Eir rural FTTH thread

pegasus1 · 09-02-2017 01:07PM

yabadabado wrote: »

I have seen some areas with 2 different green icons side by side on the map.
Small green dot icon says :
Fibre Broadband Cabinet is expected to go Live on 22-Feb-17

The bigger green plectrum type icon says :

Estimated date for first Live FTTH Fibre Services with speeds up to 1000Mb/s is Autumn 2017.

Does that mean I will be able to get fibre in a few weeks but will need to wait until Autumn to get FTTH?

It means you could get FTTC if you're connected to that cabinet and within a set distance..before presumably getting fibre later this year

Greylor · 09-02-2017 01:09PM

Mine changed from "First FTTH connections going live Early/Mid 2017" to "Winter 2017."

It is currently Winter and it is 2017. Does that mean that they're talking about early 2017 or does it mean that they're delaying it...AGAIN...off to the end of 2017?

pegasus1 · 09-02-2017 01:14PM

Greylor wrote: »

Mine changed from "First FTTH connections going live Early/Mid 2017" to "Winter 2017."

It is currently Winter and it is 2017. Does that mean that they're talking about early 2017 or does it mean that they're delaying it...AGAIN...off to the end of 2017?

Some would say it's Spring now...so would say its end of...

Gonzo · 09-02-2017 01:17PM

Ive spent an hour going through the map and I've probably missed some places.

A few places which were meant to go live 3rd February got moved, some only by a few days and others by several months.

A few places which never had a date are now live and one of them has 10 extra homes live then the full original planned.

Lots of previously live exchanges got boosted with more live premises.

Roslevin in Athlone got added as well, Ive no idea if thats part of the town scheme or rural as it's not listed in the first 100,000 and doesnt have a premises count.

Rural Blue Lines

Virginia – 570 / 750
Carlingford – 530 / 570
Ballyfarnan – 360 / 490
Belcarra – 320 / 340
Inverin – 480 / 690
Athboy – 530 / 560
Courtown – 710 / 870
Killinick - 420 / 420
Ballyboden – 230 / 250
Rahan – 230 / 300
Youghal – 320 / 330
Dungloe – 540 / 600
Ballyclough – 40 / 510
Belclare – 270 / 510
Turloughmore – 370 / 830
Quigleys Point – 290 / 520
Strandhhill – 240 / 260
Blessington – 100 / 350
Duncannon – 120 / 420
Crosshaven – 110 / 140
Dunfanaghy - 540 / 600
Ringaskiddy - 120 / 160
Annascaul – 100 / 510
Ballybrittas – 130 / 290
Brittas Bay Bridge – 170 / 440
Clarina – 80 / 480
Newbridge – 100 / 300
Rhode – 190 / 360
Oranmore – 170 / 850
Roslevin – 70 / ??
Dunleer – 210 / 1110
Curracloe – 540 / 530

Rosslare Harbour delayed from 3rd February to Spring/Summer
Clonmany delayed from 3rd February to spring/summer
Loskeran delayed from 3rd February to autumn/winter
Blarney 22 Feb (delayed from 3rd Feb)
Coolboy 15 Feb (delayed from 3rd Feb)
Rathowen 8 March (delayed from 3rd Feb)
Cappawhite 8 March
Croom 8 March
Castleconnell 8 March
Horseleap 8 March
Portarlington 8 March
Robertstown 8 March
Dunshaughlin 8 March
Inch 8 March
Killmuckridge 8 March
Kilmore Quay 22 February
Broadway 8 March

yabadabado · 09-02-2017 01:17PM

pegasus1 wrote: »

It means you could get FTTC if you're connected to that cabinet and within a set distance..before presumably getting fibre later this year

Cheers for the info.Cabinet beside me is approximately 800 metres away.

oisinmc14 · 09-02-2017 01:17PM

Gonzo wrote: »

The map is updated, Dunshaughlin has a live date of 8th March!!!!!

Could I get a link to the map please?

Gonzo · 09-02-2017 01:20PM

oisinmc14 wrote: »

Could I get a link to the map please?

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

Gonzo · 09-02-2017 01:38PM

approx 9,000 premises are now live with the rural blue line scheme.

Bored Accountant · 09-02-2017 01:38PM

Sixmilebrdige still stuck at H2 2017. Haven't seen any evidence of them doing any work around my area yet.

There is also still one Cabinet on the map as being planned.
The cabinet has been there for the past year - they probably put it in while planning existed and they were putting in the rest of the cabinets, just never bothered to connect it.

Edit: Ignore that. Chrome was still displaying me the old map.

