Techspert wrote: » Just to update my previous posts: My FTTH broadband was installed about six weeks ago. I'm in Allenwood South in Co. Kildare. To say it's a big improvement is an understatement, it's superb! I'm getting more than 930Mbps DL and almost 100Mbps UL and it never slows down. On one day there were nine different KN teams installing FTTH in my area. Well done Eir, this broadband has really improved our quality of life in this beautiful rural area.
snowstreams wrote: » Have many here gotten the Eir tv deal? I have terrible tv signal at my house so Im going to get it with my fibre package. Im just wondering though what bandwidth does the TV service need. I have an old router that sits near my current tv but my eir fibre is going to be coming in the other end of the house. So im planning to use the wifi modem as a bridge. Just not sure what bandwidth it might need to work properly. Would 54mbps be enough?
abmoygup wrote: » if that ever comes, will it be 30Mbps or is there any chance it would be higher given that FTTH is already in the area?
The Cush wrote: » Nothing to be done bar waiting for the NBP rollout to start. Lots of houses in the same position as yours along the rural rollout routes.
abmoygup wrote: » . Eir said there is no way that my house can be added to the plan even though I offered to contribute towards any extra cost in extending to my house. Is there nothing that can be done? It seems unfair that they just skipped mine.
CyberSecurity wrote: » anyone got any info on FTTH for Skerries. Moving into a new build in September.
Jpmarn wrote: » Update from the Inch St Lawernce area in County Limerick serving the villages of Caherconlish and Ballyneety. All minor roads out of Caherconlish are wired up. The main road both north and south have not. In Ballyneety the minor road west towards Crecora and North towards Limerick. I went for a spin around the rest of the exchange area and I saw no evidence of rollout work going on anywhere. The Newtown road out of Caherconlish was wired up last week. A man attached to Openeir was down my road (Bohermore) last Friday. He put on code markings on some of the poles and in some cases on the road where the pole was overgrown with ivey etc.
Snowy_ wrote: » Just got onto the sales rep there, checked this morning on both the extreme fibre and normal fibre rollout page with the eircode + number one, both say congratulations! However when I got onto some lad on sales, he said that it'll be available on the 19th of July, and that I can pre-order it and whatnot. I didn't pre-order on the off chance they pull their distinct "scratch that, we meant 6 months from now" excuse hahaha, I'll probably preorder a few days before hand anyway so, here's hoping!
Darwin wrote: » I'm supposed to get FTTH in Q1 2018. Our telephone line runs under our driveway to the nearest pole which is about 10 metres from the house. Sorry for the noob question, but will the driveway have to be dug up to lay the fibre or can it somehow be routed through the existing duct?
Bored Accountant wrote: » for whatever backwards reason, the majority of the packages are phone & broadband, so they activate your copper telephone line also. They won't pull out your copper, in case you for some strange reason decide to go backwards and don't want fibre anymore.
JasonRyan wrote: » I also emailed them as my area (Pallasgreen) is part wired with roads a couple of hundred meters from me all cabled up with splice boxes fitted. My road had cable ran for the first 250m and then no more! The houses on the road are covered with the magic light blue circles, and the whole area is listing 1st half of 2017 for completion. Parts of the area are live since the start of May. But the fact that no more fibre has been ran on our road and we are 2 weeks away from end of 1st half of 2017 made me email OpenEir. Got back a reply in about an hour to say address should be live before end of Sept, so we will cross the fingers and hope.....
Gwynston wrote: » I tried that myself today and got a reply within 2 hours! I asked if they could tell me what the schedule was in my area of the Claregalway exchange because part of it is already live. But it's a big exchange and there's no indication on the map when the rest will be completed. The map originally said "1st half of 2017" (which is what the eircode lookup still reports) but now just says 470 premises can access FTTH (of the total 1400 planned). I sent openeir my eircode and they replied "the current forecast date suggests that your area should be connected to the fibre network by the end of September 2017". So not quite the news I was hoping for, but at least may area is still on their radar and they will hopefully get around to finishing the remainder of Claregalway. So it's possible to get this more granular detail from openeir, but it's not very efficient having to email them rather, than it being in the online checker.
rob808 wrote: » I wondering could they pull the copper line out and replace it with the fibre line in your duct.I wouldnt need my copper line anymore so why keep it.
vintagevrs wrote: » Unfortunately typical underground ducting on residential properties that is used is single cable underground ducting (scud) and is capable of carrying just a single line. In these circumstances it is the property owner, not Eir's responsibility to have ground works completed. This will normal involve a digger and a fibre underground cable installation team (fuc-it) on site to complete and sign off on the works. I may have made all that up and they can just pull the new fibre cable through your existing ducting hassle free. A good way to check they will be able to do this is check if you pull on the phone line where it comes out of the duct at your property does it move the cable on the pole. Joking aside I had to dig up our garden last year as our duct was damaged and had snagged the phone line.
The Cush wrote: » Temporary fix
grouchyman wrote: » Thanks irelandjoe. email sent. But in the meantime I stuck my eircode into the eir fibrechecker and it came back as fibre available. I checked with eir sales and they tell me that the I will be able to order broadband from the 19th July so happy days. The openeir map is still showing as fibre not available but that's just the timelag I reckon. Gives me a chance to think about what package I want - probably the 150mb
irelandjoe wrote: » I sent an email to fibrepower@openeir.ie with my Eircode Got reply within 3 days.
