addict wrote: » 2mmX3mm it’s that small I wonder how it’s going to stand a good Irish winter and KN lads wonder themselves about it
Bored Accountant wrote: » They are working around Sixmilebridge now. They did some work on underground ducts about 6 weeks ago, and I've just spotted the fibre is now out of the ducts waiting to be run overhead on the poles. I was originally down for a December connection date, but with latest map update that is now pushed out to Winter/Spring 2108. But at least I can finally see some work happening.
Falcon L wrote: » Jazzus... that's tiny. And that's the drop from the pole to the house? Should have no issues pulling it through a hole left by a TV coax that I want to do away with. I could pull the coax out with a draw string attached, leaving that in place to make the installation easier.
sean72 wrote: » I was able to order from eir this morning after a line check based on phone number. I know I’m on FTTC and the limits of same but this is the first time I’ve seen ‘you can have speeds of up to 50mb/s. I’m only 450 m from the exchange and thought I might get more 60-70 range. Do you think the 50 is a given or is there still a chance of better speeds when the install is completed?
oscarBravo wrote: » If it's an existing phone line it's probably pretty accurate. The line might take a circuitous route to the exchange, or there may be some joints on it, or...
ED E wrote: » Exchange or cab? Exchanges are a little more limited than cabs. They're also noisier. Any existing faults like oB mentioned can reduce it, bride taps, shorts in internals etc etc. But 50 wouldnt be a bad result as you're maxing the upstream.
Turfwarrior wrote: » One of the kn lads I was speaking to reckons 3-5 years but admitted they didn't exactly know how it will stand up to our climate.
bfa1509 wrote: » In a very hypothetical situation, for information purposes only, would two unethical criminals somehow be able to split one 1000Mbit broadband package between two houses? It would be interesting to know so that I could report these unethical people for engaging in such practices...
Marlow wrote: » There's nothing unethical about splitting any odd broadband package between houses. What you do after the termination point is up to yourself. Nobody hinders you, to either share the broadband between people inside your house or run a cable, wireless connection or any other connection whatsoever to your neighbor. The only thing you have to be aware of, is that whoever is the contract holder is also responsible for whatever happens on the broadband connection. So if it's used illegally, the contract holder is held responsible. Simples.
ED E wrote: » Its been stress tested in Belcarra since ~2014ish. Poles coming down is more of an issue than the optics themselves.
ED E wrote: » If you get a copy of most residential BB contracts it explicitly states for use of that single dwelling/one household/one address or other such wording.
ED E wrote: » NB: Running copper cabling to your neighbour is a big no no for electrical safety reasons, if you were cabling between dwellings it needs to be optical.
Marlow wrote: » Depends on the provider. I can can give you an example of a provider just stating, it's not suitable for sharing and won't be supported. But beyond that they don't care. Well. Specifically copper cabling would also be a problem with building regulations etc., unless it's installed by a certified electrician. Either way, lots of other ways to connect multiple premises. /M
bfa1509 wrote: » I was thinking more along the lines of what a rogue engineer could do at the splice box so that two houses could run off the same account. But maybe this is not even possible.
Marlow wrote: » It's not. Because first of all, - you've got the configuration in the ONT. And ONT can not be moved to another OLT without configuration. - Then you have the username and password of the PPPoE session. - And then most providers limit, so you can only establish one pppoe session across the network. Sorry ... we're past analogue times. /M
Johnboy1951 wrote: » I use two presently (eir ADSL) .... do eir allow two on FTTH?
Marlow wrote: » Two pppoe sessions with different username and password on the same line ? (possibly) Or two pppoe sessions using the same username and password, on two different lines ? (unlikely, unless they don't care) Whatever goes on ADSL with Eir, will most likely also be possible on the FTTH platform. The backend isn't really different. /M
Johnboy1951 wrote: » Itt has been a number of years since I set it up so not quite sure except for the following .... the eir modem allows for 'Bridged+NAT' which allows the modem to operate as normally with its IP address but also allows another device to get a different IP address through the bridge One account and one line ..... two IP addresses. Hopefully it will be possible to do something similar with FTTH (if/when it arrives here) as I find this extremely useful.
Falcon L wrote: » Quick question for anyone that got FTTH via a dropwire from a pole. How thick is the cable? Using a standard pencil as a guage... bigger? Smaller? Or if someone can run a caliper over it?
cnocbui wrote: » Could the second house just bridge a router to first house's WiFi if they had a signal? Which if too weak could be fixed with a satellite dish.
Marlow wrote: » Of course. Apart from that that connection always will be crap unless the routers are placed in windows facing each other and depending on distance. A satelite dish, not really. But an outdoor wifi/fixed-wireless link would be possible. You have to consider, that if you want to share a 1000 Mbit/s FTTH, i expect that your neighbor would want to see at least 500 Mbit/s his end and you can't do that with an half-arsed cheapskate attempt. /M
