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What are our fibre options?

  • 22-03-2020 10:05AM
    #1
    Brock Turnpike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,860 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    We live in a small pod of houses (4 houses next to each other in middle of fields) which is about 1.3km from the local cabinet. We have a long driveway up to the property, about 500m. We currently have Eir broadband but the speeds are very poor 7mb down / 1mb up. Our line speed into the properties is only 12mb.

    Do we have any options to get fibre into the property? Our neighbour (one of the four houses mentioned) is willing to dig out a trench the length of the driveway if that would drive down costs, but I would imagine there would still need to be FTTC so we'd need fibre run the remaining 800m to the cabinet.

    Any suggestions? Looks like none of the main providers is running fibre out this way. D15 area.


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


    If you're willing to build a proper structure (not a slat shed) at the end of the drive you might convince openEir to install into it. Then you could run the remainder yourself. They wont go that far from the road themselves.


  • #3
    Brock Turnpike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,860 ✭✭✭Brock Turnpike


    ED E wrote: »
    If you're willing to build a proper structure (not a slat shed) at the end of the drive you might convince openEir to install into it. Then you could run the remainder yourself. They wont go that far from the road themselves.

    Any idea how I could get in touch with someone to see if what you suggested is something they might do?


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