Sixmilebridge is moved out to "Winter/ Spring 2018"

ItHurtsWhenIP · 09-02-2017 02:43PM

Rearcross is still Late 2017 ... no change there! :mad:

Edit: Sorry - it's never going to be an FTTH exchange, so not relevant to this thread ... but just saying not every exchange got new dates.

KeRbDoG · 09-02-2017 02:55PM

Swords also moved to Winter 2017 but its a mixture of urban and rural rollout it seems

johnb25 · 09-02-2017 02:57PM

Dundrum in Tipp gone from H2:2017 to Autumn 2017. That should be a good thing.
There has been some work on trees and hedges, and replacing and marking poles near me on the blue line.

long_b · 09-02-2017 03:00PM

The Curragh is Spring /Summer 17 from early/mid 17

Johnboy1951 · 09-02-2017 03:04PM

My exchange has not changed at all since they brought the time back from 2020 to 2018 ......

Spring/Summer 2018

Gwynston · 09-02-2017 03:25PM

Claregalway has changed from "Early / Mid 2017" to "Summer / Autumn 2017" which is a slightly worse nomenclature than some of the the others that were also "Early / Mid 2017" and have changed to "Spring / Summer 2017".

So basically I expect to now have to wait until Q4 at the earliest....

ratracer · 09-02-2017 04:04PM

Gwynston wrote: »

Claregalway has changed from "Early / Mid 2017" to "Summer / Autumn 2017" which is a slightly worse nomenclature than some of the the others that were also "Early / Mid 2017" and have changed to "Spring / Summer 2017".

So basically I expect to now have to wait until Q4 at the earliest....

I wonder will this have a knock on effect on the Kinvara exchange. The map still shows 'completion work being done', which has been showing since last September.

Local rep has previously stated that Kinvara was next exchange to be done after Turloughmore.
Does the 'completion' note indicate that fibre is on the horizon in this quarter, does anyone know?

Gwynston · 09-02-2017 04:09PM

ratracer wrote: »

I wonder will this have a knock on effect on the Kinvara exchange. The map still shows 'completion work being done', which has been showing since last September.

Local rep has previously stated that Kinvara was next exchange to be done after Turloughmore.
Does the 'completion' note indicate that fibre is on the horizon in this quarter, does anyone know?

I don't really understand because the Claregalway exchange has been live, fibre enabled for many months. So homes in the village and elsewhere near to cabinets have been getting FTTC service.

So I don't know why the Kinvara area would be going live with FTTH sooner when the fibre upgrade hasn't even been completed at the exchange. Have FTTH wiring works been completed in the surrounding area?

Gonzo · 09-02-2017 04:51PM

another update on earlier.

Roscommon town was last down for 02 January for going live, this has moved to 2017/2018.

From the last update a total of 7 locations missed their target, 4 of them 3-6 months setback. Perhaps this was an error in the last update and these areas were not meant to be going live.

I missed a few exchanges in the rural blue line update and found another one which has 10 more premises than previously planned.

Rural Blue Lines

Virginia – 570 / 750
Carlingford – 530 / 570
Ballyfarnan – 360 / 490
Belcarra – 320 / 340
Inverin – 480 / 690
Athboy – 530 / 560
Courtown – 710 / 870
Killinick - 420 / 420
Ballyboden – 230 / 250
Rahan – 230 / 300
Youghal – 320 / 330
Dungloe – 540 / 600
Ballyclough – 130 / 510
Belclare – 270 / 510
Turloughmore – 370 / 830
Quigleys Point – 290 / 520
Strandhhill – 240 / 260
Blessington – 100 / 350
Duncannon – 120 / 420
Crosshaven – 110 / 140
Dunfanaghy - 540 / 600
Ringaskiddy - 120 / 160
Annascaul – 100 / 510
Ballybrittas – 130 / 290
Brittas Bay Bridge – 170 / 440
Clarina – 80 / 480
Newbridge – 100 / 300
Rhode – 190 / 360
Oranmore – 170 / 850
Roslevin – 70 / ??
Dunleer – 210 / 1110
Curracloe – 540 / 530
Cornamona – 110/ 100
Kells – 140 / 590

The towns scheme has had some premises added to the total but no new locations.

Bray 160
Greystones 1840
Balbriggan 1070
Drogheda 1850
Dundalk 100
Cavan 2180
Monaghan 760
Sligo 2810
Letterkenny 5570
Castlebar 1330
Sandyford 2870
Wexford 3970
Douglas 840
Ballincollig 130
Carrigaline 1270
Tralee 1500
Ennis 1680
Naas 3900
Kilkenny 3840

Total of what I can find so far:

Rural – 9,310
Urban – 37,670

The blue line scheme is still well behind target but has shown a significant jump since last month suggesting that progress is finally starting to move a bit quicker. It's annoying that 7 locations missed their targets with 4 of them possibly total errors and shouldn't have been there in the first place.

