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New SIRO estate - EIR available?

  • 01-09-2020 10:43am
    #1
    RunningFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 392 ✭✭


    Hello,

    Moved into a new estate a few months ago and was told that SIRO would be available within a few months. As a weekly habit I have been inputting our eircode into all the web availability checkers awaiting its arrival.

    Low and behold as of yesterday, EIR have shown Fibre 1000mb available and the others have nothing (Vodafone/SKY). I spoke to EIR and they informed that the Fibre would be going live this Thursday, and Vodafone confirmed the same but I could not order with Vodafone before it goes live. I assume it's the same with Sky.

    My question is - I was under the impression that SIRO was for Sky/Vodfaone/Digiweb only, so how is it now EIR are saying I can get their broadband? Do they piggyback on a different supplier but guarantee their contracts?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Digiweb
    Company Representative Posts: 537 ✭✭✭Digiweb


    RunningFlyer wrote: »
    Hello,

    Moved into a new estate a few months ago and was told that SIRO would be available within a few months. As a weekly habit I have been inputting our eircode into all the web availability checkers awaiting its arrival.

    Low and behold as of yesterday, EIR have shown Fibre 1000mb available and the others have nothing (Vodafone/SKY). I spoke to EIR and they informed that the Fibre would be going live this Thursday, and Vodafone confirmed the same but I could not order with Vodafone before it goes live. I assume it's the same with Sky.

    My question is - I was under the impression that SIRO was for Sky/Vodfaone/Digiweb only, so how is it now EIR are saying I can get their broadband? Do they piggyback on a different supplier but guarantee their contracts?

    Thanks

    There are currently two wholesalers providing FTTH which are OpenEir and Siro. Eir don't sell Siro solutions so sounds like whats now available in your estate is OpenEir FTTH rather than Siro. If you'd like to send us a PM can double check


  • #3
    smellyoldboot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭smellyoldboot


    RunningFlyer wrote: »
    Hello,

    Moved into a new estate a few months ago and was told that SIRO would be available within a few months. As a weekly habit I have been inputting our eircode into all the web availability checkers awaiting its arrival.

    Low and behold as of yesterday, EIR have shown Fibre 1000mb available and the others have nothing (Vodafone/SKY). I spoke to EIR and they informed that the Fibre would be going live this Thursday, and Vodafone confirmed the same but I could not order with Vodafone before it goes live. I assume it's the same with Sky.

    My question is - I was under the impression that SIRO was for Sky/Vodfaone/Digiweb only, so how is it now EIR are saying I can get their broadband? Do they piggyback on a different supplier but guarantee their contracts?

    Thanks

    SIRO is the greatest pulling of wool over eyes I've ever seen. It's actual availability must be very very limited. 18 months ago they ran the cabling infrastructure up my street, came back about 6 months later and installed terminal boxes on the poles. You can see the bundles dangling in place ever since. Never came back near them. Nobody got a connection to premise from what I can see just dead fiber bundles left to dangle for all eternity.

    I'd be vary wary of promises of future SIRO connection. Looks like the usual ****show with cowboys in charge.


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