Eir rural FTTH thread

Dr. Nick · 28-10-2017 08:46PM

All wired up here on Tara exchange, no sign of a rep yet. The Eir Sport package will probably keep me with them, will I ever get to 1TB?

On 100 limit now with Ripplecom and we often go over by 10-20% which equates to €10-€20 on top of their €50 monthly charge.

Gonzo · 28-10-2017 09:00PM

Dr. Nick wrote: »

All wired up here on Tara exchange, no sign of a rep yet. The Eir Sport package will probably keep me with them, will I ever get to 1TB?

On 100 limit now with Ripplecom and we often go over by 10-20% which equates to €10-€20 on top of their €50 monthly charge.

it is unreal when you first get FTTH, just how fast it is, 100 megs can be downloaded in less than 30 minutes. Your usage patterns will explode moving from what you now to FTTH.

TheRiverman · 28-10-2017 09:08PM

Dr. Nick wrote: »

All wired up here on Tara exchange, no sign of a rep yet. The Eir Sport package will probably keep me with them, will I ever get to 1TB?

On 100 limit now with Ripplecom and we often go over by 10-20% which equates to €10-€20 on top of their €50 monthly charge.

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hmboards · 28-10-2017 10:33PM

Dr. Nick wrote: »

All wired up here on Tara exchange, no sign of a rep yet.

They are in the area alright. Calling door-to-door taking orders last week in Skryne.

shooter69 · 29-10-2017 08:40AM

Guys Can I ask a question please ? I have ftth on the pole outside and install all set for next week . I have ducting going under driveway right to the pole at my gate and I rodded and pulled a draw string through all ready for the KN lads to pull the fiber , the duct finishes at my eircom box at the side of the house and there is a cat5 or equivalent cable going from there to my network mini comms cab in the utility room, my question is do they terminate the fiber in the eircom white box on the side of the house and connect the fiber to that cat5 cable inside the eircom white box (which connects directly to comms cab) or will they have to drill through the external wall to punch through the wall directly to where the comms cab is? Reason I ask is it’s an airtight house and want to keep these holes to a minimum if possible , many thanks.

The Cush · 29-10-2017 10:11AM

shooter69 wrote: »

my question is do they terminate the fiber in the eircom white box on the side of the house and connect the fiber to that cat5 cable inside the eircom white box (which connects directly to comms cab) or will they have to drill through the external wall to punch through the wall directly to where the comms cab is?

http://fibrerollout.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FTTH-Day-of-Installation.pdf

The fibre continues into the house, to an ODP/ONT, located close to a power point

Turfwarrior · 29-10-2017 11:13AM

Well after a battle with air to get installed and when it did finally did get done on the 16th,yes the morning of the hurricane it worked for approx 30mins before the storm wrecked a large section of the overhead network. Network repaired Friday and getting around 124 download and have noticed this drop to 70-90 at peak times, fairly sure its FTTC which is still a vast improvement. Issue I'm having is the young lads 360 is only getting 50-60 down,have tried different network cables with ones I know are fine as the one I use for speed test results on laptop hit 124.I have also tried different LANs on the f200 but no difference? Is there a setting I can change to improve this so he gets the max speed to his console?

shooter69 · 29-10-2017 11:25AM

The Cush wrote: »

http://fibrerollout.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FTTH-Day-of-Installation.pdf

The fibre continues into the house, to an ODP/ONT, located close to a power point

Many thanks Mr Cush - thought so but wanted to confirm .

naughto · 29-10-2017 12:05PM

Turfwarrior wrote: »

Well after a battle with air to get installed and when it did finally did get done on the 16th,yes the morning of the hurricane it worked for approx 30mins before the storm wrecked a large section of the overhead network. Network repaired Friday and getting around 124 download and have noticed this drop to 70-90 at peak times, fairly sure its FTTC which is still a vast improvement. Issue I'm having is the young lads 360 is only getting 50-60 down,have tried different network cables with ones I know are fine as the one I use for speed test results on laptop hit 124.I have also tried different LANs on the f200 but no difference? Is there a setting I can change to improve this so he gets the max speed to his console?

