Eir rural FTTH thread

Pangea · 10-08-2017 12:52PM

My Installation date is 18th August, cant wait, just in time for the football season

Picky owner · 10-08-2017 01:37PM

Had KN out yesterday for a FTTH install,can't do an overhead install,never had the house wired for a phone,so he said I have to run a duct from the house up the driveway to the road,now I'm no diy expert,does anyone know how you would do that and what materials do you need??Just my luck FTTH is on my doorstep and I can't get it!

Chieftain · 10-08-2017 01:41PM

Picky owner wrote: »

Had KN out yesterday for a FTTH install,can't do an overhead install,never had the house wired for a phone,so he said I have to run a duct from the house up the driveway to the road,now I'm no diy expert,does anyone know how you would do that and what materials do you need??Just my luck FTTH is on my doorstep and I can't get it!

I'm the exact same - have asked on here did anyone have any idea of how expensive it would be but no joy. One of the engineers that called suggested it would probably cost about €800 so i'll be sticking to the broadband I have at the moment i'm afraid.

Roadfan · 10-08-2017 02:45PM

Pangea wrote: »

My Installation date is 18th August, cant wait, just in time for the football season

Good for you. It's encouraging to see progress. If they 'knock' enough premises down they might get to me before end of century.☺

Roadfan · 10-08-2017 02:49PM

Roadfan wrote: »

Good for you. It's encouraging to see progress. If they 'knock' enough premises down they might get to me before end of century.☺

OK end of decade say..

dashoonage · 11-08-2017 08:48AM

K&N pulling fibre on my road at the moment....both ends of my road...i live in the middle and wont get it

oleras · 11-08-2017 09:49AM

Ordered online last night, even though i know i am not live.

€40pm for the first 6 and then €70 for the remaining 6.

150mb and anytime calls.

Im currently paying around €120 every 2 months for <5mb and evening calls, so its a cheaper package.

Let the games begin ! :pac:

d31b0y · 11-08-2017 09:55AM

Anyone ordering with phone line before the FTTH is live is mad, IMO. You will be held to the other services and billed accordingly.

If you want to test the waters, order BB only. That way, when it fails, you won't have had your phone service moved (though I guess it's a moot point if you are already with Eir).

rob808 · 11-08-2017 10:29AM

d31b0y wrote: »

Anyone ordering with phone line before the FTTH is live is mad, IMO. You will be held to the other services and billed accordingly.

If you want to test the waters, order BB only. That way, when it fails, you won't have had your phone service moved (though I guess it's a moot point if you are already with Eir).

yea but he getting it for €40 for 6 months instead of €60 he paying at the moment.

oleras · 11-08-2017 02:13PM

d31b0y wrote: »

Anyone ordering with phone line before the FTTH is live is mad, IMO. You will be held to the other services and billed accordingly.

If you want to test the waters, order BB only. That way, when it fails, you won't have had your phone service moved (though I guess it's a moot point if you are already with Eir).

Agreed, but as i am already an Eircon customer its actually cheaper.

cnocbui · 12-08-2017 10:55AM

Chieftain wrote: »

I'm the exact same - have asked on here did anyone have any idea of how expensive it would be but no joy. One of the engineers that called suggested it would probably cost about €800 so i'll be sticking to the broadband I have at the moment i'm afraid.

Hire a ditch-witch - find a farmer with a trench digging attachment for their tractor? Then https://www.farmersjournal.ie/shop/product/1-1-2-normal-gauge-polythene-piping-150m-roll/499/7023

Pangea · 12-08-2017 03:15PM

Locked out of Eir Sports and any other Eir logins, Rang customer service they said Im locked out until a few days after my Eir FFTH installation which is next friday because my account is being transferred over to my new account. This didn't have the first time I booked my appointment. Typical missing the Man City match later

oscarBravo · 13-08-2017 03:20PM

kmurph wrote: »

Really? How do you know this?

I never answered this, sorry. My work brings me into contact with SIRO people, and one of them mentioned in passing that overhead drops to single-story hip-roofed houses were a problem because of height restrictions, so they're looking into the possibility of a raised overhead drop.

Whatever solution they come up with will have to be generic enough to be usable for any such installation, so that it can become in effect just another type of standard installation. As such, it may take a wee while to arrive at an approach that they're happy to roll out widely.

kmurph · 13-08-2017 03:59PM

oscarBravo wrote: »

I never answered this, sorry. My work brings me into contact with SIRO people, and one of them mentioned in passing that overhead drops to single-story hip-roofed houses were a problem because of height restrictions, so they're looking into the possibility of a raised overhead drop.

Whatever solution they come up with will have to be generic enough to be usable for any such installation, so that it can become in effect just another type of standard installation. As such, it may take a wee while to arrive at an approach that they're happy to roll out widely.

Ok, thanks for that. Good to know that at least something is being considered. Hopefully it'll mean I'll be able to get it at some point in the near future. I know pretty much all the houses on my side of my street would be in the same position and I'm sure there's plenty of other houses the same.

