Broadband in Dublin 15 area >?

Placebo

is there any good broadband services for dublin 15 area
i think iol have one , 512k/5 gig limit/50 euros per month , what do you guys think ?

Turner

what area is d15 ?

Placebo

castleknock . near blanchardstown

Tyrrial

i'll still waiting for any sort of connection in dunboyne, just off d15. i hate living so far fromt the rest of the world

RicardoSmith

Its Blanchardstown/Castleknock/Clonsilla/Mullhudart/and all that area around the Blanch shopping center. I dunno anyone in the area who has got broadband. I know I can't get it from anyone. Its a real pain in the butt. All those annoying eircom ads don't help either. Grrrrr.

Couch Potato

I rang Eicon about 2 weeks ago (1800512128) and they re-tested my line and said the rasdl product was available to me.

I am located in Castlefield off the Clonsilla Road.

I also did the on-line test for the Esat product and this is also available to me if I want it !!!

I did ask Eircon if the higher speed version (1Mb) of I-scream was available to me and Biddie said it was !!!!!!!

I haven't made up my mind yet ... maybe utv ????

Placebo

whats eircons website ? isnt utv for northern ireland

Couch Potato

Originally posted by Placebo
whats eircons website ? isnt utv for northern ireland

Eircon = Eircom ..... !!!!

utv = UTV Internet check out www.utvip.com

utv are a ISP - we are all holding our breath to see if they release a ASDL product here in the Republic which on the Ireland Offline forum they have expressed an interest in doing ...

Placebo

since when did they change the name to eircon ?

anyway their package is 54 euro per month and 99 connection if you self install it , is it hard to self install ?

Repli

I live in clonsilla too and I

• can't get IBB
• can't get esat's product
• can't get NTL's product
• passed line test for eircom but haven't ordered yet

Couch Potato

While we are on the subject ...

Anybody know what type of cable was being laid last week on the Clonsilla Road where the new houses are been built, just before the roundabout ??

SkepticOne

Originally posted by Repli
I live in clonsilla too and I

• passed line test for eircom but haven't ordered yet

If you can get eircom, you should also be able to get one of the bitstream resellers e.g. netsource.

Clover

i live in huntstown and i'v ordered from eircom, the line passed for both so i went with the 54euro offer.

my line failed the test when they had the trial at the exchange and several times since (got it teasted every now and then )
so i jumped at it when it passed.

(they have been laying new cable around the area for months now).

RicardoSmith

I might have to get a retest so...

Dont be at yourself

I'm in Huntstown and my line test failed. And the ****ers won't remove the unused dacs box on my line.

RicardoSmith

Originally posted by NekkidBibleMan
I'm in Huntstown and my line test failed. And the ****ers won't remove the unused dacs box on my line.

Switch to UTVip they have to remove it then. Then in a month or two do a line test and UTVip should be able to give to some form of broadband then. Thats what I'm doing. I refuse to give the Errorcon "****ers" even my land line calls after the farce of a service I've recieved so far.

Q_Ball

I live in huntstown also (small world eh? ) and according to the iol broadband website I'm able to get their service. Haven't had my line tested yet tho. how do i go about doing that?

oneweb

Tiny world (Just up the road)

D15 too. Passed Eircom's line test (before the 11th April - BTW, does that mean I can get the non-R ADSL?)

Called EsatBT, was told ADSL was available, just need a line test from themselves later on.

Yay!

PS Placebo, '€ircon' is a running joke some boardies use for the similarly-named monopoly.

RicardoSmith

I pass that line test (iol broadband website) too, I suspect it means squat. Ring them up and get a proper line test. I think, I'll give them a ring too!

pete

hello fellow d15'ers

Has anyone in the littlepace / hunters run area passed the eircom line test?

The iol BB page says yes it's available "in your area", but eircom / netsource say no - "line test failed - probably too far from blanchardstown exchange"

netsource say clonee exchange (the one in Damastown industrial estate i think) is scheduled for upgrade to DSL "soon"
eircom web chat person says it's not

anyone?

flamegrill

Guys if you pass eircoms line test, you can avail of 3 different providers!! Mainly only the RADSL product but from netsource no cap 66/month (inc vat), esat 50/month 5GB cap and eircom 54.45/month 4GB cap.

