Eir rural FTTH thread

detective · 09-04-2017 03:21PM

daraghwal wrote: »

I am in the exact same position. It there any way the 300,000 homes will be altered to resolve these problems? It seems like it would make commercial sense if the home owner was definitely going to order it.

In addition to that my neighbour and I share one pole which takes a wire from the the main telecom infrastructure. This pole has a wavin pipe/ducting connected to it which takes the wire feed underground to another part of my property where it splits into two separate wavin pipes and into both houses. It seems the infrastructure is there and it wouldn't take much to pull some fibre through.

It would literally be within my own means to purchase the fibre cable, pull it through the existing infrastructure/piping and leave the other end tied onto the telecom poll for when they're installing those around me.

Falconire · 09-04-2017 03:54PM

I am right in between eir FTTH fiber it stops 300 meters from my house.
It is also funny that they stop the fiber just before the national school.

Does anyone know if I would have a chance that eir would conect my house when FTTH goes live in the area.

rob808 · 09-04-2017 05:10PM

Falconire wrote: »

I am right in between eir FTTH fiber it stops 300 meters from my house.
It is also funny that they stop the fiber just before the national school.

Does anyone know if I would have a chance that eir would conect my house when FTTH goes live in the area.

I can't see that happening you'll have to wait on the NBP.I hope they announce the winner in June but can't see that happening either you be lucky if the NBP even start in 2018.

Gonzo · 09-04-2017 05:17PM

Falconire wrote: »

I am right in between eir FTTH fiber it stops 300 meters from my house.
It is also funny that they stop the fiber just before the national school.

Does anyone know if I would have a chance that eir would conect my house when FTTH goes live in the area.

It all depends on when your exchange goes live for FTTH, if it's soon enough then the yellow lines for your area is probably highly accurate and you'll need to wait for the NBP, however if your exchange is not due to go live till sometime late 2018, there is a slight possibility that Open Eir could revise or alter the rollout in your area closer to the timeframe, they have been known to slightly alter exchanges a few months prior to going live, but instances of this is few. The yellow lines are for the most part highly accurate representations.

daraghwal · 09-04-2017 06:04PM

detective wrote: »

In addition to that my neighbour and I share one pole which takes a wire from the the main telecom infrastructure. This pole has a wavin pipe/ducting connected to it which takes the wire feed underground to another part of my property where it splits into two separate wavin pipes and into both houses. It seems the infrastructure is there and it wouldn't take much to pull some fibre through.

It would literally be within my own means to purchase the fibre cable, pull it through the existing infrastructure/piping and leave the other end tied onto the telecom poll for when they're installing those around me.

I'd do the same. I'd happily pay for the fibre up to the pole. It's so frustrating

BorneTobyWilde · 09-04-2017 06:38PM

Cool, so lines are now yellow. WAHOO !
I'm on a yellow line, on site it tests line and allows me to place order for FTTH, so that must mean that indeed I can get it today???
And to think I had 0.65 mbps for years.

Gonzo · 09-04-2017 06:55PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Cool, so lines are now yellow. WAHOO !
I'm on a yellow line, on site it tests line and allows me to place order for FTTH, so that must mean that indeed I can get it today???
And to think I had 0.65 mbps for years.

ring eir first before you order online just to check that your premises is live, the checker will pass you for a few weeks before going live and installs can't happen till your house is live.

irishkopite 2011 · 09-04-2017 07:32PM

oleras wrote: »

The way the cable is brought over the guttering, down the side of the window. Inside is fine, its the outside thats a disgrace.

Would have been much neater if it was brought inside from high up, much easier use white trunking on an inside corner of a room to hide the cable.

The 4 poles back, 300m of cable shouldent be acceptable either.

4 poles is 200m, 4 poles is the max distance allowed from each splice box to house. They can't put a splice box outside each house.

Falconire · 09-04-2017 07:44PM

Gonzo wrote: »

It all depends on when your exchange goes live for FTTH, if it's soon enough then the yellow lines for your area is probably highly accurate and you'll need to wait for the NBP, however if your exchange is not due to go live till sometime late 2018, there is a slight possibility that Open Eir could revise or alter the rollout in your area closer to the timeframe, they have been known to slightly alter exchanges a few months prior to going live, but instances of this is few. The yellow lines are for the most part highly accurate representations.

