pegasus1 wrote: » Good luck with that....not even people high up in Eir can get it done...:rolleyes:
Peppa Cig wrote: » Hello all, Thanks for thread. Scrolled through many pages. We are on blue line. Lots of activity on my road with KN Networks and Diffusion vans. They seem to be laying cable. Someone said it was only copper cable? Do you think this means we are going to get high speed internet.... Is it likely to be FTTC or FTTH? Also do I read correctly that as we are locked in with Vodaphone we cannot avail without contract buyout? (Locked for another 12months) I assume KN activity means Eir and not Siro? Thanks for your advice. We are currently 1mb
Peppa Cig wrote: » Is it likely to be FTTC or FTTH?
Grumpypants wrote: » It can be done from both overhead and underground. It should just come in the same spot as your current phone line. More important is if you are on a "blue line". Look for you house on this map. If a blue line goes past it then you are very likely going to be able to get it at some point. http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/
Gonzo wrote: » You appear to be in the countryside so it would be a very good guess that the work carried out by KN and Diffusion is related to Eir's blue line FTTH project. Siro do not work in low density population rural locations. In relation to your contract, your contract could only have a few months left in it by the time your area goes live. When your exchange goes live is anyone's guess but there is a good deal of waiting involved, even after a road is wired up.
KOR101 wrote: » The blue lines will be all FTTH. If you are located in a town, it may be part of the FTTC rollout.
Peppa Cig wrote: » Thank you for reply. I see a cable coiled at Eircom pole (ready to be dropped) outside my house this evening. Promising? Pole up 200m up road marked "DPL"? Does FTTH run on copper cable?
Gonzo wrote: » that means they will be putting a slice box on the pole. The coil of cable will eventually be hidden behind the small black box. From that box they will run a fiber cable from the black box to your house and a number of other houses near it after you place an order.
rob808 wrote: » There still no activity in summerhill don't know what the problem is it late january now hope to see something in February it a very slow rollout by Eir.I wouldn't like see them do NBP because they probably finish that by 2024.
Johnboy1951 wrote: » You base that on your experience in Summerhill? (wherever that might be) Lots of others around the country would dispute your assessment
rob808 wrote: » well tell me what the problem is so far the rollout being very slow no update on map no dates on FTTC.Im happy to see other people getting FTTH but still disappointed about rollout so far. The rollout dates keep getting push back like what the hell early/mid 2017 is that like January / may or June.
Grumpypants wrote: » This usually gives about 7-12mb/s. But it will only reach about 2KM from the cabinet. .
Grumpypants wrote: » FTTH (fiber to the home) is all Fiber from the cabinet right into your house. This gives "up to" 1000mb/s FTTC (Fiber to the Cabinet) is a Fiber line to the cabinet and then it uses the old copper cable to get to your house. This usually gives about 7-12mb/s. But it will only reach about 2KM from the cabinet. If you are further than 2KM from the cabinet and on a blue line it will Likely be FTTH. I don't know of any plans to lay new copper cable for any part of the Fiber roll out plan.
blueser wrote: » I'm living in a rural location, 3 miles from the nearest town, which has two cabinets (both "live"), and the blue line is running down my road, past my house. What would be the reason for the delay in beginning the preparatory work for getting the cable out a far as me? The information on the rollout map is poor really. No indication a to when any given area will be completed.
Peppa Cig wrote: » Any way to determine which is being installed e.g if I see a green cabinet installed in vicinity it means they opted for FTTC?
ED E wrote: » In 19 of 20 cases an exchange area listed for both FTTC and FTTH will see FTTC first. Doing it the other way around doesnt make sense.
plodder wrote: » What confuses me is that our area (Oldtown, North Dublin) has a blue circle saying "Fibre Broadband cabinet is planned for this location". That indicates FTTC, I think? However, when you click the "exchange status" it is dark green indicating fibre build commenced and the hover-over text says "Estimated date for first Live FTTH Fibre Services with speeds up to 1000Mb/s is early/mid 2017". So, that suggests FTTH (build commenced) is arriving ahead of FTTC (planned), as there is no mention of 100MB fibre services (FTTC presumably). I would question whether FTTC makes sense at all in our area, because pretty much the whole area covered by the local exchange (or RSU?) is also covered by the FTTH blue lines... Does this make sense?
ED E wrote: » If it is in fact an RSU then then its a bit of a mess that I suspect OpenEir have pushed to the very bottom of their lists. Cant get a definite indication that it is but at 190 lines its very very likely.
smiddyboy wrote: » Does Anyone know why some exchanges are getting FTTH and others not?
