recently- could it be ftth is on its way to us?

Maybe they're full of hard disks with the internet on them - they'll drop around so you can download something in a reasonable time.

blingrhino

Nah not a chance - a fella working for air lives in mullary manor

lucernarian

Dunleer exchange is ahead of the others in the expected timescale for FTTH rollout at Autumn to Winter 2016 while Termonfeckin is Winter 2016 on the eir website. It looks like almost all of those lines (including all of Tinure itself) will be offered FTTH (1110 out of 1120 lines).

blingrhino

i bet im one of those 10 lines that wont get it !