Eir rural FTTH thread

garroff · 03-01-2018 02:11PM

Pangea wrote: »

Is the GB allowance for the calender month or is it connected to whatever date you first got your broadband connection? i.e mid month etc.

My TB allowance is from 1st of month to end of month.

MajesticDonkey · 03-01-2018 04:31PM

As far as I'm aware, if you're with eir, the FUP applies for your billing month, not calendar month, despite the fact that logging in to check your usage will show you the usage for the calendar month.

ED E · 03-01-2018 05:34PM

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

As far as I'm aware, if you're with eir, the FUP applies for your billing month, not calendar month, despite the fact that logging in to check your usage will show you the usage for the calendar month.

Im 90% sure you're correct that its from bill date to bill date.

Marlow · 03-01-2018 09:15PM

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

As far as I'm aware, if you're with eir, the FUP applies for your billing month, not calendar month, despite the fact that logging in to check your usage will show you the usage for the calendar month.

ED E wrote: »

Im 90% sure you're correct that its from bill date to bill date.

That is correct. It creates a lot of confusion and makes it near impossible to track exactly, when you're at the point of exceeding the limit.

/M

Decoda · 04-01-2018 01:57PM

Marlow wrote: »

That is correct. It creates a lot of confusion and makes it near impossible to track exactly, when you're at the point of exceeding the limit.

/M

I was the same and found it extremely difficult to monitor my usage so I called Eir and requested that they change my billing date from the middle of the month when i signed up to the start of each month. Its made it very easy to keep an eye on what we're using.

D.

Pangea · 05-01-2018 01:34PM

For those on Eir Fibre, how often do you get a Bill? Mines is monthly, dont know why its changed.

garroff · 05-01-2018 02:24PM

Monthly.....was always monthly.....what was yours?

Johnboy1951 · 05-01-2018 02:26PM

garroff wrote: »

Monthly.....was always monthly.....what was yours?

My copper connection is billed every two months ....... always has been.

d31b0y · 05-01-2018 02:31PM

My copper connection was billed monthly while I was with Eir.
Must have been some sort of historical thing on accounts of a certain age.

Cherrycola · 05-01-2018 02:46PM

Has anyone had their speed drop significantly since installation? We were getting a steady 130/140mb on the 5ghz and about 20/40mb on the 2.4ghz, but the 5ghz has dropped to 40mb in the last few weeks. Still a good speed, but nowhere near what we were getting.
I don’t think it’s modem related as I tried another one I had(f2000 also) and the speeds were the same.
Any clue why this has happened? Would new connections in the area slow down our speed??

mikeecho · 05-01-2018 03:08PM

Cherrycola wrote: »

Has anyone had their speed drop significantly since installation? We were getting a steady 130/140mb on the 5ghz and about 20/40mb on the 2.4ghz, but the 5ghz has dropped to 40mb in the last few weeks. Still a good speed, but nowhere near what we were getting.
I don’t think it’s modem related as I tried another one I had(f2000 also) and the speeds were the same.
Any clue why this has happened? Would new connections in the area slow down our speed??

have you FTH or FTC ?

ctlsleh · 05-01-2018 03:10PM

Cherrycola wrote: »

Has anyone had their speed drop significantly since installation? We were getting a steady 130/140mb on the 5ghz and about 20/40mb on the 2.4ghz, but the 5ghz has dropped to 40mb in the last few weeks. Still a good speed, but nowhere near what we were getting.
I don’t think it’s modem related as I tried another one I had(f2000 also) and the speeds were the same.
Any clue why this has happened? Would new connections in the area slow down our speed??

if its over WiFi, its your environment, you have interference from something or someone else. the only way to really check if you have a Wan problem is using the ethernet port with a good laptop. get a WiFi analysre from Acryllic and see what your environment looks like and what kind of channel overlap you have

Gonzo · 05-01-2018 03:13PM

Cherrycola wrote: »

Has anyone had their speed drop significantly since installation? We were getting a steady 130/140mb on the 5ghz and about 20/40mb on the 2.4ghz, but the 5ghz has dropped to 40mb in the last few weeks. Still a good speed, but nowhere near what we were getting.
I don’t think it’s modem related as I tried another one I had(f2000 also) and the speeds were the same.
Any clue why this has happened? Would new connections in the area slow down our speed??

it's the wifi. Mine mostly stays around 20/30 on 2.4g and up to 160 on 5g but some times this can drop as low as 2 or 3megs while the wired connection is always 287/45+.

Cherrycola · 05-01-2018 07:03PM

It’s ftth and it’s WiFi we’ve used since the day it was installed, and all devices and environment are the same since then.
So the speed over WiFi was 140mb and that’s now 40mb ish.

Marlow · 05-01-2018 07:29PM

Cherrycola wrote: »

It’s ftth and it’s WiFi we’ve used since the day it was installed, and all devices and environment are the same since then.
So the speed over WiFi was 140mb and that’s now 40mb ish.

