long_b wrote: » Neighbours are currently in a 12 mth contravt with Eir for poor ADSL broadband and TV. What's the dilly with FTTH for them then? Do they just get their broadband bumped up or do they have to wait till after their contract is finished to get FTTH?
Peppa Cig wrote: » Our exchange due to go live 3 May Got out of my VF Feb 2018 contract. BB Service now ceased. Ordered FTTH online yesterday (contrary to sound advice on here) to avail of €100 cashback offerwhich was ending No confirmation of FTTH order from Eir. Let's wait and see what happens We are currently 2mb
yammagamma wrote: » How did you order FTTH online, i cant it only asks me for my name and email address and says they will get back to me,, and was the 100 cashback not for the FTTC ie upto 100mb just check it incase you ordered wrong package
Blogin wrote: » I took a drive around pallasgreen which is going live on 3rd may. I don't see any work in nicker, the village itself or down the cappamore road. Checked a few eircodes and they seem to confirm that its not available in those areas. It is showing as available about 1km from nicker where the poles have those splice boxes. No kn vans in the area so Im thinking it will be a few weeks.
long_b wrote: » Kind of sucky speeds on the iPad - was that just a distance thing ? For the people with go live dates on 03/05 - has anyone had a text saying they're posting out the router ? Just copped that if it's text -> router delivery -> install then it's pretty unlikely I'll be done next week.
damienirel wrote: » ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - I'm only guessing too. I know they are a long way off 10,000 a month at the moment. I think they are consistent in one thing and that's vastly overestimating their ability as a company that gets things done.
yammagamma wrote: » i still cant order FTTH online, i even booted up windows to see was firefox missing something in linux and have tried it in chrome.. no active links on the page,,its telling me great news i can get it after i enter in eircode and eir sales reps were around 2 weeks ago selling it and splitter box all done outside house eir flyer from sales reps said its going live 3rd may but have eir disabled the abaility to order it online ??? can any1 here order FTTH off the eir website any of the FTTH packages 150,300 or the 1000 , i tried even all the bundle packages but there all FTTC ie upto 100mb
MiskyBoyy wrote: » Checking for my Dads address, he's up a yellow line a KM or 2 from the nearest cabinet. The cabinet is to go live on May 3rd, I'm not sure if that automatically makes the yellow lines go live that fast or not? When I check the second link above, https://www.eir.ie/broadband/1000mb-fibre/ : it says "Great News! Fibre to the Home is available at ......." but when I check the first link it still says only 512Kb is available. I don't think any Eir reps have called around or else he missed them. Does it sound like he will actually go live May 3rd or am I being optimistic? Should I just fill in the contact info and let them ring me about it?
ED E wrote: » If the Eircode checker says FTTH is available you should be good to go, its a reasonably reliable system to mark the routes.
MiskyBoyy wrote: » So just fill out here: https://www.eir.ie/broadband/1000mb-fibre/ and let them contact me?
Gonzo wrote: » The highest wifi speed I've ever seen is only 106 down. His wifi speeds are much better than mine.
overtime wrote: » Gonzo, it should be noted that I'm not using the F2000 for wifi, I disabled wifi on modem and used my own (Apple Airport) and all tests are on 5Ghz band. I did do some tests on the F2000 before I disabled the wifi on it and speeds were substantially slower. Engineer told me Eir were recommending only using 2.4 band and disabling the 5 band altogether. I'm actually thinking of replacing the F2000 with something else; I haven't had good experiences with Huawei modems in the past, I went through 5 vodafone Huawei Vodafone modems over 4 years before replacing with a TP Link modem which ended up being rock solid. Anybody else considering replacing the F2000 modem?
overtime wrote: » Apple Airports are great with easy setup but expensive - I have one Airport and one Time Capsule; the main reason I use these is we have 2 Apple laptops in the house and it does automatic backups over wifi. My brother-in-law is really into his networking and uses Ubiquiti which are not cheap, next to that he recommended Asus and TP Link in that order. I am considering buying a Ubiquiti unit as they have an outdoor unit which does 5Ghz AC
Gonzo wrote: » Do I need a macbook or an apple desktop computer for the Apple Airport to work in the house?http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/apple-airport-express-wireless-cable-and-fibre-router-n300-dualband/311256/401.4.0 The Ubiquiti is expensive alright and not meant to be easy to set up.
overtime wrote: » Wifi will work with all devices however it seems you need a Mac or iOS device for setup and administration - sometimes Apple have that model on their store for ?109 with free delivery and I've seen them do it on refurb section for ?79from Apple WS: System Requirements: Setup and Administration Mac with OS X Lion v10.7.5 or later and AirPort Utility 6.3 iOS device with iOS 5 or later and AirPort Utility 1.3
Gonzo wrote: » ahh, I only have windows and android devices in the house. perhaps this Asus woudl work? http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/asus-dslac55u-wireless-modem-router-ac-1200-dualband/335218/402.0.9 If I buy that, I disable the wifi on the F2000, keeping the wired mode only. Connect the Asus to the F2000 using ethernet cable and use the Asus to beam wifi around the house?
