Exchange mapping

lockup35

Do Eir or any of the government bodies have any local exchange maps that show the broadband speeds provided by (e)VDSL?
The current NBP map shows blue and amber but this doesn't give an accurate depiction of the actual broadband speeds available in an area.
Eir would have the general public believe that "high-speed" broadband is available to everyone when the local exchange is "fibre" enabled but the reality of the situation is that many towns and villages have only one exchange enabled for a large area.
It would make more sense to have a colour coded mapping of the attainable speeds of each house in a local exchange. This would provide a more detailed view of the areas that need to be covered by the plan.

Would it be possible for the DCENR or Irelandoffline to create such a map by having householders submit their line attenuation and download speeds?

guil

It's much easier to use eir or digiwebs line checker. I don't think a map would work because the line length to the cab or exchange is usually longer than the crow flies.

lockup35

The point of the map would be to show a more granular level of current attainable speeds in a local exchange. This would provide the government with a more accurate map of where the NBP needs to concentrate it's resources on. A lot of households would not be able to obtain 30Mbps in a "fibre" enabled exchange.
The current blue/amber map basically shows where operators provide broadband but not the quality of the broadband provided. As you mentioned, line length is a key factor in VDSL speeds but this isn't obvious from the current map.

ED E

The department have mentioned surveying down to the level of individual buildings, not sure where that quote was though.

OpenEir maintain the ARD and APQ databases but that's not enough to make a map like you want because only currently connected premises can be accurately evaluated AND not all addresses are able to be mapped, eg Tom Murphy, Townland, Donegal doesn't translate to a GPS co-ordinate.

If the department actually do it you're talking thousands to tens of thousands of man hours.

sennah

This would be a job for SamKnows or someone of the like. I believe other governments and the EU have used them in the past to gauge broadband performance across member states. Operators have used them also for internal purposes. If SamKnows married their collected data with something like an Eircode, you have a good way to drill right down into an exchange area

However, with FTTH on the horizon, I imagine the interest in doing a national performance survey based on a copper network would be limited