If he playes on line it’s the ping he needs to be low. He will only need 124 if he is downloading games and even getting 50/60 down will be fine. Also I’d buy him a Xbox one the 360 is retired at this stage but that’s just me

ED E · 29-10-2017 12:11PM

Turfwarrior wrote: »

Well after a battle with air to get installed and when it did finally did get done on the 16th,yes the morning of the hurricane it worked for approx 30mins before the storm wrecked a large section of the overhead network. Network repaired Friday and getting around 124 download and have noticed this drop to 70-90 at peak times, fairly sure its FTTC which is still a vast improvement. Issue I'm having is the young lads 360 is only getting 50-60 down,have tried different network cables with ones I know are fine as the one I use for speed test results on laptop hit 124.I have also tried different LANs on the f200 but no difference? Is there a setting I can change to improve this so he gets the max speed to his console?

360 only has. 10/100 NIC, best it will ever do is 90. 60 is probably due to testing off German servers. Don't worry about it, would barely notice the difference anyways.

Turfwarrior · 29-10-2017 12:19PM

naughto wrote: »

If he playes on line it’s the ping he needs to be low. He will only need 124 if he is downloading games and even getting 50/60 down will be fine. Also I’d buy him a Xbox one the 360 is retired at this stage but that’s just me

Thanks, ping is 3-4ms. Has been holding off on the xbox 1 as there has been no service in the area...its defo on his Christmas list

KeRbDoG · 30-10-2017 07:07PM

KeRbDoG wrote: »

OpenEir van with a lad surveying poles around my area currently - I thought he was fault finding but each day I see him walking the pole/cable paths. Hopefully FTTH related !

KN vans out cutting trees around the poles/lines - hopefully might see more movement in the coming weeks. Live date for services is still March'18 though

shigllgetcha · 30-10-2017 08:47PM

Where are people getting these specific go live dates, all i can find is first half 2018?

KeRbDoG · 30-10-2017 10:57PM

shigllgetcha wrote: »

Where are people getting these specific go live dates, all i can find is first half 2018?

Pop mail to fibrepower@openeir.ie with your eircode and they should give you a month which services should go live depending on the operator.

eiei0 · 31-10-2017 10:14PM

What deals is there out there for FTTH??

ED E · 31-10-2017 11:15PM

eiei0 wrote: »

What deals is there out there for FTTH??

Pretty much label price, thats it. Premium product.

bfa1509 · 31-10-2017 11:34PM

Blogin wrote: »

Beware of the door to door guys. My one was a full on spoofer .

I expect whether it's door to door or the website you won't get it any bit sooner. I tried to do online but as I'm a new customer had to ring up as website would not take booking by eircode. If talking to them on the phone you need to mention the online discounts or they won't give them to you.

A lady came to my door selling FTTH with Eir a few months ago. I didn't realise it at the time but FTTH wasn't actually available to me (the splice boxes only went up last week!). But she gave me her prized assurance that FTTH was in fact available and proceeded to enter my details into a rather comprehensive registration app on her Ipad. The process took around 45 mins.

When the process was complete and she was reviewing the order she spotted on one of the pages that instead of writing on one of the dotted lines: "I agree", I had actually signed my name by mistake!! Well I never heard so many swear words come out of a middle aged lady in my life

She really cursed the sh1te out of me!

I was actually quite relieved when I found out ftth was not in fact available to me as I wasn't in contract at the time.

fme · 01-11-2017 09:25AM

hmboards wrote: »

Dr. Nick wrote: »

All wired up here on Tara exchange, no sign of a rep yet.

They are in the area alright. Calling door-to-door taking orders last week in Skryne.

Yes, I swear they followed us trick or treating last night and called to the house here in Skryne just as we got back. Took a good 45 mins before I got in to eat what was left of the kids sweets...
Have signed up for phone and broadband (Dual Play - Anytime) for what they said was 63 per month for 150Mb (actually 50pm for 6months and 76pm after that), with a 50e cashback. I resisted switching the TV from Sky, although they are offering a free (non-brand) 10" tablet for doing that.
As there is also a cooling off period from install date, I'm wondering is this the best deal I can get..?
Install date set for 22 Nov

thehorse · 01-11-2017 10:09AM

Anyone have a copy of the Fibre distribution point /ribbon map ?
I was talking with an Eir/kn guy yesterday and he was showing me the list........anyone have it or know where it can be gotten ?

thehorse · 01-11-2017 10:34AM

bfa1509 wrote: »

A lady came to my door selling FTTH with Eir a few months ago. I didn't realise it at the time but FTTH wasn't actually available to me (the splice boxes only went up last week!). But she gave me her prized assurance that FTTH was in fact available and proceeded to enter my details into a rather comprehensive registration app on her Ipad. The process took around 45 mins.

