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SIRO - ESB/Vodafone Fibre To The Home

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    #3962
    KOR101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,898 ✭✭✭KOR101


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/22/vodafone-talks-openreach-big-investment-uk-broadband/


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    #3963
    KOR101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,898 ✭✭✭KOR101


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/22/vodafone-talks-openreach-big-investment-uk-broadband/


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    #3964
    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,516 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    KOR101 wrote: »
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/22/vodafone-talks-openreach-big-investment-uk-broadband/

    So Vodafone want's its cake and eat it, imagine what their Irish arm would say if open-eir did similar with a competitor
    Under rules set by Ofcom, the former state telecoms monopoly must sell access to its network on equal terms to all retailers including BT’s consumer arm. Vodafone is understood to be demanding a period of exclusivity over any new infrastructure, however, to allow it to build its position in the market.

    It is understood that Openreach and Ofcom have held early talks over how the regulations could be relaxed to allow Vodafone to invest. The operator could have sole use of new broadband lines at first, for instance, and access to faster speeds than rivals once the infrastructure is opened up to competition.


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    #3965
    godskitchen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭godskitchen


    Kn and esb crews working near where the bypass will start/end around westport today, pretty sure I spotted bundled fibre hanging from the esb poles....


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    #3966
    ct5amr2ig1nfhp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭ct5amr2ig1nfhp


    One of the ftth providers has put ducting on poles in Kinsealy, Co. Dublin. Anyone have any more information?


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    #3967
    billbond4
    Registered Users Posts: 2,403 ✭✭✭billbond4


    Athlone planned to go live in October


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    #3968
    bloodyhawk
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭bloodyhawk


    billbond4 wrote: »
    Athlone planned to go live in October

    What? Where did you get that from? I was told November


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    #3969
    cunnijo
    Registered Users Posts: 617 ✭✭✭cunnijo


    bloodyhawk wrote: »
    What? Where did you get that from? I was told November

    November of which year? You'll find that it will be 2018 before it will happen. I mean Newbridge in Kildare was due to go live earlier this year but to date no announcements from Siro or its resellers. It seems their rollout plans seem to be way off base.

    So don't get too excited just yet.


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    #3970
    billbond4
    Registered Users Posts: 2,403 ✭✭✭billbond4


    Vodafone Sales team were in my estate in Athlone yesterday and said it


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    #3971
    bloodyhawk
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭bloodyhawk


    cunnijo wrote: »
    November of which year? You'll find that it will be 2018 before it will happen. I mean Newbridge in Kildare was due to go live earlier this year but to date no announcements from Siro or its resellers. It seems their rollout plans seem to be way off base.

    So don't get too excited just yet.

    This year is what I was told


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    #3972
    godskitchen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭godskitchen


    Kn and esb running lines on the Newport road near the maxol filling station.

    Westnet Paul, is this the link back to castlebar?


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    #3973
    Westnet: Paul
    Company Representative Posts: 195 Verified rep ✭Westnet: Paul


    godskitchen wrote: »
    Kn and esb running lines on the Newport road near the maxol filling station.

    Westnet Paul, is this the link back to castlebar?

    I'm pretty sure that's all part of the in-town infrastructure build. The link to Castlebar is up and running.


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    #3974
    godskitchen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭godskitchen


    Westnet: Paul wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure that's all part of the in-town infrastructure build. The link to Castlebar is up and running.

    Ah OK, thanks. Any idea on live dates in westport?


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    #3975
    Westnet: Paul
    Company Representative Posts: 195 Verified rep ✭Westnet: Paul


    godskitchen wrote: »
    Ah OK, thanks. Any idea on live dates in westport?

    Not yet, and always wary of speculating before we have anything firm to offer, but it feels imminent. We'll be participating in a joint marketing exercise with SIRO in Westport on Monday, I believe, so if you see us at the Octagon feel free to say hello.


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    #3976
    Nollog
    Registered Users Posts: 5,423 ✭✭✭Nollog


    Praetorian wrote: »
    Post some screenshots / photos to make us jealous ;)

    It was just 16 to 17MiBps, spot on for 150Mbps
    9726_9726 wrote: »
    Hi

    I'd be particular interested in the cable job. Any photos of the outside?

    They left it bear. I didn't think to check until they were well gone. Hope it's well insulated in just the black rubber.

    https://i.imgur.com/PxdfRvk.jpg - Inside (Setup)
    https://i.imgur.com/FXJp26C.jpg - Inside (ONT)
    https://i.imgur.com/MU9SNFJ.jpg - ONT Box
    https://i.imgur.com/MFtOKfr.jpg - Outside
    https://i.imgur.com/KBOXQ7e.jpg - Outside Zoomed In


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    #3977
    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,516 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    /\/ollog wrote: »
    [url][/url]https://i.imgur.com/MU9SNFJ.jpg - ONT Box

    Comparing with an open-eir install, they are using the same model ONT, Huawei HG8010H but configured for SIRO.
    Also I note there's no internal ODP, is this standard? If the ONT isn't sitting directly on the cable entry point do they install an ODP, I remember seeing an external box at the cable entry point on one of the install pics posted here previously.


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    #3978
    digiman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭digiman


    The Cush wrote: »
    Comparing with an open-eir install, they are using the same model ONT, Huawei HG8010H but configured for SIRO.
    Also I note there's no internal ODP, is this standard? If the ONT isn't sitting directly on the cable entry point do they install an ODP, I remember seeing an external box at the cable entry point on one of the install pics posted here previously.