There are other factors. Wifi can suffer from outside influence. Alarm system with wireless, video senders, baby monitors, bluetooth, neighbors getting new routers that are auto-hopping channels etc.

Lots could have changed without you doing anything.

The only way to confirm, that it's an issue with the router is by testing wired. If wired comes back ok, then you've simply got issues on your wifi, not your FTTH.

Speedtests should always be done wired with no background downloads and all other devices locked out, to isolate broadband issues from domestic issues. And always to more than one server, to rule out, that the server doesn't have an issue.

/M

Grimsvotn · 05-01-2018 08:57PM

Surprise, surprise, two appointments so far to install fibre

Appointment number one: technician left after 5 minutes due to needing a second person with 'rods'
Appointment number two: no show

I still have no idea whether or not the fibre can be installed using existing ducts or what needs to be done.

chrismon · 05-01-2018 08:59PM

Installed today.
Good job!
Maxing out my 100mb switch.
I'll plug directly into the modem tomorrow and see how it goes.

Marlow · 05-01-2018 09:10PM

chrismon wrote: »

Maxing out my 100mb switch.

Where did you dig that thing up ? In a museum ??

Oh wait .. i may still have a 10 Mbit/s hub knocking about .. but it's not in use.

/M

chrismon · 05-01-2018 09:38PM

Marlow wrote: »

Where did you dig that thing up ? In a museum ??

Oh wait .. i may still have a 10 Mbit/s hub knocking about .. but it's not in use.

/M

Believe me it more than met my needs with my last provider. Was lucky to get 5mb down before.

KeRbDoG · 09-01-2018 12:40PM

Cable blown through the blow tube to feed the start of my road in the last week - no other activity that I can see yet, looks like the rural area within Dublin on the R125 is being considered 'Swords'

eamo22 · 09-01-2018 12:45PM

Anybody know what the yellow cable/pipe they are pushing into ducts. Started putting up new poles in my area before Christmas. Now there out with reels of yellow pipe or cable working on the ducts.

Grimsvotn · 09-01-2018 12:54PM

Grimsvotn wrote: »

Surprise, surprise, two appointments so far to install fibre

Appointment number one: technician left after 5 minutes due to needing a second person with 'rods'
Appointment number two: no show

I still have no idea whether or not the fibre can be installed using existing ducts or what needs to be done.

Appointment number three: another no show

KeRbDoG · 09-01-2018 02:41PM

eamo22 wrote: »

Anybody know what the yellow cable/pipe they are pushing into ducts. Started putting up new poles in my area before Christmas. Now there out with reels of yellow pipe or cable working on the ducts.

I believe the yellow pipe is a subduct for the existing underground ducts, allows the easier and protected way of running the fiber cable in older ducts which might have lots of sharp edges, partial collapses etc.

rob808 · 09-01-2018 06:30PM

Grimsvotn wrote: »

Appointment number three: another no show

I had same problem with KN just keep ringing Eir you should get it at some stage .

fritzelly · 09-01-2018 07:19PM

Why are no other operators offering FTTH, are they just letting eir retail take all the crap for installations then they swoop in when the work is done?

tsue921i8wljb3 · 09-01-2018 07:23PM

fritzelly wrote: »

Why are no other operators offering FTTH, are they just letting eir retail take all the crap for installations then they swoop in when the work is done?

There are other operators offering the service.

http://fibrerollout.ie/rollout-map/where-to-buy/

The ones with the green house icon are FTTH.

Marlow · 09-01-2018 07:23PM

fritzelly wrote: »

Why are no other operators offering FTTH, are they just letting eir retail take all the crap for installations then they swoop in when the work is done?

Lots of other operators offering FTTH:

- Every provider with a house logo on here offereing OpenEIR FTTH: http://fibrerollout.ie/rollout-map/where-to-buy/ ... and some more, that aren't listed
- SIRO based providers: http://www.siro.ie
- At least one other access network provider building, but not launched yet
- Some small developments by regional providers.
- Virgin rolling out FTTH

/M

cnocbui · 09-01-2018 07:38PM

Are any of those offering fibre, and connecting it, to rural FTTH customers, though?

Marlow · 09-01-2018 07:40PM

cnocbui wrote: »

Are any of those offering fibre, and connecting it, to rural FTTH customers, though?

What exactly are you looking for ?

Any of the providers on the fiber-rollout page, that have a house logo, are offering FTTH on the OpenEIR platform (rural and urban) .. on par with Eir retail, but with different packages, pricing and service. Eir retail is not OpenEIR.

/M

tsue921i8wljb3 · 09-01-2018 07:42PM

cnocbui wrote: »

Are any of those offering fibre, and connecting it, to rural FTTH customers, though?

Yes. All of the providers listed on http://fibrerollout.ie/rollout-map/where-to-buy/ are offering services on openeir's network which is due to pass 300000 rural homes by the end of 2018.

Eir rural FTTH thread

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