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Eircom to roll out 1Gb/s FTTH to 66 towns

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  • #1862
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    suddenly out of nowhere there's 4 KN vans and trucks on my street, digging a hole, big reel of orange cable.. does this mean they are laying FTTH on my street? can i expect 1Gbps soon? :)


  • #1863
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,573 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    sibergoth wrote: »
    suddenly out of nowhere there's 4 KN vans and trucks on my street, digging a hole, big reel of orange cable.. does this mean they are laying FTTH on my street? can i expect 1Gbps soon? :)

    what town are you in?


  • #1864
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,720 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    sibergoth wrote: »
    suddenly out of nowhere there's 4 KN vans and trucks on my street, digging a hole, big reel of orange cable.. does this mean they are laying FTTH on my street? can i expect 1Gbps soon? :)

    thats just the cable. they need to blow the fibre down it later.


  • #1865
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    Ennis


  • #1866
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    blow the fibre down ? how does that work ? well, anyway, got to be a good sign right? why else would they dig up the grass and block the road off ?!


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  • #1867
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    looks like they laid the orange cable to the bottom of a pole across the road from my house, now they are packing up and going...


  • #1868
    Deagol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Deagol


    Thats Siro I would say, they've been steadily working their way out from the substation on the Tulla road.

    Can you PM me what road / estate you are in?


  • #1869
    OverRide
    Closed Accounts Posts: 665 ✭✭✭OverRide


    Deagol wrote: »
    Thats Siro I would say, they've been steadily working their way out from the substation on the Tulla road.

    Can you PM me what road / estate you are in?

    It's hardly Siro because they're putting down the same orange cable (rolls the size of back tyres on a tractor) across half of North Wexford where I live,just not past my house


  • #1870
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,095 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    irishgeo wrote: »
    thats just the cable. they need to blow the fibre down it later.
    sibergoth wrote: »
    blow the fibre down ? how does that work ? well, anyway, got to be a good sign right? why else would they dig up the grass and block the road off ?!

    Its a duct, not a cable, but yes, this is what they're doing.

    Its the "hardest" bit of the process. Next they just attach a machine to the end and blow the fibres into it and it appears at the far end.


  • #1871
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    cool. can't wait to see how this progresses.


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  • #1872
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    If KN are doing the rollout for Siro then I'd say this is Siro - the pole that they taped the orange cable to is an ESB pole... (I'll post a photo later)

    does anyone have a siro connection? how does it compare with the eir(com) version?


  • #1873
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    I can't actually find any useful info on the Siro page.. just a load of marketing ****e. anyone know how much it costs ?


  • #1874
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    sorry - its sold via Vodafone - 1000Mbps = €90 for just internet

    bit pricey. I thought the eir(com) version was 60-70 a month..


  • #1875
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,573 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    sibergoth wrote: »
    If KN are doing the rollout for Siro then I'd say this is Siro - the pole that they taped the orange cable to is an ESB pole... (I'll post a photo later)

    does anyone have a siro connection? how does it compare with the eir(com) version?

    depends on who will supply Siro in your area, most likely Vodafone.
    https://www.vodafone.ie/home/broadband/lightspeed-broadband

    Digiweb also resell Siro in some areas
    http://www.digiweb.ie/siro-powered-broadband/


  • #1876
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,573 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    sibergoth wrote: »
    sorry - its sold via Vodafone - 1000Mbps = €90 for just internet

    bit pricey. I thought the eir(com) version was 60-70 a month..

    Eir charge 75 for standalone 1000 but their upload is slightly less at 100


  • #1877
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    What's the upload on Siro?

    Here's the end of the cable they laid. Taped to an esb pole opposite the house.


  • #1878
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,851 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    sibergoth wrote: »
    1000Mbps = €90 for just internet

    bit pricey.

    Pricey... for a gigabit?

    Wow.


  • #1879
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,095 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    Pricey... for a gigabit?

    Wow.