Gwynston · 09-02-2017 04:56PM

Not mention the fact that in quite of few of those live FTTH exchanges, only a small proportion of the homes in the area have actually been passed.

When are the rest going to be able to get connected?

Gonzo · 09-02-2017 05:36PM

Gwynston wrote: »

Not mention the fact that in quite of few of those live FTTH exchanges, only a small proportion of the homes in the area have actually been passed.

When are the rest going to be able to get connected?

it varies from exchange to exchange and depends on far the completion has goten to when exchange goes live.

There are now 3 exchanges completed, 2 of them were completed in 1 go.

Some exchanges go live with only a fraction of intended premises passed, in a situation like that it could be several months after going live when exchange is fully completed.

claytonie · 09-02-2017 05:51PM

My exhange (Kildangan) has been pushed from H2 2017 to Spring 2018

Ducting was put in couple of months ago but no activity seen since.

mcquaim · 09-02-2017 06:18PM

Emyvale and Glaslough are down for Autumn 2017 when nothing has started with FTTH for either.. Glaslough doesn't have broadband of any description apart from mobile so to believe that FTTH will be ready by autumn is nonsense I reckon..

I have seen pretty much no sign of KN or OpenEir anywhere around the north Monaghan area, outside of the town that is..

damienirel · 09-02-2017 06:18PM

If this rollout was based on any kind of reality you would think they would try to hit more densely populated areas first - but it doesn't seem like it.

My local exchange Castletroy is down for winter 2018 - though all the more rural exchanges surrounding it are have dates in 2017 etc. Can anybody explain that?
When FTTC was being rolled out in Castletroy - it was very early compared to most of the country never mind Limerick IIRC.
That being said I have very little faith in the dates they publish considering they have Exchanges that went live that had no dates previously in that last update.

Ron603 · 09-02-2017 06:34PM

Killarney has been changed from "early/mid 2017" to "spring/summer 2017", not much of a difference but the fibre and splice boxes are up so it shouldn't be long.

Ballyspillane has been moved from early/mid to winter 2017.

Muckross has been given a more exact date of spring 2018.

Killorglin has been moved to autumn 2017 from early/mid 2017.

ItHurtsWhenIP · 09-02-2017 06:52PM

damienirel wrote: »

If this rollout was based on any kind of reality you would think they would try to hit more densely populated areas first - but it doesn't seem like it.

My local exchange Castletroy is down for winter 2018 - though all the more rural exchanges surrounding it are have dates in 2017 etc. Can anybody explain that?
When FTTC was being rolled out in Castletroy - it was very early compared to most of the country never mind Limerick IIRC.
That being said I have very little faith in the dates they publish considering they have Exchanges that went live that had no dates previously in that last update.

You know they are going for a land grab in order to make the NBP less profitable for any other bidder. Therefore they need to hoover up the most economical rural areas that they can, before the contract is awarded. So urban is barely getting a look in until the NBP is awarded.

Chieftain · 09-02-2017 07:01PM

Ron603 wrote: »

Killarney has been changed from "early/mid 2017" to "spring/summer 2017", not much of a difference but the fibre and splice boxes are up so it shouldn't be long.

Ballyspillane has been moved from early/mid to winter 2017.

Muckross has been given a more exact date of spring 2018.

Killorglin has been moved to autumn 2017 from early/mid 2017.

Maybe i'm missing something but why is the Muckross cabinet/exchange situated in spot where there are no houses nearby

09-02-2017 07:22PM

Our line (Cornafulla) has been updated to go live 22nd Feb, the Eir site still shows that it isn't available, do they wait until after the go live date before updating the Eir site.

damienirel · 09-02-2017 07:27PM

ItHurtsWhenIP wrote: »

You know they are going for a land grab in order to make the NBP less profitable for any other bidder. Therefore they need to hoover up the most economical rural areas that they can, before the contract is awarded. So urban is barely getting a look in until the NBP is awarded.

4 years since the cabinet went in down the road and now they're telling me another 2 years all because I'm connected to the exchange like every other poor sod that lives in this area - they must have put the cabinet in for the craic because none of my neighbours are connected to it.

chewed · 09-02-2017 07:40PM

Just checked the Where and When website and see that my village is now pushed out yet again!!! Very pi$$ed off now. It was H2 2017, and now it's Spring/Summer 2018. FFS, that's the 4th time it's been pushed out now.

rob808 · 09-02-2017 08:30PM

My area summerhill down for Autumn just hope it doesn't slip like it has twice.I can't see them hit the target of end of 2018 to finish rural rollout.

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