Eir rural FTTH thread

niallb · 17-07-2016 02:39PM

I think it's more likely to be copper and will just be used to tie on to.
We had some poles rerouted behind our house a few weeks ago, and it was done by Eir also and not KN.
I felt it was the last phase of the preparation work being done by Eir.

Gonzo · 17-07-2016 02:47PM

This week while KN were uncovering the manholes from the 70s, I noticed that along several poles they seem to have very thick black tubing coming out of the ground and white tape holding it to the sides of some poles near the ground, in some poles its just hanging there looping around, this would not be fiber but black cable of some sort nearly an inch thick.

Shyboy · 18-07-2016 03:02PM

Gonzo wrote: »

This week while KN were uncovering the manholes from the 70s, I noticed that along several poles they seem to have very thick black tubing coming out of the ground and white tape holding it to the sides of some poles near the ground, in some poles its just hanging there looping around, this would not be fiber but black cable of some sort nearly an inch thick.

Funny you should mention the old manholes. My village is down for FTTH from Autumn/Winter 2016 and in the last few weeks I noticed a lot of old Eircom manholes appear all over the place.

I had thought "I'm sure they were not here before?" and I do not remember seeing Eir/KN installing them...but now it is making sense...

I thought the fibre would be strung along the poles in rural areas or will some of it be pulled along the manholes?

Cuddlesworth · 18-07-2016 03:52PM

Shyboy wrote: »

Funny you should mention the old manholes. My village is down for FTTH from Autumn/Winter 2016 and in the last few weeks I noticed a lot of old Eircom manholes appear all over the place.

I had thought "I'm sure they were not here before?" and I do not remember seeing Eir/KN installing them...but now it is making sense...

I thought the fibre would be strung along the poles in rural areas or will some of it be pulled along the manholes?

Depends. Sounds like ducting was installed above.

Johnboy1951 · 18-07-2016 04:57PM

Shyboy wrote: »

Funny you should mention the old manholes. My village is down for FTTH from Autumn/Winter 2016 and in the last few weeks I noticed a lot of old Eircom manholes appear all over the place.

I had thought "I'm sure they were not here before?" and I do not remember seeing Eir/KN installing them...but now it is making sense...

I thought the fibre would be strung along the poles in rural areas or will some of it be pulled along the manholes?

Where ducting exists its use would seem the much better option ...... and probably less costly too.

Shyboy · 18-07-2016 05:19PM

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Where ducting exists its use would seem the much better option ...... and probably less costly too.

To be honest, I didn't realise that rural areas had ducting, I thought it was only towns/cities? So, I assume that this ducting has been here all along but not used?

jd · 18-07-2016 05:30PM

Often there is ducting with poles used as drop points to near by houses

Johnboy1951 · 18-07-2016 05:34PM

Shyboy wrote: »

To be honest, I didn't realise that rural areas had ducting, I thought it was only towns/cities? So, I assume that this ducting has been here all along but not used?

I am on a 'blue-line' (right at the end of it) and the ducting stops outside my house.
My telephone service has been on copper through this ducting for a couple of decades.
Older houses, nearer the village but still outside, are connected via a pole as they did not have any underground ducting from road to house, in place. The pole (or maybe a group of poles) connects into the ducting, from what I can mange to see.

Gonzo · 18-07-2016 06:23PM

Shyboy wrote: »

Funny you should mention the old manholes. My village is down for FTTH from Autumn/Winter 2016 and in the last few weeks I noticed a lot of old Eircom manholes appear all over the place.

I had thought "I'm sure they were not here before?" and I do not remember seeing Eir/KN installing them...but now it is making sense...

I thought the fibre would be strung along the poles in rural areas or will some of it be pulled along the manholes?

its the same story here, I never knew the telecom Eireann manholes existed near my home till last week. Eir uncovered 3 manholes last week and have black tubes coming out of them stuck with white masking tape to the pole. Took a photo of one earlier. Also took a photo of one of the new manholes which were created when works first started back in April.

Over a distance of about 1.5km Eir created 4 or 5 new manholes and uncovered 3 old Telecom Eireann manholes. Now im just waiting for them to come back and wire everything up!

Redriddick · 20-07-2016 09:46AM

Lads.
Eircom have put my price up by 7 euro per month.
I get 1.5mb at the moment.
My exchange is due to be upgraded to ftth end of this year or early 2017.
I am not on a blue line.
Should I hold out or will my speed improve with ftth.
I am considering leaving.
Any advice

ED E · 20-07-2016 10:01AM

Redriddick wrote: »

Lads.
Eircom have put my price up by 7 euro per month.
I get 1.5mb at the moment.
My exchange is due to be upgraded to ftth end of this year or early 2017.
I am not on a blue line.
Should I hold out or will my speed improve with ftth.
I am considering leaving.
Any advice

If you have a better alternative, take it.

