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Eir rural FTTH thread

rob808

I made this thread for people on eir rural blue line FTTH please keep here and don't post in Eircom FTTH 66 towns 1 Gb thread about rural FTTH rollout.

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Blogin

Geez, bloody eir.
I had a failed install on Wednesday. Never even came near the house. Just rang up and said there is a problem at the pole. I was later told this was due to an incorrect DP number (seemed more like a lazy installer to me).
Rang eir again now and they tell me that will have it resolved by November 13th.

irishd

snowstreams wrote: »

Im not happy with eirs 076 landline that they gave me. People are getting charged when they ring it even though its meant to be an irish landline!
They wouldnt give me a localised number either unless I got copper in!

Just drop back to broadband only if you can, and get your own VOIP line with local number. These guys are great ...

http://www.goldfish.ie/page.aspx

snowstreams

Will vodafone be running their packages in all areas of Eirs FTTH?
Im just getting the standard 24MB speed when i entered my address.

Im not happy with eirs 076 landline that they gave me. People are getting charged when they ring it even though its meant to be an irish landline!
They wouldnt give me a localised number either unless I got copper in!

Jpmarn

The Cush wrote: »

As was speculated when SIRO withdrew from the NBP, now that Vodafone's wholesale company isn't going to do rural fibre they've decided to go with open-eir for rural FTTH.

Not too surprised considering the circumstances that they pulled out of NBP last month.

The Cush

Gonzo wrote: »

and just out of interest, I just checked my line with Vodafone and I am now passing for Vodafone 1000 meg FTTH!. Their tv option is also now suddenly available to me.

' Our line check showed that the maximum speed your line can currently achieve is 1,000Mbps with 100 Mbps broadband plan.The speed coming down the line is what we refer to as 'line speed'. This is determined by the type of broadband that is in your area (Fibre, uncongested or DSL) and how far your house is from your local telephone exchange and local cabinet.'

As was speculated when SIRO withdrew from the NBP, now that Vodafone's wholesale company isn't going to do rural fibre they've decided to go with open-eir for rural FTTH.

ED E

Gonzo wrote: »

Vodafone are also meant to be more relaxed about the FUP than Eir.

Back at the start of NGA Eir went totally unlimited while team red were a strict 300GB IIRC.

Gonzo

Marlow wrote: »

Wonder how they squeeze 1 Gbit/s down a 100 Mbit/s line ... and the GigE product is usually priced at 90 EUR/month after the first 6 months.

/M

it just updated to being available today.

The price listed is really for FTTC broadband only, I reckon they haven't launched their OpenEir FTTH plans/pricing yet, but when they do, I'll expect it to be slightly cheaper than Eir. Vodafone are also meant to be more relaxed about the FUP than Eir.

Marlow

Gonzo wrote: »

' Our line check showed that the maximum speed your line can currently achieve is 1,000Mbps with 100 Mbps broadband plan.'

Price: 40 euros for first 6 months and 45 per month afterwards.

Wonder how they squeeze 1 Gbit/s down a 100 Mbit/s line

... and the GigE product is usually priced at 90 EUR/month after the first 6 months.

/M

Gonzo

and just out of interest, I just checked my line with Vodafone and I am now passing for Vodafone 1000 meg FTTH!. Their tv option is also now suddenly available to me.

' Our line check showed that the maximum speed your line can currently achieve is 1,000Mbps with 100 Mbps broadband plan.The speed coming down the line is what we refer to as 'line speed'. This is determined by the type of broadband that is in your area (Fibre, uncongested or DSL) and how far your house is from your local telephone exchange and local cabinet.'

Price: 40 euros for first 6 months and 45 per month afterwards.

Gonzo

frozenfrozen wrote: »

I'm still seeing 'Unlimited Extreme Fibre broadband. Ireland's fastest broadband with unlimited usage' on their website

they still have unlimited in their wording but got rid of the 'doubling down' on the unlimited. http://www.boards.ie/ttfpost/104932874

frozenfrozen

I'm still seeing 'Unlimited Extreme Fibre broadband. Ireland's fastest broadband with unlimited usage' on their website

Gonzo

I am hoping that a new reseller of Eir's FTTH will enter the market before my 12 month contract is up so that I can move to a service provider that provides truly unlimited data.

Eir have removed the 'absolutely no usage limits' text and graphics from their website so they are not going to be upgrading or removing the FUP any time soon as they are getting away with charging people up to an extra 100 euros per month for going over the limit.