Gonzo · 14-08-2017 03:29PM

the rollout map was supposed to be updated today and still no update, wonder is it being put on hold again.

JasonRyan · 14-08-2017 04:10PM

Gonzo wrote: »

the rollout map was supposed to be updated today and still no update, wonder is it being put on hold again.

Yep, was wondering the same myself.
I checked about an hour ago, and even though the 14/08 was still showing as next update, the map took ages to load, and I thought it was rendering new info, it still showed the older view once I zoomed into my area...

turbbo · 14-08-2017 04:37PM

Gonzo wrote: »

the rollout map was supposed to be updated today and still no update, wonder is it being put on hold again.

Yes no update for the areas around me.

tsue921i8wljb3 · 14-08-2017 06:46PM

Gonzo wrote: »

the rollout map was supposed to be updated today and still no update, wonder is it being put on hold again.

Another missed deadline. Not really surprising.

turbbo · 14-08-2017 07:31PM

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

Another missed deadline. Not really surprising.

Nope not surprised - they have to be way behind on where they're supposed to be otherwise they'd be tweeting about it and telling all the newspapers.

Gonzo · 14-08-2017 07:57PM

things looked like they were being ramped up a few gears around February/March/April but since then all I'm hearing is bad news:

- lots of premises passing without any service available as areas still in development or missing splice boxes or errors.

- frequency of rollout map updates has slowed down alot.

- the news that part of the rollout would be FTTC in select areas as well as FTTH, so not 100% FTTH anymore.

- some areas left unfinished with missing splice boxes.

- more slipping dates.

- promotion/news gone completely quiet.

having said that Siro don't seem to be making much fast progress either.

superloopy · 14-08-2017 08:05PM

To be fair Eir are very busy for the next month. They are busy fooling farmers and RTE with their flimsy fibre to the press release nonsense.

"We'll deliver probably in excess of 5km of fibre in approximately 400 acres, so that's going to deliver a high speed broadband network - you're going to have WiFi hotspots for visitors, you're going to have visitors being able to access speeds of up to 1,000Mbits, so it will enhance their experience."

Depressing.

rob808 · 15-08-2017 09:51AM

The map has update now Summerhill co meath down for 6 September live date

Johnboy1951 · 15-08-2017 09:57AM

rob808 wrote: »

The map has update now Summerhill co meath down for 6 September live date

failed to view map ..... will have to wait it seems .....

EDIT: it eventually came up ......

Gonzo · 15-08-2017 11:08AM

updated at last. Still places saying fibre is available but no amount of premises listed.

I find it easier to just look at the old map on http://www.openeir.ie/Our_Network/

which is also updated with same numbers, it is much quicker to get around.

frozenfrozen · 15-08-2017 11:09AM

Doesn't look updated from what I can see, still says update on the 14th & no changes to the situation on my road which has very clearly changed in the real world

Robxxx7 · 15-08-2017 11:15AM

My local exchange Caragh Lake (part of the 300,000) seems to have been updated ..now says "60 premises in this exchange can now access up to 100Mb/s fibre broadband. Estimated date for first Live FTTH Fibre Services with speeds up to 1000Mb/s is Autumn 2017"

Whereas before it said "70 premises in this exchange can now access up to 100Mb/s fibre broadband. Estimated date for first Live FTTH Fibre Services with speeds up to 1000Mb/s is Autumn 2017"

So 10 premises have actually lost access to upto 100mb fibre broadband

There has been a little activity in the area recently where KN seem to be running some clear ducting underground between poles, and a few poles have some fibre rolled up besides it .. but apart from that ..not a lot else

turbbo · 15-08-2017 11:18AM

Gonzo wrote: »

updated at last. Still places saying fibre is available but no amount of premises listed.

I find it easier to just look at the old map on

which is also updated with same numbers, it is much quicker to get around.

Agree with you there old map is much easier to use. - Weird my exchange has gone from down to winter 2018 -> to 150 premises have 1000mbs?? WTF? No sign of any action near me and the checker still says winter 2018 for my address and number. Must look at map now to see the green houses.

KeRbDoG · 15-08-2017 11:24AM

For my eircode it still says;

Great news! Your address is on open eir’s rural fibre rollout programme offering fibre speeds of between 30Mb/s and 1000Mb/s. We estimate fibre broadband will be live in your area during the second half of 2017.

...but when I contact fibrepower@openeir.ie (which I checked again) they state the go-live date for services will be March 2018.

Same folks, different answer

I will go with the March'18 timeline

turbbo · 15-08-2017 11:42AM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Doesn't look updated from what I can see, still says update on the 14th & no changes to the situation on my road which has very clearly changed in the real world

You may need to clear your cache. I had to. Happens everytime they update.
Fuptards updating that site not using timestamps to check for stale data.

turbbo · 15-08-2017 11:46AM

Just checked the new map and there deosn't seem to be any "green" houses dotted along the exchange line that says 150 premises passed.
As ever the map update leaves me scratching my head in confusion - clear as mud.

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