Tom Mann Centuria wrote: » Sorry for my irrelevant updates, but I FINALLY have my broadband. Kn came out this morning, so thanks to the tech support who actually got things moving after hours of calls. Fault was from something that had been done whilst installing elsewhere (they said any way). They didn't do anything inside my house. It's fantastic. Good luck to everyone who gets theirs, it really is unbelievable we get these speeds out here in the arse end of nowhere.
BandMember wrote: » You know the rules - speedtest pics or GTFO....
Tom Mann Centuria wrote: » Once I've finished downloading ALL the Internet I'll post a pic Edit, ok, couldn't resist: Here's current speedtest result from my phone on 5g wifi (with loads downloading over ethernet). Ping of 6ms which is quite good as I understand http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/2819198512
Gonzo wrote: » the only issue I am having since I got my broadband is the Wifi. All my devices use 2.4g, can't get 5g on any of my devices. My TV and PS4 are on wifi 2.4g at the moment, and connect fine and get speeds relative to the distance from the router. No issues at all with the wifi on these devices. However I am having an issue with mobile devices connected with the 2.4g wifi like smartphones and tablets. The devices appear to get the full wifi signal all the time and generally get great speeds, however frequently data refuses to load and it may take 30 seconds for something to load and then it will work great for a few minutes and drop again then suddenly load everything again. The thing is the wireless signal never shows signs of dropping, yet nothing may load for a certain length of time as if there is no connection, then suddenly works again so it is very intermittent. let me know if you experience 'issues' with the wifi on 2.4g using mobile devices.
damienirel wrote: » That could be interference on the channel - try using a different channel. Generally my experience with 5ghz is that it's less stable than 2.4. With FTTH you should upgrade the whole shagging lot to 5ghz. :-) Friend of mine got fttc installed a few years ago and was wondering why he was getting crap speeds - turned out to be the baby monitor causing interference, I think he just changed the channel it was using.
Turfwarrior wrote: » 4mg lined connection I could live with until FTTH!!
Jpmarn wrote: » Does anyone know the carrying capacity of trunk fibre cables? I am seeing a slim fibre cable on poles not too far away from an exchange with 3 multicore copper cables underneath. Could the cable be carrying data to up to about 200 premises? Will contention be an issue in places in the future?
yammagamma wrote: » and on another note the fibre cables are hanging fair close when lads go up the road on tractors and the front bucket/forks up in the air and also artic trucks ,i can see so many stoppages breaks around the country ,
oscarBravo wrote: » Just some perspective on this: I don't know what brand of cable (or strand count) eir are using on any given run, but it's possible to get aerial cable with 144 fibre strands at only 15mm diameter. Each of those strands could be split 32 ways to provide connections to 4,608 premises. I'm not saying that's how it is cabled - just that you shouldn't worry about the size of the fibre cables. They've got adequate capacity. All cables crossing roads are installed at a specified minimum height, I think it's around 5.2m or so. Road-going vehicles have a height limit well below this, I think it's 4.65m. Even with forks raised, tractors can easily clear the lines. They've been driving under copper lines for years.
Sytax Error wrote: » See:http://www.acome.fr/en/content/download/28192/530416/file/UND1534%20Outdoor%20Distribution%20Cable%20Aerail%20Duct%2002%20to%20288%20Fo.pdf Eir are using a 36 core cable - more than enough capacity for quite some time to come.
It is 36 core, 12 each of three different colours ....... and one of those colour batches is reserved for some future use, so 24 fibres to be used.
Gonzo wrote: » I'll give that a shot! the thing is very few devices support 5g Currently I use these devices and none of them support 5G unfortunately- 1 - PS4 2 - Sony TV 1080p 3 - Huawei p9 lite 4 - Google Nexus 7 (2014) I have 2 desktop pc's both are wired to the network, I am planning to wire the TV and PS4 to the network at some point.
damienirel wrote: » Yeah I'm soooo FTTH ready it's ridiculous, I even considered running fibre internally during the build a few years back! My TVs, pcs, xbox are all ethernet connected to a gigabit switch. My phone is 5ghz and I've got the nexus 9. So eir - get your ass in gear and fire up the fibre on my road.:D Feels like i've been stuck in a time warp since I moved here.
Gonzo wrote: » When you get it there is no turning back! I have it now almost 3 weeks and could never go back to my old connection. You will be the same. Really looking forward to everyone getting their connections sorted and seeing pics/speedtests. When is your area due to go live? They are really starting to power through the rollout now, compared to up to a few months ago. Yesterday I saw new wiring in the Tara exchange north of Dunshaughlin near Ross Cross. Whole area looks to be wired up, splitters not installed yet tho.
Pangea wrote: » First person in my neighbourhood got the fibre in, I see the line is carried along the outside wall, the same install Gonzo got .
Pangea wrote: » First person in my neighbourhood got the fibre in, .
long_b wrote: » Ditto. Chatting to the KN crew they said they couldn't install in an attic. Said they had an email about it Fire risk or some such thing.
Pangea wrote: » Thanks Sounds like they want to cut down their install times. Considering that electric 230 volt cables are running through attics, fibre cables should be fine.
Johnboy1951 wrote: » It is not the cables that would be the worry ........ they do not want the responsibility for having a powered device put in there. Power supplies can fail, and cause serious problems if not noticed. I would never recommend an attic install of any powered equipment.
Pangea wrote: » Oh I see what you mean. Sorry I didn't mean actual attic install, i meant putting the cables through the attic and dragging it down to the desired room. Something which I hope to do.
KOR101 wrote: » I've asked this before, but I'm curious whether anyone with FTTH is hitting the limit of their download speed and being constrained by it. I'm curious whether I would hit the limit even with 350m/bits, and clearly this is P2P I'm talking about. I'm on FTTC and hit my limit now on a daily basis.
vintagevrs wrote: » That's some difference! On the install side of things I was wondering about this myself. My master socket currently is upstairs in the 'hotpress', although it's not an actual hotpress as no hot water tank in there. That is where I have a small node 0 type set up. All network cables from house go back to there, and I then have a few wireless routers providing wifi around the house. For FTTH I assume it's a fibre cable that goes into the modem, and if so how will they get this to this room which is upstairs in our house. Currently where the phoneline comes into the house, I think they used a pair in one of the network cables that's in that downstairs room to bring the line back up to the hotpress and install the faceplate there. Will they just put a new faceplate in the room where the line enters the house?