ED E

Duff Man Jr. wrote: »

Sorry to go OT but I can't get a straight answer anywhere, I have ftth should I Plug landline phone into modem or leave in wall socket?

If you upgraded or moved service and kept a landline number: Wall
If it was a totally new service: Modem

Duff Man Jr.

Sorry to go OT but I can't get a straight answer anywhere, I have ftth should I Plug landline phone into modem or leave in wall socket?

Pangea

How long after getting FTTH in does the My Eir site usage chart start working?

rob808

Im digging up me garden at moment putting ducting down with my second install next week.Im going use the voip as dsl line very poor and there noise on the line.

BarryM

"I honestly would have went with WestNet for the true unlimited but my father needs the landline so had to stick with eir."

VOIP? keep the number.

bottar1

Hello447 wrote: »

How do you guys cope with the 1TB monthly cap? Just got it today and getting around 300mb/s which is great but with 3-4 people using it at a time the limit will be more than likely exceeded every month.

I honestly would have went with WestNet for the true unlimited but my father needs the landline so had to stick with eir.

I dunno, I survived on a 300gig limit with vodafone for years back in the day. I only download a few programs and steam games now and then so it's not too bad. I never was one for 4k video, but I can see it being tough to survive if you downloaded or streamed alot of TV shows.

I suppose you'll have to grin and bear it and monitor your downloads. 1000 TB a month is about 33GB a day. It's not too bad, although I'm not defending their disgusting practice of plastering "UNLIMITED" everywhere all over their ****ing website and hiding the fair use policy deep in their terms... it should NOT be allowed to be called unlimited. They should just have to say 1TB a month for **** sake. At-least let companies like WestNet have an advantage in their marketing when they are providing you MORE.

Now I work Mon-Fri and don't get home till 6 and everyone else in the house is a very light user so it's grand and hard enough to go over the limit.

Ultimanemo

If you exceed your quota regularly the other option is get another account of unlimited, I have two accounts for completely different reason, speed, I pay for two accounts but I don't have a choice.

Hello447

How do you guys cope with the 1TB monthly cap? Just got it today and getting around 300mb/s which is great but with 3-4 people using it at a time the limit will be more than likely exceeded every month.

Pangea

Three weeks later and I finally got my fibre back working, a long process which ended when a KN installer came today and replaced the ONT with a new one. Back up and running again, but still problems with My Eir, details not showing up properly Il have to ring about that tomorrow. Cant login from the app either.

The Cush

rob808 wrote: »

Cush it recommends 50mm for long runs I have to go 100 meters.I just want make sure knn has no excuse for not running the fibre down it do think I should get 50mm ducting thanks.

2" hydrodare or 50mm PVC duct pipe or 50mm ESB duct (50m roll x2 + coupler)

https://www.goodwins.ie/50mm-amp-60mm-ducting/c-538.html

rob808

Cush it recommends 50mm for long runs I have to go 100 meters.I just want make sure knn has no excuse for not running the fibre down it do think I should get 50mm ducting thanks.

The Cush

rob808 wrote: »

What size ducting do you need for fibre optics cable.

Recommended is 32mm O.D./25mm I.D. (1" hydrodare), they don't specify standard or heavy gauge hydrodare. See post #8399. They will install in narrower duct, ½" hydrodare, provided there's no blockage.

Ultimanemo

Marlow wrote: »

Nah .. KN stands for "know nothing".

/M

I found KN group guys very helpful, in my area anyway

cnocbui

rob808 wrote: »

What size ducting do you need for fibre optics cable.

The standard is supposed to be 37mm ID.

rob808

What size ducting do you need for fibre optics cable.

Marlow

ED E wrote: »

Kentucky Fried Networks.

Its a gamble, some of them are ex teclo and great. Some were digging footpaths last week and somebody handed them a JDSU and said "go".

Nah .. KN stands for "know nothing".

/M

Jpmarn

There is now 6 houses with ftth on my road including mine and my brother. Couple of connections between Caherconlish and Beary's Cross and I believe at least one if not both of the pubs in Boher is connected. Saw a KN van there with the ladder going up a pole with splice box.

Marlow

raydator wrote: »

I only get these speeds randomly.

When I check at peak times 8-11pm it's as low as 60-90mb.

Try to different speedtest servers. A lot of them only have a GigE interface on the server. If multiple people are doing speedtest, you can't archieve gigabit speeds.

Never just test to one.

/M