Locating an exchange

Creamy Goodness

hey guys just a quick question, i'm living in bray and hope to get broadband soon but i was curious as to how far away i am from the exchange of bray.

can anyone tell me how to find it ie. what they look like or better yet anyone from bray who knows where the bray exchange is?

AdMMM

Theres no way to tell what they look like ie. they have no massive Eircom logos on them and they dont have any set building style.

I suppose, you could send eircom an email or run out in front of the next Eircom van to drive past your house ... or wait for someone from Bray to come on here.

Creamy Goodness

yeh i've emailed eircom and phone them but they said that they were "unwilling to give out them sort of details".

JNive

usually marked on the Ordinance Survey Maps, and then use the Smart Exchange test to see what exchange you are connected to

and also, they would all have a square arrangement of antenne on them, more than a mobile mast, but of similar type and arrangement

aidan_walsh

Cremo wrote:

"unwilling to give out them sort of details"

What, is it some sort of trade secret or something? :rolleyes:

OfflerCrocGod

doodle_sketch wrote:

What, is it some sort of trade secret or something? :rolleyes:

Terrorism protection

Moriarty

Eircom have refused to release a complete list of exchange locations due to "security concerns" for many years.

philologos

they are big grey boxes they look like a big server machine on the road lol i know exactly where mine is so i can give it a good kick to get it going :P

Redshift

Bray exchange is just off quinsboro road, heading for the train station you take the left at the coffee shop just before that little shopping centre and the exchange is just on your left about halfway down that road.

diarmo

Cremo wrote:

yeh i've emailed eircom and phone them but they said that they were "unwilling to give out them sort of details".

Hahahaha!!!
You getting ready to bomb the Telephone exchange or something???

Honestly I'd say they are just too lazy to look it up!!!

Creamy Goodness

Redshift wrote:

Bray exchange is just off quinsboro road, heading for the train station you take the left at the coffee shop just before that little shopping centre and the exchange is just on your left about halfway down that road.

ahh i know where it is now, i don't know why i never thought that it would be there, i just thought eircom lived there with their vans.

is there anywhere online i could get the ordinace survey map for bray or would that be illegal?

JNive

But they are still clearly marked on any of the OSI Maps :-) as 'Telephone Exchange' lol

Creamy Goodness

diarmo wrote:

Hahahaha!!!
You getting ready to bomb the Telephone exchange or something???

Honestly I'd say they are just too lazy to look it up!!!

not yet anyways lol.

just curious as to how far i am away from the exchange.

OfflerCrocGod

Jakkass wrote:

they are big grey boxes they look like a big server machine on the road lol i know exactly where mine is so i can give it a good kick to get it going :P

I don't think they are exchanges.

JNive

Gonna dig some up.

Cork City
http://www.corkcity.ie/maps/maps/tile_introa.html

For Dublin, no sign of anything,
If you want to buy a map lol, go here
http://www.irishmaps.ie/product/display.cfm?ProductID=156


To find out the name of your exchange, best way is to check your phone number here
http://www.smarttelecom.ie/products/broadband/step1.htm
and try and find that exchange on a map, or by touring around in a car looking suspicious :-)

kasintahan

Jakkass wrote:

they are big grey boxes they look like a big server machine on the road lol i know exactly where mine is so i can give it a good kick to get it going :P

That's the cooling sysetem for the HUGE generators they have for standby power.

They prefer not to put them on the roof but if there's no room inside then up they go.

The buildings are usually styled to fit in with the surounds.
ie Foxrock is on the dual carriage way and the building is greenish and well tiled.
Dun Laoghaire is off the main street and looks like an abandoned warehouse.

diarmo

Damn they take their security seriously.

But honestly locals always know where the local exchange is so what the point really.
If you want to sabotage one...just purchase a paper and ask the salesperson where the local exchange is...simple.

Sully

Wheres the Tramore Exchange, the only building I can see that looks like it is the one near the Cop Station?