Kilcarin Exchange

Zwartsj

got onto eircom this morning and was talking to John in the BB Test area and according to him the exchange is to be upgraded in September

Seems ok guy at leas he new what he was talking about which is a new for eircom telesales

Now lets all hope this is true

Tonio

Excellent news but about time! Is Johnstown Village close enough to the exchange to receive DSL?

Zwartsj

As far as I know the range is around 4km please correct me if im wrong.
And the exchange is next to the old bridge inn @ the bus stop to Dublin so to my calculations we are well within the range

Still hoping for the best

Tonio

Any news on the upgrade of the Kilcarn exchange? I have no wireless BB for the last 5 months - am still waiting for an 'upgrade' from dodgyweb . Will tell them to bugger off as soon as Kilcarn is upgraded

Chris1

Hi all,I,m in Beechgrove and checked my lin on the Eircom web site,and to my suprise is now broadband enabled.I ordered itthe next morning and was given a date foe 10th November.Check you phone lines guys and gals it's Here.


Chris

Tank Top Fever!

Chris1 wrote:

Hi all,I,m in Beechgrove and checked my lin on the Eircom web site,and to my suprise is now broadband enabled.I ordered itthe next morning and was given a date foe 10th November.Check you phone lines guys and gals it's Here.


Chris

how come you had to be given a date? I ordered BB off them the other day and all they have to do is send the modem and stuff out to me, I can install it myself

Chris1

Tank Top Fever! wrote:

how come you had to be given a date? I ordered BB off them the other day and all they have to do is send the modem and stuff out to me, I can install it myself

The Reason for the date is because they send someone to the exchance to jump my line and uncap it,that's what they charge the €9.99 for.They will post my modem out to me and this will all be done by the date they gave me,maybe it's a bit longer because the exchange is new to BB.


Chris

Tonio

I am in Johnstown Village - same distance as Johnstown Wood fron the exchange. I just tested my line and it is still failing - any ideas?

Zwartsj

Tonio wrote:

I am in Johnstown Village - same distance as Johnstown Wood fron the exchange. I just tested my line and it is still failing - any ideas?

Tonio can’t see why your line is still failing as far as I know you should be on the same exchange and in fact depending on what side of the village you are you should be a bit closer to it than what I am


any ideas on what isp to go for I have narrowed it down to UTV and Esat bt but cant make the final choice.

Chris1

Tonio wrote:

I am in Johnstown Village - same distance as Johnstown Wood fron the exchange. I just tested my line and it is still failing - any ideas?

Hi Tonio,ring eircom and request a line check they do this in 5-10 days,maybe they just need to update the information on your line.


Chris

Tonio

Chris1 wrote:

Hi Tonio,ring eircom and request a line check they do this in 5-10 days,maybe they just need to update the information on your line.


Chris

Thanks for the info. I contacted Eircom and they said the line had not been tested yet but they would test it for me. Said I should have the results mid next week. Fingers crossed!

Tonio

Checked my line again today and it passed. That was a very fast response from Eircom!

kaizersoze

Tonio wrote:

Checked my line again today and it passed. That was a very fast response from Eircom!

Now you order your BB from BT:D

Chris1

Tonio wrote:

Checked my line again today and it passed. That was a very fast response from Eircom!

Happy to see it all worked out Tonio,broadband at last yipee...


Chris

Chris1

Got my modem this morning,all up and running,a lot quicker then dial up.

Tonio

Chris1 wrote:

Got my modem this morning,all up and running,a lot quicker then dial up.

Congrats. I just ordered mine from BT - €40 pm incl line rental - bye bye Eircom

Chris1

Tonio,did not want to chance going with someone else first time,after six months i can change.BT @ €40 2MB Lline not bad,when looking at there site was not sure if line rental was included,did someone from Bt confirm this?

Tonio

Chris1 wrote:

Tonio,did not want to chance going with someone else first time,after six months i can change.BT @ €40 2MB Lline not bad,when looking at there site was not sure if line rental was included,did someone from Bt confirm this?

I will take a chance. This link says that €40 includes line rental. The speed is 1Mb not 2. See the section called "Get BT Broadband and Line Rental for just €25** " - first 4 mths @ €25 then €40.

https://www.esatbt.com/echannel/res.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=res_products&residentialProducts_actionOverride=%2Fpageflows%2FresidentialContent%2Fproducts%2FbbBenefits

heffo9

just checked my line and i passed, anyone got a preference on isp.

Chris1

i'm only with eircom 2 days and am going to cancle,i got the home starter at€30pm 1mb line with 8gb download,they forgot to tell me i only get 1mb upload.Like Tonio i'm going to esat BT.

heffo9

should have a look at this
http://www.gaelictelecom.ie/alwayson.php
i signed up today, i know the contention is a little high. but it has a 12gb cap. which is the highest for a 1 mg line that i have seen, for €20 per month works out €240 + €45 connection charge + router rental for a year €36, still €321 for a 1 mg for the year, is not bad and you dont have to take any phone packages.