The time line from eir in my area is first half 2018.

rob808 · 09-04-2017 07:48PM

irishkopite 2011 wrote: »

4 poles is 200m, 4 poles is the max distance allowed from each splice box to house. They can't put a splice box outside each house.

would they put a splice box on the end of the fibre route I'm the last house on my fibre route.

irishfeen · 09-04-2017 07:54PM

What about those of us outside the agreed eir yellow lines?? are we totally fcuked?

Gonzo · 09-04-2017 08:17PM

irishfeen wrote: »

What about those of us outside the agreed eir yellow lines?? are we totally fcuked?

hope and prey that the NBP starts rolling out in 2018 and that your area will be looked at within the first 2 years or hope that Imagine LTE launch in your area soon enough, it would be far better than being left on dongles.

thefisherbuy · 09-04-2017 08:22PM

Gonzo wrote: »

hope and prey that the NBP starts rolling out in 2018 and that your area will be looked at within the first 2 years or hope that Imagine LTE launch in your area soon enough, it would be far better than being left on dongles.

Lads just a question I'm on a yellow line and on the map there's a green station live, how long would eir take to install along the yellow lines?

ACLFC7 · 09-04-2017 09:15PM

thefisherbuy wrote: »

Lads just a question I'm on a yellow line and on the map there's a green station live, how long would eir take to install along the yellow lines?

When you say live, does say anything about FTTH? Does it give a date or number of premises live like in the image I've attached

(this image is actually old now and the Rathcoole exchange now is live with FTTH)

thefisherbuy · 09-04-2017 09:31PM

ACLFC7 wrote: »

When you say live, does say anything about FTTH? Does it give a date or number of premises live like in the image I've attached (this image is actually old now and the Rathcoole exchange now is live with FTTH)

Yes exactly like that no 1gps there's a date on it but it's says a 240 can get 100mb but all lines are yellow!

ACLFC7 · 09-04-2017 09:35PM

thefisherbuy wrote: »

Yes exactly like that no 1gps there's a date on it but it's says a 240 can get 100mb but all lines are yellow!

What's the name of the exchange?

thefisherbuy · 09-04-2017 10:13PM

ACLFC7 wrote: »

What's the name of the exchange?

Has 240 houses but all lines are yellow!

Jpmarn · 09-04-2017 10:35PM

Jpmarn wrote: »

The fibre cables in the Pallasgreen Co. Limerick area is quite widespread. They have more or less yet to install splice boxes.

There is even fibre cable up on a part of the road where there is no yellow (formerly blue) line in the Pallasgreen exchange area due live May 3. Meanwhile no definite date is given for my local exchange Inch St Lawernce serving the villages of Caherconlish and Ballyneety. Some ducting was done on my road and other roads nearer to the exchange. Further away especially in the Boher area there isn't any ducting done on the roads marked yellow on the map. No sign of any fibre cables going up yet. The Inch St Lawernce exchange serves 6 National schools. One school is in an fftc area. 2 schools are definitely in ftth roll out areas. One school is barely off the yellow line but I don't see any reason to go the extra 50 metres and connect up. The two last schools find themselves well short of the yellow lines by at least a Kilometre or so.

babi-hrse · 09-04-2017 10:41PM

Rcl rathcool exchange

daraghwal · 09-04-2017 11:18PM

Jpmarn wrote: »

There is even fibre cable up on a part of the road where there is no yellow (formerly blue) line in the Pallasgreen exchange area due live May 3

Is there any premises along that extra bit after the yellow lines covered with a light blue dot on this map?

Jpmarn · 10-04-2017 12:07AM

daraghwal wrote: »

Is there any premises along that extra bit after the yellow lines covered with a light blue dot on this map?

