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Eir rural FTTH thread

rob808

I made this thread for people on eir rural blue line FTTH please keep here and don't post in Eircom FTTH 66 towns 1 Gb thread about rural FTTH rollout.

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tsue921i8wljb3

It seems to be this (.pdf) aerial ducting cable manufactured by the French company Acome.

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Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

It seems to be this (.pdf) aerial ducting manufactured by the French company Acome.

Yes, that is the same stuff that is installed here, it is a cable not a duct. There are 36 fibres in the one here.

Dero

long_b wrote: »

If by excited for the long term in that you'll be getting fibre then yes but in the really short term not so much - could still take months. Read back a page or so on this thread for our experiences

Your images aren't showing by the way

LOL. I'm ~3km from you and not on a blue line and even I'm excited (especially seeing the actual fibre going up). I can't imagine what it's like to know it's so tantalisingly close... :eek:

Roll on the NBP...

long_b

Dero wrote: »

LOL. I'm ~3km from you and not on a blue line and even I'm excited (especially seeing the actual fibre going up). I can't imagine what it's like to know it's so tantalisingly close... :eek:

Roll on the NBP...

Laugh if you like but I'll be up all night keeping the wind off the fibre cable outside my house so I will

garroff

This cable can be run on Low Voltage electricity poles.
Will SIRO have a different type of cable to run on MV (10/20kV) poles.?
Also recommended span length is 70 metres. ESB LV/MV poles have a span greatly in excess of 70m.

ED E

garroff wrote: »

This cable can be run on Low Voltage electricity poles.
Will SIRO have a different type of cable to run on MV (10/20kV) poles.?
Also recommended span length is 70 metres. ESB LV/MV poles have a span greatly in excess of 70m.

More appropriate to the SIRO thread.

But they can use a wrapper robot on long spans if needs be.

Gwynston

Might the installation crews be moved on to repair work today following Storm Doris? I've heard there are lots of electricty lines affected around the country, so I presume Eir infrastructure is too?

Gonzo

Gwynston wrote: »

Might the installation crews be moved on to repair work today following Storm Doris? I've heard there are lots of electricty lines affected around the country, so I presume Eir infrastructure is too?

Im guessing they would be, first proper storm of the winter and it effected eastern areas much worse than most storms do, so the likelyhood of more lines down than usual.

scottyboi_2016

The lines have been knocked down in Dunleer Co. Louth by trees - the fibre cable along with copper cables outside my house have snapped :-(

GalwayMagpie

A KN Group van pulled up outside my house in Kilcolgan this morning. I noticed a few new polls few km up the road from my house and there was a Eir Fiber van driving around yesterday.

Are KN Group contractors for FTTH ?

Gonzo

Open Eir fixing lines near Dunshaughlin, definitely storm damage out there, could have a roll on effect now with this area going live in March.

ED E

Depending on the fault count the OE controllers will go into storm mode (4 days repairs 1 day faults /week) and use OT and sometimes UK/NI crews to get the SL back into the SLAs. A single night of bad conditions wont trigger that though.

Grumpypants

GalwayMagpie wrote: »

A KN Group van pulled up outside my house in Kilcolgan this morning. I noticed a few new polls few km up the road from my house and there was a Eir Fiber van driving around yesterday.

Are KN Group contractors for FTTH ?

Mainly yeah, but there are a few others groups around the area all related. A different civil works company normally does the building work (manholes and ducting etc).

KN seem to show up to get the poles ready, then Eir or KN show up after that to then run the cable and attach the boxes.

long_b

Crew pulling more cable in the Curragh today. The Defusion crowd. Obviously no repair work for them!

Bored Accountant

long_b wrote: »

Crew pulling more cable in the Curragh today. The Defusion crowd. Obviously no repair work for them!

I think Eir have hired in contractors specific for the FTTH rollout, so they probably not in their contracts to do any repair work. just fibre roll out.

Its probably the eir vans that could be redeployed to faults would be all, unless they are all the new apprentices who probably aren't trained up on copper.

snowstreams

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Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

It seems to be this (.pdf) aerial ducting manufactured by the French company Acome.

Yes, that is the same stuff that is installed here, it is a cable not a duct. There are 36 fibres in the one here.

I see it is G652, I wonder what theoretical speeds it could provide.
I see that G655 has less colour dispersion than it and can do faster speeds.
So Im wondering why arent they using that for future proofing reasons?

EDIT:
Discussion about G655 vs G652
Seems that you only see the difference between the two at very high speeds, like maybe 100Gb/s but also at long distances.
How far are you from your exchange Dolanbaker?

tsue921i8wljb3

snowstreams wrote: »

I see it is G652, I wonder what theoretical speeds it could provide.
I see that G655 has less colour dispersion than it and can do faster speeds.
So Im wondering why arent they using that for future proofing reasons?

EDIT:
Discussion about G655 vs G652
Seems that you only see the difference between the two at very high speeds, like maybe 100Gb/s but also at long distances.
How far are you from your exchange Dolanbaker?

Bear in mind that the optical system that they are using (GPON in this case) would be the largest limiter to the speed optainable.

Gonzo

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

Bear in mind that the optical system that they are using (GPON in this case) would be the largest limiter to the speed optainable.

what's the max speed GPON can provide to a customer? I think it's 1000meg download and about 500meg upload. Eir can provide up to 1000/100 which I think is Gpon almost maxed out already.

In the future what would Eir need to do in order to faster than that per customer?

I know B4RN's fibre is capable of 10gigs and already gives 1000/1000 to each customer, I think their network is Point to Point.

Could Eir switch the fibre type if they wanted in the future or would Gpon simply get upgraded to a different specification in later years?

tsue921i8wljb3

Gonzo wrote: »

what's the max speed GPON can provide to a customer? I think it's 1000meg download and about 500meg upload. Eir can provide up to 1000/100 which I think is Gpon almost maxed out already.