Zwartsj

Tonio wrote:

I will take a chance. This link says that €40 includes line rental. The speed is 1Mb not 2. See the section called "Get BT Broadband and Line Rental for just €25** " - first 4 mths @ €25 then €40.

https://www.esatbt.com/echannel/res.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=res_products&residentialProducts_actionOverride=%2Fpageflows%2FresidentialContent%2Fproducts%2FbbBenefits

I ordered from BT mainly for the 24GB Cap now what I was told its going to be €35 for first 4 months (inc line rental) this is because I save for online billing and after the 4 months its going up to €50. now all I have to do is wait for my modem.

Chris1

Joe,is that 2mb line youre getting for that price?if so i think it's worth the extra €10 Tonio is paying €40 for a 1mb line.

ASTRACLUB

Hi

Just checked my line today and Bailis downs lines are still not passing, checked 3-4 phone numbers from other states too and they passed,
eircom please come to bailis dons.
rgds

AC

Zwartsj

Chris1 wrote:

Joe,is that 2mb line youre getting for that price?if so i think it's worth the extra €10 Tonio is paying €40 for a 1mb line.

chris it is indeed the 2mb line cant see the point in going for the 1mb line as i watch a lot of streaming from South Africa online.

heffo9

joe i reckon your right with your choice of isp.
i cancelled my order from gaelic telecom well within the 10 day cooling off period. i'm goin to go with bt, i didn't realise the line rental was included in the price for an extra €10. well spotted!!!
hope these are better than digiweb, well for me in anyway.

Crumble

Hi

Im in Cill Foireann behind O'Briens pub in Johnstown village....

number is in range 909xxxx tried several numbers for neighbours in estate and we all failed...

Anyone in Cill Foireann got BB yet ....????


Crumble

ASTRACLUB

Crumble

My line was failing and we have to ring 1901 and the lady told that the line will be tested in next 3 days.
It was friday and i re-cehcekd on Tuesday and all passed.

I would suggets try the same.

Rgds

AC

Tonio

Crumble wrote:

Hi

Im in Cill Foireann behind O'Briens pub in Johnstown village....

number is in range 909xxxx tried several numbers for neighbours in estate and we all failed...

Anyone in Cill Foireann got BB yet ....????


Crumble

Crumble, I am in Cill Foireann and after ringing eircom I checked the site the following day and passed. Still waiting for BT to connect me though - 2 weeks and counting.........

Zwartsj

Tonio wrote:

Crumble, I am in Cill Foireann and after ringing eircom I checked the site the following day and passed. Still waiting for BT to connect me though - 2 weeks and counting.........

ya i rang them on Friday to check what the update is and I was told that it can take 2.5 to 3.5 weeks.
So all we can do is simply wait...

Crumble

Great news... cant wait.

Crumble

Contacted Eircom on Monday.... was told that NO my line was a fail and it would not be available till January ......

I told her that I knew for a fact that the exchange was already enabled and that I thought that perhaps my line was failing as it had not been tested yet.

To which she replied " thats a possibility, I'll put in a request for it to be tested".

If I had not persisted I would have accepted her word and hung up disapointed.

Anyway my story has a happy ending...

Today ( Wednesday ) my line passed yipee!!

I've ordered Eircom Home Plus ( went with eircom against my better judgement )

Roll on the 8th of December.....

Chris1

You wont have to wait that long,u should have it by next Thursday or Friday,then it only takes a few minuets to set up.

heffo9

alright lads,
i've received my router from bt today, (this is probaly an obivous question), but do i have to wait for a separate BB username & password?.

Tonio

heffo9 wrote:

alright lads,
i've received my router from bt today, (this is probaly an obivous question), but do i have to wait for a separate BB username & password?.

My BT order is marked 'completed' since yesterday so I guess my modem is in the post. Anyhow, I ordered online and I seem to remember choosing my username and password during the application.

heffo9

Tonio, i also chose a username etc., but in the instructions for setting up the modem, it refers to '@btbb' at the end of your user name.
i'm goin to look at it tomorrow,
but, just now the penny drops, you have to put @btbb at the end of your username.
ignore my previous babbling.

ASTRACLUB

crumble

see you got it passed
enjoy now

i dont know if i have to order eircom or BT
joe saying BT
wanna wait couple of days anyway

i say we should put a flyer or a notice board in super value on sunday just to let the people know that BB is available in area and the story of ericom for testing
not sure if i get buy off from group so just wanted to put on board

what da ya think?


regards


AC

Tonio

Got my router last night and setup was a piece of pi$$. Happy days!!!!!

heffo9

likewise tonio, i set it up today, ****in deadly!!!!

Crumble

ASTRACLUB wrote:

crumble

see you got it passed
enjoy now

i dont know if i have to order eircom or BT
joe saying BT
wanna wait couple of days anyway

i say we should put a flyer or a notice board in super value on sunday just to let the people know that BB is available in area and the story of ericom for testing
not sure if i get buy off from group so just wanted to put on board

what da ya think?




regards


AC

Hell No..... we want to keep the contention ratios down for as long as possible LOL


Seriously though not a bad idea !

Tonio

Any news of the Kilarn exchange being upgraded? Mt BT broadband speed is still 1 meg. I had expected it to be 2 meg down and 256k up before now. Anyone else having the same experience?

Zwartsj

I have been running on the 3mb line since the 25th so as far as i know we are upgraded.

you may want to run it by your ISP.