The fibre cables are passing houses without blue marks in the townland of Clashbane. The line is also serving blue marked houses further along the same road in the townlands of Monroe and Dromkeen. Elsewhere a couple miles away in the same exchange area of Pallasgreen there is a yellow line drawn on Eir's map in the townland of Bunavie but there is no blue markings on the houses on NBS map. Driving in this area the fibre cables aren't up yet but the ducts has been prepared.

bobbysands81 · 10-04-2017 12:20AM

This is probably a stupid question but there's a yellow line going right by the front of where I'm living. There's a 'planned' fibre broadband cabinet at the top of that road about 1km away, when I check the rollout map I get the following message:

WXD1_022

Fibre Broadband Cabinet is planned for this location

Anyone have any idea how long I might be waiting?

Jpmarn · 10-04-2017 02:08AM

There is some ftth lines activated from Wexford town exchange. Bobbysands are the phone lines overhead or ducted underground on your road? Has there been any Eir or KN activities recently? If the trunk lines are overhead on poles you may see an extra cable running on the very tops of the poles. What is your existing broadband like? I simply don't know when you get fibre. It is quite likely that they may cancel placing a fibre cabinet in preference to ftth.

bobbysands81 · 10-04-2017 09:18AM

Jpmarn wrote: »

There is some ftth lines activated from Wexford town exchange. Bobbysands are the phone lines overhead or ducted underground on your road? Has there been any Eir or KN activities recently? If the trunk lines are overhead on poles you may see an extra cable running on the very tops of the poles. What is your existing broadband like? I simply don't know when you get fibre. It is quite likely that they may cancel placing a fibre cabinet in preference to ftth.

Thanks for the response.

No, haven't seen any activity from those vans, literally 200 metres up the road all the houses already have fibre turned no on since end of last year.

Phone lines are above ground. I just put our eircode into the open eir fibre roll out checker website and it said "by second half 2017", if that's accurate I'll be happy!

banjopeter · 10-04-2017 10:02AM

Friends are building a new house up the road from me, and the blue/yellow line goes right by their site. They have no Eircode yet, as the house is only at foundation stage. There is a splitter box on the pole near their house. All the other houses around pass for connection.
What are their prospects of getting connected?

plodder · 10-04-2017 10:25AM

banjopeter wrote: »

Friends are building a new house up the road from me, and the blue/yellow line goes right by their site. They have no Eircode yet, as the house is only at foundation stage. There is a splitter box on the pole near their house. All the other houses around pass for connection.
What are their prospects of getting connected?

They have committed to connecting new builds within three months of them having passed the area, and the property being added to the Geodirectory.

knipex · 10-04-2017 11:20AM

I have had two separate calls from vodafone recently re by broadband.

I have explained the FTTH is now or will shortly be available at my address. They are insistent that they can provide me with FTTH if its available. When I explain its an openeir install they tell me it must be wireless.

Apparently only SIRO offer fiber to the home.. I hung up.

ads20101 · 10-04-2017 11:34AM

knipex wrote: »

I have had two separate calls from vodafone recently re by broadband.

I have explained the FTTH is now or will shortly be available at my address. They are insistent that they can provide me with FTTH if its available. When I explain its an openeir install they tell me it must be wireless.

Apparently only SIRO offer fiber to the home.. I hung up.

Some of these ISP reps lack basic knowledge.

I was on the phone to the sky broadband 'technical section' a couple of months ago - He did not know the difference between FTTC and FTTH.

He put me on hold to ask a supervisor, came back a few mins later and informed me that not many people know the difference and that I was one of the few that did.

I swear I nearly laughed.

Grumpypants · 10-04-2017 11:59AM

Map now shows 150 houses in Kinvara can access up to 1000mbps. I think there was about 750 proposed houses listed in Kinvara. So still a bit of work to do.

banjopeter · 10-04-2017 12:43PM

Grumpypants wrote: »

Map now shows 150 houses in Kinvara can access up to 1000mbps. I think there was about 750 proposed houses listed in Kinvara. So still a bit of work to do.

I presume the 150 houses are outside the village on the FTTH, with the 580 premises within 1.5 km of village, and able to get FTTC. That leaves 20 houses, if there is no double-counting.

"580 premises in this exchange can now access up to 100Mb/s fibre broadband with 150 premises able to access 1000Mb/s fibre"

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