Eir rural FTTH thread

Just realised the nearest pole is actually quite close, only 30 metres away (through the threes in attached photo) so I'm sure we'll be grand.
Think I'll insist on the 300mb though even though he said there's no need. Double the speed for €8. Why wouldn't I.

Just realised the nearest pole is actually quite close, only 30 metres away (through the threes in attached photo) so I'm sure we'll be grand.
Think I'll insist on the 300mb though even though he said there's no need. Double the speed for €8. Why wouldn't I.

Do KN/ eir installers ring you beforehand to discuss the installation and what needs to be in place, or do they just come and do the installation as they see fit/workable on the day?
Now that I can get FTTH I realise I need to think about the location of the modem etc in my house before the install.

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

How can you tell if you can get FTTH or just FTTC ?

USE EIRCODE CHECKER for FTTH

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

Thanks for the info!
Think the duct looks as if it just goes from foot path into the house! Builder is gone bust of course.
Ah it'll be grand. I'm just all excited now.
Two days ago I thought I had to wait til September. I have 50mb. I just wants me super fast broadband now. Don't care if they have to put telephone pole at the front door tbh

Depending on the size of the duct, you could rent (from the majority of tool rental companies) a "duct rodding reel" and a "Sonde" and detector and push it down the duct and trace it all the way to the end point I had to do that before to find a lost duct at the boundary of my place before. saved a whole lot of digging

rob808 wrote: »

The first half of 2017 is January to June I'm on the second half of 2017 July to December.It means you soon have fibre broadband FTTH with a choice of 3 packages 1GB,300mb,150mb.

I'm pretty sure I currently have it , I must look into it.
New lines went up recently.

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

''Great news. Your premises is on open eir’s 300k rural fibre rollout programme. We expect fibre broadband to be available to you by the first half of 2017.''

What exactly does that mean.

I only have dsl internet currently, 0.68 mbs . They did do a lot of work recently, I saw new lines go up on roads around me.

It means you'll have Fibre To The (your) Home.......1000mbps if you choose.

So you, like Gonzo and hopefully me, will be in the top 1% for fastest b/band in the world.....ok I made the last bit up but it's possibly true.

Neither my Eircode nor my phone number is passing in Mayo. Does this mean I'll have to wait until 2022?
Would it make sense to sell the house and move to an Eircode that passes?

Matt Bauer wrote: »

Neither my Eircode nor my phone number is passing in Mayo. Does this mean I'll have to wait until 2022?
Would it make sense to sell the house and move to an Eircode that passes?

http://fibrerollout.ie/eircode-lookup/

This is the more reliable one that you'd want to look at

Matt Bauer wrote: »

It's not passing, but my neighbour a few hundred metres away is: "Great news. Your premises is on open eir’s 300k rural fibre rollout programme. We expect fibre broadband to be available to you by the second half of 2018."

Could I lay a few hundred metres of fibre myself to extend it? Looking at fibre prices online it should not cost much, and I could hang it off the existing poles quite easily using a ladder.

Unfortunately open eir (who roll out the network) do not work with the general public and wouldn't do what you want them to do.

The last thing to do it just confirm on this website if if you are covered by a light blue dot or not. You might see that your neighbours that are passing are covered with a blue dot and you are not. Unfortunately if this is the case, then you, like me will have to wait until the National Broadband Plan comes around as you are not part of eir's 300,000. It is annoying. My whole road back 3 km to the exchange is covered under the 300,000 and my neighbour and I are not It's just the way it goes and there's nothing you can do about it unfortunately

Matt Bauer wrote: »

Here's what it says about my house:
● 100% within NBP Intervention Area
● 0% covered by operators
● 0% planned rural deployment

Yet your neighbour a few 100mts away is in the 300,000 rollout, does that house have a blue circle on it in the intervention map?