NBP: National Broadband Plan Announced

Marlow wrote: »

OpenEIR is such free to everyone to use.

The problem is that their cost is way above what access in other countries cost, their politics and onboarding procedure are a nighmare .. (1 year from initial negotiations to your first connection is not uncommon) and their tools for interacting and ordering with them are near to useless (UG).

The issue is not getting another manager. The issue is to get Comreg to do what they're supposed to do: regulate and enforce regulation.

Right now, there is for example a regulation price for dark fiber from OpenEIR. But OpenEIR has not been required to make that product available across the board.

/M

The real problem - and it is likely to become more of a problem as time progresses - is that the NBP infrastructure will be in private hands instead of being owned by the people of Ireland.

Marlow wrote: »

Of course. But look at how the other way works: The government Metropolitan Networks (MAN) are being owned by the people of Ireland. e-Net manages them for the Government.

Yet, we're still paying prices, that are 10-fold of and more, what the going rate is in Dublin or continental Europe is, to get access to this infrastructure.

By irish terms, I don't think it'll make any difference, unless Comreg starts doing their job.

/M

That does remain a possibility ...... improbable as it seems.

IF the NBP infrastructure was in public ownership, along with the MANs then it is highly likely there would be a specific department set up to manage the whole thing, rather than no one really being responsible presently.

KOR101 wrote: »

Anyone come across the specifics on this?

Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy will announce proposals on Thursday to exempt a number of developments from planning permissions to help tackle the housing crisis.

The changes to be introduced as part of the Planning Act will also exempt developments by Irish Water on new water infrastructure and maintenance of existing systems. Certain works to be undertaken as part of the national broadband plan, as well as works on extending mobile phone coverage, will not need planning permission either.

“They will assist in the accelerated roll-out of broadband and mobile services, in urban and particularly in rural areas, as envisaged by the Action Plan for Rural Development; .......

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/vacant-shops-to-be-turned-into-homes-without-planning-permission-1.3326573

It sounds like it has the potential to go radically wrong

On the mobile and broadband forum this year, there was talk by the minister (for comms) and others about getting excemption for planning to put communications in (broadband, telephone etc) in a lot of areas, equal to as with water in some cases.

Also to lower the council fee's for said and fees for council owned infrastructure (mast space).

Having said that ... there was talk !! .. that doesn't mean any action.

/M

fergus1001 wrote: »

UK government have updated their USO(universal service obligation) to 10mbps minimum connection speed meaning someone in the bog arse of Cornwall has a legal right to this speed, this is how our broadband problem should be solved, but alas our politicians are spineless

Totally disagree. How is this going to be measured? who is going to measure it? If you have a wireless connection you are subject to contention....is it 10mbps at all times or at specific periods during the day? How is it being funded?

Is Ofcom now going to oblige all UK telcos to pay into a USO fund....and if so what about the Googles and Facebooks of this world...should they also contribute?

Whatever about the understandable frustrations at the snail's pace of NBP roll-out, we are in a much better long-term situation here with a fibre solution to our BB needs than the UK who are almost totally reliant on BT squeezing every last inch out of its copper network.

That USO announcement will amount to nothing and is doomed to failure.

This thread started on 24-11-2014, 13:38
That tells it all

Marlow wrote: »

The USO is for the incumbent (BT) And means that that BT has an obligation to supply no less than 10 Mbit/s line speed, if ordered. They can sell you smaller packages, but can't tell you that you can't have 10 Mbit/s, if you pay the price.

In Ireland the USO never included internet or broadband. Dial-Dempsey: Dialup is fast enough for anyone !!

Also, even if broadband was included in the USO here, OpenEir has been given no minimum time for delivery. Only that they have to deliver a phoneline. Some people wait 5+ years for said phoneline.

Ergo .. don't even think about that.

/M

Bunch of clowns running this country into the ground.

But Mr Naughten has now pledged most of the country will be online by the end of 2018: “I can say by the end of next year, 78% of premises in the country will have access to high-speed broadband.

“The likelihood is it is going to be higher than that but I am not going to commit myself until I see the colour of their money. It will probably be higher with wireless rollout.”

A number of areas remaining will first get access to wireless networks, ahead of broadband being provided. However, the crucial intervention is in areas which commercial operators have not taken full ownership of and the State must intervene, under the plan, to provide broadband.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/pledge-for-over-75-of-ireland-to-have-high-speed-broadband-access-by-end-of-2018-465092.html

KOR101 wrote:

“The likelihood is it is going to be higher than that but I am not going to commit myself until I see the colour of their money. It will probably be higher with wireless rollout.â€

Sorry but are we back yo square one

Wireless is not broadband !!!!

Siena Gigantic Backyard wrote: »

That is somewhat confusing. The Naughten quote "It will probably be higher with
wireless rollout." implies that wireless connections, of unspecified type, will be counted as "high-speed broadband". Although then the article says that wireless will be provided ahead of "broadband".

I think that's just either a journalist garbling what they heard or the Minister using garbled conversation.

I think the plan is to greatly relax the planning restrictions on wireless infrastructure and let the likes of Imagine and the 4G providers make hay. This supposedly in advance of the final fibre solution. At any rate, what the two bidders are proposing should be clearer in just be a few months assuming no further obstacles appear.

KOR101 wrote: »

But Mr Naughten has now pledged most of the country will be online by the end of 2018: “I can say by the end of next year, 78% of premises in the country will have access to high-speed broadband.

“The likelihood is it is going to be higher than that but I am not going to commit myself until I see the colour of their money. It will probably be higher with wireless rollout.”

A number of areas remaining will first get access to wireless networks, ahead of broadband being provided. However, the crucial intervention is in areas which commercial operators have not taken full ownership of and the State must intervene, under the plan, to provide broadband.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/pledge-for-over-75-of-ireland-to-have-high-speed-broadband-access-by-end-of-2018-465092.html

Reads to me that they are gonna take imagines bs hook and line and remove their customers from nbp if they can show they have funding in place to upgrade their lte network to faster speeds as recently stated by bulger.

I think based on previous broadband rollout plans, using wireless as a solution is "temporary", as Naughton says, but in reality, it'll probably "do the job" for years more.

roddy15 wrote: »

Band-aid solutions seem to be the only thing Irish governments are capable of doing.

Nah. The government does nothing. They just like to take credit for whatever is done

/M

rodge123 wrote: »

Reads to me that they are gonna take imagines bs hook and line and remove their customers from nbp if they can show they have funding in place to upgrade their lte network to faster speeds as recently stated by bulger.

May be they will try to remove areas, if they remove individual customers that would be stupid move, If I was a customer who is removed from NBP by Imagine, the very next morning I will be ringing other ISPs and leave Imagine ASAP.

More good news on the NBP...suppose if you leave it for 3 - 5 years you'll be well out of office by then - what an inept useless government we have and always seem to have:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/broadband-plan-rollout-three-to-five-years-away-821154.html