Eir rural FTTH thread

frozenfrozen · 15-08-2017 12:50PM

Ok so we pass on the line checker now, speeds of up to 1,000 available etc... "woohoo" now where do I find out the actual live date?!

Now to figure out which provider do we go through too....

edit:

got the date from Digiweb: 6th of September is our live date and the guy is calling me then

turbbo · 15-08-2017 01:20PM

So on the map currently for my exchange - "150 premises able to access 1000mb"
Same exchange on the Forecasted Premises Covered from the rural exchange timeline pdf - 58.
You couldn't make this stuff up.

tsue921i8wljb3 · 15-08-2017 02:31PM

turbbo wrote: »

So on the map currently for my exchange - "150 premises able to access 1000mb"
Same exchange on the Forecasted Premises Covered from the rural exchange timeline pdf - 58.
You couldn't make this stuff up.

That is repeated in several areas with the number of claimed premises passed way above the forecast number. It is hard to know what to believe.

turbbo · 15-08-2017 03:27PM

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

That is repeated in several areas with the number of claimed premises passed way above the forecast number. It is hard to know what to believe.

Is it? I know what I believe.

turbbo · 15-08-2017 03:36PM

Easy to pass 300k when you claim you've passed 150 premises on an exchange that wasn't supposed to start until winter 2018 and had on 58 premises to pass in planning - now there's 150 and I still can't get connected. There is something rotten with that last update or Eir are lying their way to the 300k.

Gwynston · 15-08-2017 04:00PM

All the houses on my road N.W. of Claregalway are now shown green (live) on the map, but I still can't get an install.

My original install date of 2 weeks ago (after the Eircode checker said I was live) was cancelled at the last minute for the reason "distribution point not active", whatever that means. Latest update on my order when I call Eir is that this is due to be completed next Monday, and then they will arrange an install date for me.

Blogin · 15-08-2017 05:01PM

Its great to finally see a map update.
I can see for my area (pallasgreen) that 15 weeks after the exchange went live they have 46% of the area complete. Damn its slow...

plodder · 15-08-2017 06:11PM

Website not working for me at all. Does that mean they are doing updates to it, as we speak/type?

turbbo · 15-08-2017 06:16PM

plodder wrote: »

Website not working for me at all. Does that mean they are doing updates to it, as we speak/type?

Same here - they must have made a balls of the first update.

NIMAN · 15-08-2017 06:19PM

I have always taken their coverage checker with a massive pinch of salt.

I was told last year I should have superfast BB in my area, I didn't.
I did a search today using my phone number. Apparently I should be getting 9mb.
I did a 2nd search with my address, and I should be getting 18mb.

oleras · 15-08-2017 06:49PM

oleras wrote: »

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:

So, I ordered around 4am on Friday the 11th, It would have been sitting in someones inbox at 8am, thats 1 working day. Then monday and today, 3 working days at a push but deffo 2.

Your eir online order number EIRXXXXXXX.

Your order will be processed within 2 working days. Once your order is fully processed you will receive a welcome email which will include your installation appointment date and time if required.

Jpmarn · 15-08-2017 06:55PM

Latest up date from the Inch St. Lawernce Limerick exchange serving the villages of Caherconlish and Ballyneety. Fibre cables have been put up on the poles over 3 weeks ago.(see my post 22 July 17). But there is no splice boxes anywhere on my line from the exchange to beyond where I live at the end of the fibre Zone. Not up to date what's happening on the roads. Up in the Ballybricken road they seemed to install brackets for boxes on some poles. On another road in my area got a splice box installed last week. And I noticed some activity between the exchange and Ballyneety village where I see Fibre cables coming up from the ducts but not seeing splice boxes there yet. There was an OpenEir van involved.

garroff · 15-08-2017 07:15PM

oleras wrote: »

So, I ordered around 4am on Friday the 11th, It would have been sitting in someones inbox at 8am, thats 1 working day. Then monday and today, 3 working days at a push but deffo 2.

Let us know how you get on. Good luck.

JasonRyan · 15-08-2017 07:19PM

The OpenEir map has had another update, last updated 15/08/17 now displayed on it.
I can see the my local area, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick now shows the latest info.
It didn't show the newest live area earlier today...

cornet · 15-08-2017 08:06PM

After Eir saying last week that the exchange would not be active until sometime in September - I come home to find the area flooded in KN vans. Shortly afterwards get a call for an install ...

oleras · 15-08-2017 08:12PM

garroff wrote: »

Let us know how you get on. Good luck.

Finally managed to get a look at the update map, i am still down for "planned".

Patrickswell, Co.Limerick.

Isnt there something about being live for a month before a customer can order, to give the competition a chance to sell it ?

dashoonage · 16-08-2017 09:39AM

So K&N were hanging fibre out my way yesterday....stopped 10 poles from my house. 10 fooking poles.

davebuck · 16-08-2017 01:07PM

dashoonage wrote: »

So K&N were hanging fibre out my way yesterday....stopped 10 poles from my house. 10 fooking poles.

