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Want to convert overhead Eir Fibre wire to underground.

  • 09-03-2021 9:32pm
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    Cluedo Monopoly
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    I live in a rural area. My Eir Fibre BB is connected from a pole across the road to the roof of my house and then down into the house itself. I would prefer to have the Fibre run underground from the pole. Can I request that and who would be responsible for digging the trench across the road? I am prepared to dig up the driveway/garden as required.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    [Deleted User]
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    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    I live in a rural area. My Eir Fibre BB is connected from a pole across the road to the roof of my house and then down into the house itself. I would prefer to have the Fibre run underground from the pole. Can I request that and who would be responsible for digging the trench across the road? I am prepared to dig up the driveway/garden as required.

    I'm pretty sure you can't. You can receive service your side of the road and duct to that. They may put a pole your side, but only if it's required by a long span


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    Cluedo Monopoly
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure you can't. You can receive service your side of the road and duct to that. They may put a pole your side, but only if it's required by a long span

    Thanks for the quick response. Can they put a pole on 'my' side? I thought it was ESB poles on one side of the road and Telephone poles on the other?

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    Thanks for the quick response. Can they put a pole on 'my' side? I thought it was ESB poles on one side of the road and Telephone poles on the other?

    The ESB generally don't follow the road at all, they have way leave. They go in straight lines through fields.


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    listermint
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    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    Thanks for the quick response. Can they put a pole on 'my' side? I thought it was ESB poles on one side of the road and Telephone poles on the other?

    This will never happen tbh.

    Unless you have savage deep pockets there is zero reason for them to do it .


  • #6
    alec76
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    Until some silage trailer knocks fibre line down hard to see converting happens.


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    phog
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    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    I live in a rural area. My Eir Fibre BB is connected from a pole across the road to the roof of my house and then down into the house itself. I would prefer to have the Fibre run underground from the pole. Can I request that and who would be responsible for digging the trench across the road? I am prepared to dig up the driveway/garden as required.


    eir will never do a road crossing like that for one customer, it would cost them too much so unless you pay for erecting a pole in your own property and providing a duct from that pole to your premises then I doubt you'll get a new feed. You will also have to pay them to reroute the current feed. Even then I'm not sure how you could request it. Ask your provider to seek rerouting of existing feed to an UG feed and see what they say.


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