    That install is not finished!! Not a fibre cable in sight sure!!


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    #3979
    Nollog
    Registered Users Posts: 5,423 ✭✭✭Nollog


    The Cush wrote: »
    Comparing with an open-eir install, they are using the same model ONT, Huawei HG8010H but configured for SIRO.
    Also I note there's no internal ODP, is this standard? If the ONT isn't sitting directly on the cable entry point do they install an ODP, I remember seeing an external box at the cable entry point on one of the install pics posted here previously.

    They installed a small white box outside last october. One for every block of apartments. My wire comes from that and up into a hole they drilled.

    An installation 2 blocks down from me has a really bad hole drilled, I'll try and take a picture later on. Kinda glad it took them a month to get a hoist for my install, as that one was done on a ladder at the same height.


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    #3980
    9726_9726
    Registered Users Posts: 440 ✭✭9726_9726


    The Cush wrote: »
    Comparing with an open-eir install, they are using the same model ONT, Huawei HG8010H but configured for SIRO.
    Also I note there's no internal ODP, is this standard? If the ONT isn't sitting directly on the cable entry point do they install an ODP, I remember seeing an external box at the cable entry point on one of the install pics posted here previously.

    Thanks for those. So one splitter box on the outside, then clipped cable to each drop. Basic enough, but sure it works!


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    #3981
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,485 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    Is there any problem using one's own router connected to the ONT?


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    #3982
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,793 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    Red Alert wrote: »
    Is there any problem using one's own router connected to the ONT?

    As long as you can configure it to the ISP's specs (probably PPPoE on VLAN 10, but may vary) then it should be fine. If things go wrong, though, you may find the ISP less sympathetic when it comes to troubleshooting.


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    #3983
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Also worth noting that older/cheaper units may not be able to NAT at 350Mb and 1000Mb so the WRT54G in your closet is useless.



    If you order TV from eir/Vodafone its best not bother unless you're willing to spend some time at it.


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    #3984
    glic83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭glic83


    According to the map Siro is live on the Old Cratloe Road in Limerick, yet when I check my address, it's not available . There has been a good few TTL vans in the estate this week ( they have been coming and going for the last few months but in the last few months also) . Hopefully it comes out soon.


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    #3985
    Mgit
    Registered Users Posts: 192 ✭✭Mgit


    It seems they don't put the box outside now. Two of my neighbours got it recently and everything seems to be inside, or else they allow outside box to be inside garage. For me they insisted on putting box outside on wall.

    Could also be inside meter box, but def not installed the same as me or many of the neighbours who have it a long time.


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    #3986
    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,516 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Mgit wrote: »
    Could also be inside meter box, but def not installed the same as me or many of the neighbours who have it a long time.
    According to Westnet:Paul recently the meter enclosure is a conduit only, fibre passes straight through.
    Westnet: Paul wrote: »
    No, the fibre comes into the meter cabinet and has to exit immediately, per ESB Networks requirements. You can see that in the picture I posted, where the fibre exits the meter cabinet and travels to the external coupler, from where it heads indoors to the indoor coupler on the inside wall.


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    #3987
    tsue921i8wljb3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,017 ✭✭✭tsue921i8wljb3


    Saw a guy in a SIRO branded hi-vis surveying street pillars in Navan. Also saw MCS with a large roll of orange subduct outside the Ardboyne hotel on the Dublin road. I'm not sure if MCS are working for SIRO but the area is not part of the Openeir rural rollout so it's possible that the may have started in Navan.


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    #3988
    Praetorian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    Saw again a few vans from Obelisk / Siro in Balbriggan again today, they have ran their main cable all the way down Harry Reynolds road afaik.


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    #3989
    KOR101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,898 ✭✭✭KOR101


    Praetorian wrote: »
    Saw again a few vans from Obelisk / Siro in Balbriggan again today, they have ran their main cable all the way down Harry Reynolds road afaik.
    If that's their workings all the way to roundabout then that's a huge amount of civils works.


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    #3990
    Nollog
    Registered Users Posts: 5,423 ✭✭✭Nollog


    glic83 wrote: »
    According to the map Siro is live on the Old Cratloe Road in Limerick, yet when I check my address, it's not available . There has been a good few TTL vans in the estate this week ( they have been coming and going for the last few months but in the last few months also) . Hopefully it comes out soon.

    Same thing here. Just wait for a rep to call and they'll get you sorted. Siro and Vodafone telesales aren't as... Dedicated as a door to door works on commission seller. They actually know what they're doing because they get paid to.
    You can read my post history here to see the effort I went through to get it and eventually it took a single email and my eircode for Paul at the door.

    Anyway, I forgot to post this.
    https://i.imgur.com/WYh60sz.jpg a few blocks down this is the hole they drilled I was saying looked awful.

    Funnily enough the same 2 lads who had to get a hoist to install mine were an inch lower accross the way from me using a ladder to install last Wednesday. Interesting. They also made a pig's ear of that one though.


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    #3991
    tsue921i8wljb3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,017 ✭✭✭tsue921i8wljb3


    SIRO build has definitely started in Navan. They have been visiting homes checking ducting and handing out postcards with information about the service.


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