Go for netsource

Paul

nahdoic

i'm in delwood, passed the first day RADSL came out, will have netsource by may 12th.

pete

Originally posted by nahdoic
i'm in delwood, passed the first day RADSL came out, will have netsource by may 12th.

haven't heard of anyone further out than huntstown yet tho...

waaahhh.

Clover

got my install date = 23/5/03

pete

i can't be the only one out littlepace way, can i?

can i?

hellloooooo.....?

Terminator

I'm in hartstown D15 and getting top speed of 512k with Netsource Soho Radsl. Download rate 53k. Not sure if thats good for games though. Average ping was 70-100 for Q3 and Unreal.

Placebo

Is this netsource.ie ? i went on it and its got few options only for business`s ? can i apply to that ? i am not a business !?

Terminator

Its sold as a business service but they still sell to residential customers.

Placebo

ok thanks man , gonna go check it out , better than iol ?

Placebo

how much do you pay ? looks ****ing expensive , prices ex Vat .

pete

Email from IBB received today:

We will shortly have transmitters going live at the following locations:
Guinness Gravity Bar, Dublin 8
Greencore (Sugar Company), St Stephens Green, Dublin 2
Belmont Nursing Home, Stillorgan Road
Clondalkin

Killinarden, Tallaght
Ballycoolin, Blanchardstown
Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1

Couch Potato

Anybody know "exactly" in Ballycoolin ?


You need Line of Sight ... to be able to connect.

Best place I would think is on top of the new office block at the corner of the Blanch Shopping Centre that is currently vacant ..

pete

i'd imagine if was going on the green property building (the skyscraper - i actually suggested this in a mail to them many months ago that got no reply) then they'd say the blanch centre... i actually have no idea where ballycoolin is, but i'd imagine they'll be somewhere up around the corporate park beside Dolly Heffernans.

Or maybe not.

You know... you just can't beat conjecture & speculation.

Couch Potato

Ballycoolin is the industrial estate with Symantec, 3com, Creative etc. located in it.

I am trying to figure out where would make sense to place the transmitter although a new mobile mast went up there only about a month ago so they may share this ????

Blanchardstown Corporate Park is the other estate that has Synopsis, Superquinn etc in it although the Synopsis building (on the roundabout) is quite high ?

pete

Originally posted by Couch Potato
Ballycoolin is the industrial estate with Symantec, 3com, Creative etc. located in it.

To this I say: Sob

I am trying to figure out where would make sense to place the transmitter

To this I say: My back garden.

although a new mobile mast went up there only about a month ago so they may share this ????

Blanchardstown Corporate Park is the other estate that has Synopsis, Superquinn etc in it although the Synopsis building (on the roundabout) is quite high ?

To this I say: Yup. Would make sense alright, height-wise.

In all seriousness though, while i think it's great that IBB are venturing into the great unknown that is "de nort soide", by sticking their transmitter well out of the way up there i fear they're going to miss out on LOS to a lot, if not all, of the housing estates north of the shopping centre (ie where I bleedin live).

RicardoSmith

I asked them about this before. Apparently Castleknock is the highest bit of land around. Those buildings are all actually in a "dip" though they are quite tall.

pete

I drove through ballycoolin this morning and took the opportunity to scout out where IBB might be located - unfortunately, Netstumbler didn't pick anything up - i was kinda hoping they'd have an operational mast already....

Fingers crossed they're going on the roof of the main building at blanch corporate park (the white, curved one overlooking the roundabout on the way up to Dolly Heffernan's) - looks like it'd give great coverage if they are. AFAIK this is right beside Ballycoolin - if memory serves (from my DSW days) the halting site across the road is Ballycoolin.

pete

Just off the phone to Irish Broadband - they hope to have blanch up and running in 3 to 4 weeks.

Here's hoping LOS is ok.... help us IBB, you're our only hope.....

Wook

Originally posted by Placebo
since when did they change the name to eircon ? anyway their package is 54 euro per month and 99 connection if you self install it , is it hard to self install ?

hahahaha , sorry just thought that was funny

RicardoSmith

Originally posted by pete
Just off the phone to Irish Broadband - they hope to have blanch up and running in 3 to 4 weeks.

Here's hoping LOS is ok.... help us IBB, you're our only hope.....

