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Eir rural FTTH thread
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oscarBravo wrote: »I think a reel that size is about 250m, so any duct segment that's that distance or less.
That makes sense, because I see Eircom manholes about every ~150 meters on the kerb in the estate. Hopefully they have pulled the good stuff through & take us out of the dark ages
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Deleted User wrote: »To be perfectly honest, so am I.
The average home user simply isn't going to need that capacity on a day to day basis.
It's a bit like having your water supply fed in on a 150mm pipe!
It's all about future proofing - I really wish that I was hearing those words A LOT more in any discussion about the NBP and FTTH rollout....
As more people sign up to the network, as more 4K content becomes available, as Sky dishes and aerials become a footnote in history and your HD/4K tv is delivered through your internet, as 8K replaces 4K etc., people will need the higher speeds to cope.
It won't be today or tomorrow, but do we really want to be back here again in 5/10 years time waiting for the Government to do another NBP because our speeds are the equivalent of dial up in today's terms? That would be great fun - especially as there will be all sorts of ownership issues which will cause problems with the EU should we need to go down this road again.
Anyway, that's all for us to argue about in years to come - for the moment, let's get back to envying the lucky sods who are entering a whole new world as they get FTTH connections...
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At the moment the only thing you need 1gb for is speedtests.
PSN, Xbox live, steam etc all max out before you hit the 300mb speed. So anything over this is pretty redundant.
But as an existing customer you get 1gb for the price of 150 for 6 months. When i worked out the averaged cost difference on my package compared to the 300 package over 18 months, it was only about 5 euro a month extra, and because i can drop the phone line i can actually add tv and 1 multiroom to my package and have it come in 5 euro cheaper than my old 3mb package !0 -
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Its manged by the DSLAM and channel switching time is important. If every time you changed channel there was a 3s handshake to chain back through the DSLAM, NGA Node, WEIL handoff and Operator IPTV node users would all go back to sky in an instant.
Doesnt explicitly say always on, but my understanding is it is. Bandwidth to the DSLAMs isnt really an issue. @BogStandardUser will be able to give a firm answer on that one.0 -
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Its manged by the DSLAM and channel switching time is important. If every time you changed channel there was a 3s handshake to chain back through the DSLAM, NGA Node, WEIL handoff and Operator IPTV node users would all go back to sky in an instant.
Doesnt explicitly say always on, but my understanding is it is. Bandwidth to the DSLAMs isnt really an issue. @BogStandardUser will be able to give a firm answer on that one.
I would be willing to wager it's not always on!!
Also, don't forget it's not just Eir, Vodafone are also providing multicast so you could easily have 1Gb/s of bandwidth between both networks just been wasted on this going to every cab or OLT.
You can get around the delay in channel switching by using unicast for the first few seconds, this allows you to flick up through channels much quicker then.0 -
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When the latest NBP intervention map was published I posted on here about a 5 year old stalled build (walls only, no roof) that's been included in the 300,000 commercial rollout. It has a council notice at the site entrance since recently asking the owner to contact the council.
I know of one locally also.
It would have an eircode so would be an included premises.
Even stranger though is that a farmers barn close by is also included, but it too has an eircode!
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Johnboy1951 wrote: »I know of one locally also.
It would have an eircode so would be an included premises.
Even stranger though is that a farmers barn close by is also included, but it too has an eircode!
Planning done from google maps? Another reason I see this taking a lot longer than they're saying.0 -
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