    This is why its taken so long and why we have terrible MNOs, people only want the cheapest package :pac:


  • #1880
    sibergoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭sibergoth


    my comment on price is in comparison to the eir offering - 75 as oppose to 90...

    Looking at the offering - 1000Mbps unlimited access, obviously that isn't pricey - a few years ago 100Mbps would have cost business a fortune.

    I'm happy to pay 90 quid a month for the Gigabit. I'm a techy and I work from home and everything I do is online... especially if the upload is even better as that will be a big benefit to me.

    I came to Ennis from a rural village in Clare that had absolutely terrible internet... I paid well over 90 a month for years for various different services (broadband, 3G, 4G, whatever i could get all at once)... and still had a terrible speed...

    Getting 1000Mbps will be a total world of difference...

    Again, my earlier comment is merely regarding the difference in price between the offerings...


    I do agree however that the populous at mass 'won't notice any difference' and only want the cheapest deal...


  • #1881
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,851 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    Gonzo wrote: »
    Eir charge 75 for standalone 1000...

    Damned if I can find that on their website.


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  • #1882
    Nollog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,714 ✭✭✭Nollog


    sibergoth wrote: »
    my comment on price is in comparison to the eir offering - 75 as oppose to 90...

    Looking at the offering - 1000Mbps unlimited access, obviously that isn't pricey - a few years ago 100Mbps would have cost business a fortune.

    Both eir and Vodafone have a 1TB download allowance on jiggabits.

    The cheapest jiggabit that I can find on eirs website is "Extreme broadband, Unlimited Mobile & UK calls" for 90/month.


  • #1883
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,126 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    Damned if I can find that on their website.

    page 3 - https://www.eir.ie/opencms/export/sites/default/.content/pdf/pricing/Part3.1.pdf


  • #1884
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,416 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    sibergoth wrote: »
    What's the upload on Siro?

    Here's the end of the cable they laid. Taped to an esb pole opposite the house.

    The orange pipe, thats called microduct I believe.


  • #1885
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,851 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    KeRbDoG wrote: »
    The orange pipe, thats called microduct I believe.

    Almost. It's a duct; microducts can go in it. A microduct (at least the ones I'm familiar with) has about a 10mm inside diameter, and 14mm outside.


  • #1886
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,538 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    in yer experience how long does it take from having the fibre lines installed outside your home to actually getting eir ftth enabled? i talked to the tech guys that where installing the cables and they said feb march next year but im not getting excited


  • #1887
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,095 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Icyseanfitz wrote: »
    in yer experience how long does it take from having the fibre lines installed outside your home to actually getting eir ftth enabled? i talked to the tech guys that where installing the cables and they said feb march next year but im not getting excited

    Has been asked a thousand times. The jobs are done by independent teams and aren't related. Trying to predict it is pointless.


  • #1888
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,573 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    some places get cabled for FTTH up to 5 or 6 weeks before other routes in the exchange so it really is very difficult to pin point how soon afterwards an area goes live but for most places it's usually between 4 to 8 weeks depending on how soon the road is being wired in relation to the overall exchange rollout.


  • #1889
    Deagol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Deagol


    What worries me is that we didn't get Eir FTTH in my estate, presumably due to old lack of ducting.

    For Siro, we have no ESB poles as power cables come in underground, I'm hoping it's not the same excuse :(


  • #1890
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,720 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    Deagol wrote: »
    What worries me is that we didn't get Eir FTTH in my estate, presumably due to old lack of ducting.

    For Siro, we have no ESB poles as power cables come in underground, I'm hoping it's not the same excuse :(

    you have to have a duct to your hosue as thats what your esb comes in on.


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  • #1891
    Deagol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Deagol


    irishgeo wrote: »
    you have to have a duct to your hosue as thats what your esb comes in on.

    House was built in 1982, I'd not put money on anything having been done the way you'd expect!

    The telephone cable comes in via a big semi-circle in hydrodare pipe I found when I was getting a wall built :) Very nearly went through it as I had no reason to suspect it would be there.


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