Johnboy1951 wrote: » An update to the FTTH blue line roll out near Ennis, I have been told that eir 'representatives' have been calling door to door getting people to sign up for FTTH. They estimate the service should go live on 28th Dec. OK, I know ye cannot believe anything from a door-2-door salesperson, but it does seem indicative that connections will be available early in the new year to those living on the Doora side of Ennis. I have not heard anything about other blue line areas around Ennis. ... and of course my own location has seen no work at all yet so I will be waiting for another year or two it seems.
Johnboy1951 wrote: » Yeah, I had thought no one was allowed to sell their products on the service during that month.
damienirel wrote: » Think it's Inverin - look at post responded to. Funny how the eir sales reps are first off the mark!
damienirel wrote: » Johnboy1951 wrote: » Are you on the Ennis exchange? or is it coincidental that the 28th is the date a rep mentioned for Ennis? Do NOT believe anything they say ....... neither firm date nor losing out. It is likely the date is reasonably accurate, as one month notice must be given to other providers before connections are sold/made(?). Think it's Inverin - look at post responded to. Funny how the eir sales reps are first off the mark!
Johnboy1951 wrote: » Are you on the Ennis exchange? or is it coincidental that the 28th is the date a rep mentioned for Ennis? Do NOT believe anything they say ....... neither firm date nor losing out. It is likely the date is reasonably accurate, as one month notice must be given to other providers before connections are sold/made(?).
Gonzo wrote: » no just the urban part of Balbriggan is live, totally unrelated to the rural fibre rollout in the area. As Balbriggan is only marked by 1 marker it just shows the FTTC and urban FTTH information.
bigreddog wrote: » Yep, have a splice box on the pole outside my house for the last few weeks, but still can't order on the Eir site. 'Eir' rep called around the last night and said it would be going live on the 28th, and if we didn't sign up before then we'd lose out!
jones wrote: » So it's live now? I'm outside Balbriggan basically in the country and engineer told me a few months ago that i would be in the area that would be upgraded. I'm on 7mb line at the moment
Gonzo wrote: » great that your going live but 'losing out' if you don't order now it complete bs, it's not like they are gonna take away the fiber if you don't order. Did he explain how you would 'lose out'? No Eir sales guys going around Dunshaughlin yet, i'd say we won't be going live till sometime January, but when we do i'd prefer to order it broadband only thought the website rather than talking to a sales rep.
damienirel wrote: » from the where and when - Balbriggan Exchange -> 9630 premises in this exchange can now access up to 100Mb/s fibre broadband with 1070 premises able to access 1000Mb/s fibre
Gonzo wrote: » at least 2 exchanges should have gone live yesterday, Inverin in County Galway near Galway Bay is one of them.
jones wrote: » Anyone heard anything about the rural side of Balbriggan? I was told it was included in the FTTH rollout by one of the Eir engineers but haven't seen them around in a while. Do you have to "opt in" to this or is it automatically upgraded? Sorry haven't read whole thread ITS LONG!!!
Advbrd wrote: » Hi folks, In the last week there has been a lot of activity in my area (outside Johnstownbridge). The vans are labeled DeFusion and appear to be replacing a lot of poles. Is this to do with FTTH rollout? Has this company carried out FTTH related work in other areas. Am I getting my hopes up unnecessarily?
Johnboy1951 wrote: » There could be some (invisible to the passer-by) reason for that road being left until later. That run might require some specific work and is waiting for the correct crew to be available. It is looking positive for some connections to be available within the next month, in a number of areas.
Gonzo wrote: » the lads are back in the area again today, opening manholes from the exchange working their way outwards, think they are pushing fibre through the ducts. The fiber in the duct still has to be connected in one or two places to the pole network and still some splice box's to install. Hopefully all will be completed and signed off by Christmas eve. There is one road here that still hasn't had any sign of work on it so that road must be happening later in 2017.
murphaph wrote: » I'm in a commuter town 20 mins from Berlin, capital of a wealthy G8 nation and until last week could get exactly what you have now. You will get 1Gbps in the next 2 years max, probably sooner. Deutsche Telekom are on record as stating their intention to go down the cul de sac of g.fast and so on to delay for as long as possible the wide scale deployment of FTTH, so it'll be years (over a decade at least) before I get what you will soon have. I would trade places with you in a heartbeat and go back to ADSL for a few months if I knew I was getting FTTH even in the next 5 years. Would you trade places with me?