In the future what would Eir need to do in order to faster than that per customer?

I know B4RN's fibre is capable of 10gigs and already gives 1000/1000 to each customer, I think their network is Point to Point.

Could Eir switch the fibre type if they wanted in the future or would Gpon simply get upgraded to a different specification in later years?

If you didn't split it from the OLT to the ONT technically you could get 2.5Gb/s down and 1.25Gb/s up. I am not sure if that is even possible with the network design that Openeir have used.

The benefit of the PON seems to be that as the technology progresses it is only a matter of replacing the OLT and ONT (maybe splitters) to achieve greater speeds.

At the FTTH Council conference last week there were presentations on the evolution from GPON to TWDM-PON.

https://mobile.twitter.com/kdesmedt/status/832216031401803777

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NG-PON2

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snowstreams wrote: »

I see it is G652, I wonder what theoretical speeds it could provide.
I see that G655 has less colour dispersion than it and can do faster speeds.
So Im wondering why arent they using that for future proofing reasons?

EDIT:
Discussion about G655 vs G652
Seems that you only see the difference between the two at very high speeds, like maybe 100Gb/s but also at long distances.
How far are you from your exchange Dolanbaker?

I am about 1.5km and the line continues for another 2.5km, so the total line length (on this leg) is just over 4km to the furtherest connection.

pegasus1

long_b wrote: »

Crew pulling more cable in the Curragh today. The Defusion crowd. Obviously no repair work for them!

I doubt Defusion or KN will ever do line work (fault/repair-storm damage), or do they?

ccazza

pegasus1 wrote: »

I doubt Defusion or KN will ever do line work (fault/repair-storm damage), or do they?

KN fixed a fault in my sisters home today.

Doctor Shivering

This private laneway up to a private house was done by kn yesterday with a fibre cable
It's on the inch Rural exchange in north Wexford which goes live on march 8th
All the line along the public road is done with fibre,splice boxes etc and the Eir salesman has been around
He stated that home installs will start in the area on the week of the 8th and has advised to order that morning

[Deleted User]

We were due to "go live" on the 22nd, but so far it still hasn't been updated on the eir line checker or the fibrerollout map.
Chatted on line to eir rep who just said to wait a few more days.

Gwynston

Saw an MCS van on the south side of Claregalway this morning.
Are they another Eir contractor? (see http://www.mccanncablingsolutions.com/)

They had a big reel with what looked like thick orange piping. I presume some sort of conduit that they'll be using for underground cable runs?

No sign of activity on my side (north) of Claregalway...

Gonzo

yep MCS did some work here in the early stages of the rollout.

initial stages of rollout: KNN

start of main development: KNN + MCS

Wiring; KNN

Splicing: OpenEir

Checking and finishing up; Open Eir

ItHurtsWhenIP

Gonzo wrote: »

...
I know B4RN's fibre is capable of 10gigs and already gives 1000/1000 to each customer, I think their network is Point to Point.
...

Yep - B4RN provide P2P connections, times 2 - all homes get two strands for future growth/quick repair.

Barry Forde said giving customers such connections was cheaper than doing otherwise, as they didn't need to invest in technology to divide/limit the connections such as in a GPON set-up.

I did kinda wonder about that myself though, as surely if it were cheaper, then commercial entities like Open eir would be all over it to keep the costs down (or am I giving them too much credit :rolleyes:).

tsue921i8wljb3

ItHurtsWhenIP wrote: »

Yep - B4RN provide P2P connections, times 2 - all homes get two strands for future growth/quick repair.

Barry Forde said giving customers such connections was cheaper than doing otherwise, as they didn't need to invest in technology to divide/limit the connections such as in a GPON set-up.

I did kinda wonder about that myself though, as surely if it were cheaper, then commercial entities like Open eir would be all over it to keep the costs down (or am I giving them too much credit :rolleyes:).

They describe their network design from page 13 of the business plan pdf. I don't see how this PtP model would be cheaper. They need active powered switching equipment located in cabinets around their areas. As you say if it were cheaper commercial ISPs would be using it.

https://b4rn.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/B4RN-Business-Plan-v5-2.pdf

Gonzo

ItHurtsWhenIP wrote: »

Yep - B4RN provide P2P connections, times 2 - all homes get two strands for future growth/quick repair.

Barry Forde said giving customers such connections was cheaper than doing otherwise, as they didn't need to invest in technology to divide/limit the connections such as in a GPON set-up.

I did kinda wonder about that myself though, as surely if it were cheaper, then commercial entities like Open eir would be all over it to keep the costs down (or am I giving them too much credit :rolleyes:).

could well be cheaper alright, B4RN will probably never have to upgrade their network for another 10 to 15+ years, maybe more, but Gpon in it's current form and the way its split won't last as long and when Eir decide to upgrade it the will have to replace the equipment in all customers homes and perhaps the box's on the poles as well? At least the fibre will never have to be replaced tho! I'd love to know can Eir push the current gpon beyond 1000/100 to give each customer the full 2500?

tsue921i8wljb3

Gonzo wrote: »

could well be cheaper alright, B4RN will probably never have to upgrade their network for another 10 to 15+ years, maybe more, but Gpon in it's current form and the way its split won't last as long and when Eir decide to upgrade it the will have to replace the equipment in all customers homes and perhaps the box's on the poles as well? At least the fibre will never have to be replaced tho! I'd love to know can Eir push the current gpon beyond 1000/100 to give each customer the full 2500?

I'd expect Openeir would have no intention of upgrading their GPON infrastructure within the next 15 years. This is a long term investment for them.