Falcon L · 20-07-2016 05:27PM

I live on one of the blue lines, fed by an overhead poly route. I noticed recently that all the poles on the route have been cleaned off at the base and a bar code plate attached to each one. Anything that has a dropwire coming off it has a big red D plate as well.

I wonder is this part of the rollout, or am I just going to wake up as normal in the morning and realise it was all a dream.

Gonzo · 21-07-2016 12:03AM

Falcon L wrote: »

I live on one of the blue lines, fed by an overhead poly route. I noticed recently that all the poles on the route have been cleaned off at the base and a bar code plate attached to each one. Anything that has a dropwire coming off it has a big red D plate as well.

I wonder is this part of the rollout, or am I just going to wake up as normal in the morning and realise it was all a dream.

one pole along our route has what you describe but not every pole has it

marno21 · 21-07-2016 12:10AM

Are yer homes on the first 100k premises announced or the 2017-2020 rollout?

Falcon L · 21-07-2016 07:47AM

marno21 wrote: »

Are yer homes on the first 100k premises announced or the 2017-2020 rollout?

In my case, no.

Hank Scorpio · 21-07-2016 07:52AM

Tis weird, a new cabinet ( outside my driveway ) went live in my village yesterday but having checked pretty much all houses in the village on the linechecker and Eir's website, they all come back with a reading which would indicate they're directly connected to the exchange. It's been this way for 3 or 4 months now and with the new cabinet no premises have any increase in attainable speed.

MiskyBoyy · 21-07-2016 11:32AM

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

Tis weird, a new cabinet ( outside my driveway ) went live in my village yesterday but having checked pretty much all houses in the village on the linechecker and Eir's website, they all come back with a reading which would indicate they're directly connected to the exchange. It's been this way for 3 or 4 months now and with the new cabinet no premises have any increase in attainable speed.

Don't think the website gets updated that quick tbh.

marno21 · 21-07-2016 02:16PM

Falcon L wrote: »

In my case, no.

Good to see, should see you done in 2017 if they are doing the work there already.

If they keep the current pace with the FTTC going into the FTTH rollout they'll have it done in no time at all. Perhaps they might have it done by the time the NBP contract is awarded going by the pace of that.

Nothing like private enterprise to get things done.

Gonzo · 21-07-2016 03:19PM

just noticed every pole here has a white labeled barcode as well, not sure how long they been there.

tsue921i8wljb3 · 21-07-2016 03:46PM

Gonzo wrote: »

just noticed every pole here has a white labeled barcode as well, not sure how long they been there.

There are barcodes on most (all) of the poles in my area. They have always had them. I assume that they were stamped when the poles were installed as an identifier.

daraghwal · 21-07-2016 03:54PM

Was talking to an eir tech this morning. They have nothing to do with the ftth rollout but happened to be in the exchange when the planning team were there for his own exchange. It is on the map for Winter. He said they are bringing it underground first and then up onto poles to get it into houses in his area anyway.

Hank Scorpio · 21-07-2016 04:26PM

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Don't think the website gets updated that quick tbh.

The digiweb checker had all the houses prequals a month before the exchange went live.

MiskyBoyy · 21-07-2016 04:28PM

Eir aren't so quick.

ED E · 21-07-2016 04:29PM

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

The digiweb checker had all the houses prequals a month before the exchange went live.

That makes sense, the real live date is 1mo before the live "we can sell it" date so the APQ files would be updated 1mo before you order.

Hank Scorpio · 21-07-2016 04:34PM

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Eir aren't so quick.

Eir and Digiweb share the same database..

MiskyBoyy · 21-07-2016 04:39PM

Hank Scorpio wrote:

Eir and Digiweb share the same database..

I'm just speaking from my experience. The eir website never updates for ages after a cabinet goes live in my area.

ACLFC7 · 21-07-2016 04:40PM

what are L.A Boundaries on the FIBRE BROADBAND NETWORK COVERAGE MAP?

http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/

BandMember · 21-07-2016 04:41PM

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

I'm just speaking from my experience. The eir website never updates for ages after a cabinet goes live in my area.

It's been mentioned on numerous occasions, don't use the Eir site as it is way behind the time and rarely updated - use this one: http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/

MiskyBoyy · 21-07-2016 04:44PM

BandMember wrote:

It's been mentioned on numerous occasions, don't use the Eir site as it is way behind the time and rarely updated - use this one:

I do use that site for checking the status of cabs but it doesn't give an estimated speed of a line does it?

oscarBravo · 21-07-2016 04:52PM

ACLFC7 wrote: »

what are L.A Boundaries on the FIBRE BROADBAND NETWORK COVERAGE MAP?

http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/

Local authorities: county and city councils.

They're not exactly up to date. They're still showing non-existent town council areas.

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