Pole to house fibre

johnytwentyten

Hi,

Last week there were grid utility service vans in my area, they have run cable to the pole opposite my house for fibre broadband,

I am currently out of contract (Vodafone), I will probably stick with them as they are a lot better to deal with than eir, if I sign up for fibre what are the chances that they will run a fibre cable to the house from the pole? Even if I have to pay?

I can't see the point in signing up if you aren't being given the opportunity to get the speed you're paying for, house is about thirty feet from the pole, running overhead so wouldn't be difficult

johnytwentyten

Anyone?

degsie

johnytwentyten wrote: »

Anyone?

Doubt that any provider would 'tap' a fibre feed to an individual. There will be an infrastructure map which will determine provisioning and for all you know that fibre could be backhaul.

johnytwentyten

degsie wrote: »

Doubt that any provider would 'tap' a fibre feed to an individual. There will be an infrastructure map which will determine provisioning and for all you know that fibre could be backhaul.

Backhaul?

Johnboy1951

If the fibre is eir's then you will have to leave Vodafone as they do not provide service over eir's fibre.

If the fibre is Siro then vodafone is the main provider of service.


eir fibre tends to follow the route of a landline connection.

Siro follows the route of the electricity wiring.

degsie

johnytwentyten wrote: »

Backhaul?

Main trunk lines between hubs.

johnytwentyten

degsie wrote: »

Main trunk lines between hubs.

If this is the case does it mean poor quality broadband?

ForstalDave

Also worth nothing Siro are running cables in carlow already and have done them in my estate and it is still not even listed as started on their site, so could be along time before that broadband is ready to go even if they have cabled your area

johnytwentyten

ForstalDave wrote: »

Also worth nothing Siro are running cables in carlow already and have done them in my estate and it is still not even listed as started on their site, so could be along time before that broadband is ready to go even if they have cabled your area

They left the cable wrapped at the pole a few weeks back and now have installed a large black box at the top of the pole, when I checked the fibre map on eir it says I am eligible for fibre,

I just don't see the point of paying for fast broadband to the pole and then running it into the house on whatever is there at the moment,

johnytwentyten

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

If the fibre is eir's then you will have to leave Vodafone as they do not provide service over eir's fibre.

If the fibre is Siro then vodafone is the main provider of service.


eir fibre tends to follow the route of a landline connection.



Siro follows the route of the electricity wiring.

I thought eir had to give other companies the right to use their lines? Or had this changed with fibre?

ForstalDave

johnytwentyten wrote: »

They left the cable wrapped at the pole a few weeks back and now have installed a large black box at the top of the pole, when I checked the fibre map on eir it says I am eligible for fibre,

I just don't see the point of paying for fast broadband to the pole and then running it into the house on whatever is there at the moment,

That sounds like siro. They have a number of re-sellers also. Digiweb, Vodaphone and a number of local providers also, They are also required to allow others on they line

ED E

Could equally be OpenEir.

Check http://fibrerollout.ie/

johnytwentyten

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

If the fibre is eir's then you will have to leave Vodafone as they do not provide service over eir's fibre.

If the fibre is Siro then vodafone is the main provider of service.


eir fibre tends to follow the route of a landline connection.

Siro follows the route of the electricity wiring.

http://fibrerollout.ie/rollout-map/where-to-buy/

According to this other companies can use eirs lines, although Vodafone only see to offer up to 150 meg whereas eir offer up to 1000 meg

The Cush

johnytwentyten wrote: »

According to this other companies can use eirs lines, although Vodafone only see to offer up to 150 meg whereas eir offer up to 1000 meg

Vodafone offer up to 100 Mbps VDSL/FTTC over eir's copper lines.

johnytwentyten

The Cush wrote: »

Vodafone offer up to 100 Mbps VDSL/FTTC over eir's copper lines.

But the quote on that link is


Service provider is now offering FIBRE broadband to 1.6 million homes/businesses in the green shaded areas on the rollout map.?

In saying that, when I signed up to Vodafone they used the term "fibre broadband" the whole time they spoke to me, but it obviously it wasn't fibre! I had been getting speeds of up to 7meg, they installed a new modem when I signed the deal, speed increased to an average of 22meg,
Thing I like about Vodafone is their customer care, majority of people I speak to don't try and talk nonsense to explain away problems you're having, as one fella told me "you could switch, I don't really give a ****, I just work here", hope that one wasn't "recorded for training purposes"!

The Cush

johnytwentyten wrote: »

But the quote on that link is


Service provider is now offering FIBRE broadband to 1.6 million homes/businesses in the green shaded areas on the rollout map.?

eFibre/eirFibre/Vodafone fibre broadband = VDSL/FTTC (fibre to the cabinet, copper from the cabinet to the home) = up to 100 Mbps

Distance dependant



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