Same here about 6 poles after the fibre stops so annoying.

dashoonage · 17-08-2017 08:27AM

davebuck wrote: »

Same here about 6 poles after the fibre stops so annoying.

id say about 3 years into NBP someone might have some fibre left over and run it up to me, There is no way its commercially viable for anyone to run the last 10 poles bar eircom. I counted yesterday and there are 10 houses on the span not covered. Given the people that live there about 3 may have use for broadband. Two of us are currently served by wireless. I've a 3mb up 2mb down.

Jpmarn · 17-08-2017 02:01PM

Just updating from the Inch St Lawernce Limerick area. All roads out of Caherconlish except the main road towards Limerick. The road west of Ballyneety going towards Crecora has gone live as well as towards Limerick. Splice boxes are being installed in the Ballybricken area. Not too sure what's happening in the Boher area. But no splice boxes yet on my line coming out of the Exchange to Bohermore. It looks like we're the last road to be completed in this exchange area. We are still blue on the OpenEir rollout map.

rob808 · 17-08-2017 02:04PM

I contact open eir about summerhill live date of the 6 September he said my area still down for October.I ask him will my address be able to connect to the Fibre since I'm within a Fibre area which I still can't fully understand but they never give me answer to that question which is frustrating.

rob808 · 17-08-2017 02:17PM

dashoonage wrote: »

id say about 3 years into NBP someone might have some fibre left over and run it up to me, There is no way its commercially viable for anyone to run the last 10 poles bar eircom. I counted yesterday and there are 10 houses on the span not covered. Given the people that live there about 3 may have use for broadband. Two of us are currently served by wireless. I've a 3mb up 2mb down.

That not really true the government paying half of the NBP rollout the ISP Awarded the NBP pay the other half.While it be cheaper for Eir and more expensive for other Bidder (s) it upto the government to try get Eir to make it network cheaper to access same with siro.

Blogin · 17-08-2017 02:27PM

Jpmarn wrote: »

Just updating from the Inch St Lawernce Limerick area. All roads out of Caherconlish except the main road towards Limerick. The road west of Ballyneety going towards Crecora has gone live as well as towards Limerick. Splice boxes are being installed in the Ballybricken area. Not too sure what's happening in the Boher area. But no splice boxes yet on my line coming out of the Exchange to Bohermore. It looks like we're the last road to be completed in this exchange area. We are still blue on the OpenEir rollout map.

If you're the last road you could be waiting a while then. Going at the current rate, the Pallasgreen exchange will take 8 months to complete fully (880 houses). The defusion crew appeared on my road this morning, so hopefully the openeir estimate I got of another 6 weeks for my road might be correct (I wouldn't bet on it though).

turbbo · 17-08-2017 05:07PM

Blogin wrote: »

If you're the last road you could be waiting a while then. Going at the current rate, the Pallasgreen exchange will take 8 months to complete fully (880 houses). The defusion crew appeared on my road this morning, so hopefully the openeir estimate I got of another 6 weeks for my road might be correct (I wouldn't bet on it though).

8+ months to do a single exchange area? really - surely that can't be right?:eek:

Biker Tommy · 17-08-2017 06:13PM

Finally got FTTH installed today (Pallasgreen) and have to admit its impresseive. I ordered the 150mb plan.

The modem is in the downstairs sitting room and the PC is upstairs. Over wireless on 5G I'm getting 143Mbps Down and 29Mbps UP at 12ms.
ps. Very please with it so far

https://ibb.co/gNHCnF
https://ibb.co/fJFbEv

Blogin · 17-08-2017 06:14PM

turbbo wrote: »

8+ months to do a single exchange area? really - surely that can't be right?:eek:

Unfortunately it is. At least it here they seem to do 20% at a time then disappear for a few weeks.

rob808 · 17-08-2017 06:20PM

Blogin wrote: »

Unfortunately it is. At least it here they seem to do 20% at a time then disappear for a few weeks.

I think when areas are pass with Fibre they do by stage by stage basic.I think athboy in co Meath was live in late 2016 and still is not finish but not to many house left doh so you could be waiting months before getting FTTH.

Ould Mr Brennan · 17-08-2017 06:31PM

Blogin wrote: »

If you're the last road you could be waiting a while then. Going at the current rate, the Pallasgreen exchange will take 8 months to complete fully (880 houses). The defusion crew appeared on my road this morning, so hopefully the openeir estimate I got of another 6 weeks for my road might be correct (I wouldn't bet on it though).

On the Pallas exchange aswell and got an estimate earlier today of October or november

AidenL · 17-08-2017 08:36PM

How would you guys interpret this map from the Department of Communications website?

My house has the marker on, and its highlighted in Amber, falling under the NBP.

But along the road, its highlighted in light blue, which indicated Eircoms rural rollout.

To complicate things further, the house is in the dark blue area, which means I should have received high speed bb by now.

So looks like Im tagged for all three possible means of supply of fibre?

rob808 · 17-08-2017 08:43PM

AidenL wrote: »

How would you guys interpret this map from the Department of Communications website?

My house has the marker on, and its highlighted in Amber, falling under the NBP.

But along the road, its highlighted in light blue, which indicated Eircoms rural rollout.

To complicate things further, the house is in the dark blue area, which means I should have received high speed bb by now.

So looks like Im tagged for all three possible mens of supply of fibre?

I guess it means you have three chances of getting high speed broadband:).

Eir rural FTTH thread

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