I doubt that I'm going to be able to see it though. Grrr

pete

Originally posted by RicardoSmith
I doubt that I'm going to be able to see it though. Grrr

As it would happen, it transpired that the very nice lady (woman? girl?) in IBB used to live around the corner from me and so, from her own personal knowledge of the area was able to say that she was "doubtful" that i'd be in range.

I'm trying to imagine what the view from my roof would be like.... I'm pretty sure my house would be seen from the roof of some of the buildings in them industrial estates.... I can but wait for the man with the ladder to check it out for me.

(I'm currently in denial, but i expect i'll be angry later. Acceptance may come.... eventually)

RicardoSmith

I'd say a lot of the apt blocks that have recently been built will block me off from everything nearby.

LFCFan

Originally posted by pete
Fingers crossed they're going on the roof of the main building at blanch corporate park (the white, curved one overlooking the roundabout on the way up to Dolly Heffernan's) - looks like it'd give great coverage if they are.

This is the new Synopsis building. My company actually occupies the old synopsis building in the Corporate Park. I live in Tyrrelstown which is beside the Corporate Park but there are a lot of trees. I just hope than once you get on the roof the trees won't be a problem or I will probably cry

pete

You should ring them and find out & report back here.... i'd ring them meself, but you know how when you ring a company, and they go "ah yes, you've been on before, haven't you?" and that's a bit embarrassing like?

So i won't be ringing them again for a while...

(probably just CRM / caller ID software... but still)

Giscard

Hi Guys,
Very interesting discussion, this board is great . I live in Deerhaven, past the Littlepace estate. I've tried to get DSL from both Esat BT and Eircom but my line has failed both times (Blanchardstown exchange). I'm not sure what my options are, it doesn't look like there are many.

1. Keep ringing Eircom and hope that my line eventually passes. Don't hold much hope.
2. Order another line but there are no guarantees. Probably wait until the nearer Damastown exchange is enabled and try to get line from there, if possible.
3. Wait for IBB to put up wifi arial but it is very unlikely that I will have visibiliy.

I think my best option is to keep getting my line tested and hope it passes. I would be very interested to know:

1. Anyone live around Deerhaven and have DSL (or even a successful line test)? Littlepace, Pheasent Run, Bramblefield, Hazelbury, Castlaheany?
2. What speed do you get? I don't want the line to eventually pass and then get rubbish speeds.

I am very interested in your comments.

Memnoch

I live in the blancherdstown area in charnwood park in clonsilla.
I'm on the RADSL Soho package from Netsource and am quite pleased with it atm.

Reasons why I like it -

No cap
2 month contract - so the company is more answerable to the customer
Friendly service and staff
Not giving my money to eircom

now there were some problems with latency etc. but netsource listened to their customers and sorted it out, so i heartily reccomend them

popinfresh

I ive up in Corduff (swaar ) IS that building at the the center beside currys our exchange is it?

pete

Originally posted by popinfresh
I ive up in Corduff (swaar ) IS that building at the the center beside currys our exchange is it?

it's the one directly across the road from Curry's, yes.

so in corduff you should be sorted for DSL.

darthdublin

Hey Guys,

I live just beside Littlepace, an estate called Beechfield. Does anyone live here, and have they had any news in relation to Broadband setup??.

Let me know.

My line did not pass the Eircom test, so Im probably ***ked!!.

Any way, let me know if anyone in this area has got Broadband.

Also, can someone answer me this, if I live in a new Estate, and NTL have cabled the area, they must be able to provide Broadband to its customers. Then again, I had to get Sky Digital into my House as NTL would not be up and running till,em, let me see..................around 2010!!!!.

LFCFan

Originally posted by Memnoch
Not giving my money to eircom

Unfortunatly most of your money is still going to €ircon as they are selling wholesale to Netsource. Unless we manage to get either NTL broadband or Irish Broadband we are gonna have to give in to giving €ircon our money in one way or another. So, until NTL or one of the wireless companies have their service in more areas there remains no 'real' competition as long as €ircon hold all the cards.

kamobe

Any more news on IBB? I live in Brookhaven and a mast in ballycoolin would be SO sweet

But every time I've ever called, going way back to when they first started up, they have been talking about expanding to blanch, and always give a 2/3 month estimate. So is this the TRUTH?