When the process was complete and she was reviewing the order she spotted on one of the pages that instead of writing on one of the dotted lines: "I agree", I had actually signed my name by mistake!! Well I never heard so many swear words come out of a middle aged lady in my life She really cursed the sh1te out of me!

I was actually quite relieved when I found out ftth was not in fact available to me as I wasn't in contract at the time.

Yeah, be very careful cause the likes of Vodafone are going around certain areas telling people Fibre will be available in x weeks time even though it hasn’t even been rolled out in that area.

Gonzo · 01-11-2017 11:07AM

thehorse wrote: »

Yeah, be very careful cause the likes of Vodafone are going around certain areas telling people Fibre will be available in x weeks time even though it hasn’t even been rolled out in that area.

Vodafone will be able to offer it in any area that has OpenEir's FTTH early in the new year. They have not been available on OpenEir's network up till now as they were banking on Siro winning part of the NBP and Siro recently withdrew their interest from the rural NBP so are now in a position to begin reselling on Eir FTTH lines.

KeRbDoG · 01-11-2017 11:08AM

thehorse wrote: »

Anyone have a copy of the Fibre distribution point /ribbon map ?
I was talking with an Eir/kn guy yesterday and he was showing me the list........anyone have it or know where it can be gotten ?

I'm sure this isn't as detailed as the KN person might have had, but it gives you a general idea of the properties which FTTH should pass

thehorse · 01-11-2017 11:12AM

KeRbDoG wrote: »

I'm sure this isn't as detailed as the KN person might have had, but it gives you a general idea of the properties which FTTH should pass

Thanks but No, that’s not what I’m looking for ....he had a map with all the distribution points and ribbons listed on it, you could then see what dp & ribbon your premises connects to

kevinbad2010 · 01-11-2017 04:59PM

Anyone know why they haven't updated this http://fibrerollout.ie/rollout-map/ for two months? usually it was done each month or so. Have they changed it to quarterly updates now?

tsue921i8wljb3 · 01-11-2017 05:04PM

kevinbad2010 wrote: »

Anyone know why they haven't updated this http://fibrerollout.ie/rollout-map/ for two months? usually it was done each month or so. Have they changed it to quarterly updates now?

There has been no announcement about a change in schedule. Their updates have become worse over time. There are also anomalies with some of the numbers of premises given and icons on the map not tallying.

KeRbDoG · 01-11-2017 06:47PM

thehorse wrote: »

Thanks but No, that’s not what I’m looking for ....he had a map with all the distribution points and ribbons listed on it, you could then see what dp & ribbon your premises connects to

Don't believe (happy to be corrected) that data is shared publicly

oscarBravo · 01-11-2017 08:49PM

KeRbDoG wrote: »

Don't believe (happy to be corrected) that data is shared publicly

It's not even shared with FTTH retailers.

shigllgetcha · 01-11-2017 11:03PM

The map said by summer 2018 and the fibre email address said june 2018. Not what i was hoping for

I_HAVE_NO_NAME · 02-11-2017 07:34PM

Roll-out map has been updated as of 02/11/2017

mgbgt1978 · 02-11-2017 08:40PM

Lads, apologies if my searches didn't give me the answer to this.....
I'm with Vodafone at present (rural area...quite happy with the deal, speeds, etc.). However my road was fibre cabled about 9 months ago. Just the underground ducting along the road, nothing to any houses yet.
When I check my Eircode with Eir their site tells me that FTTH is available at my address. That's great, but AFAIK nobody on my road has actually been connected yet.
I am in a fairly new re-signed contract with VF which expires in Feb 2019 (a fiver a month off retention-deal). I can cancel this contract now due to the VF price increase.
My problem is that I'm not sure that VF will supply the Fibre to me as they seem to be only connecting SIRO customers.
So, should I cancel the VF contract while I can if I want to get Fibre ? Can anyone confirm that VF are not connecting people to FTTH in rural areas even though EIR, Pure, etc are doing so as it becomes available ?
Even if it means waiting another 6 months I'd prefer to have the option of going with a FTTH provider then, if VF are simply not going to connect me.
Thanks,
John.

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