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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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rob808

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

eir statement here claims they are committed to completing the 300k project.

https://www.eir.ie/pressroom/eir-Withdraws-from-NBP/

That good new feel bad for the poor people stuck waiting on NBP stuck in limbo not knowing when they get fast broadband and which technology enet going to use.

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fritzelly

Danny Boy wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/new-law-to-slash-rural-broadband-plan-costs-36537412.html

Didn't take long from this announcement
Wonder what eNet are thinkingp

ninja 12

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

eir statement here claims they are committed to completing the 300k project.

https://www.eir.ie/pressroom/eir-Withdraws-from-NBP/

It's good to hear but I'm still not going to uncross my fingers until I've got a fibre cable coming from the pole outside my house and a fibre router installed

tsue921i8wljb3

eir statement here claims they are committed to completing the 300k project.

https://www.eir.ie/pressroom/eir-Withdraws-from-NBP/

eir also remains fully committed to completing the rollout of high speed broadband in rural Ireland through the commitment contract it signed with the Government in April 2017 to deliver speeds of up to 1,000Mb/s to 300,000 rural homes and businesses. Upon completion, 80% of premises in Ireland will have access to high speed broadband.

ninja 12

Danny Boy wrote: »

What now for the 300k - will they finish it?

Gonzo wrote: »

They kinda have to finish the areas started. As for areas with not a spade in the ground, who knows.

I really didn't see this coming tho, I thought Eir were really gunning to win the whole NBP.

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

In my own opinion I don't believe that they will. I think many of the areas planned were predicated on them receiving subsidies from the Government in the form of the NBP. That is obviously now off the table.

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

Some good news hopefully.

https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/958734611470802944

turbbo wrote: »

Eir have confirmed they are completing the 300k.

Gonzo wrote: »

I think Eir themselves should make a statement about their withdraw from the NBP and also state if they really are going to finish every home in the 300k rollout.

Apologies for the multi-quotes

My exchange is down for "the first half of 2018 " on the Rural exchange timeline , and "Spring / Summer " on the roll out maps .

I emailed openeir the other day and they replied saying I should have fibre available in June .

It's tantalizingly close , I'll be keeping an even closer eye on this thread ( and keeping my fingers crossed )

They replaced a load of poles in my area about 6 months ago and were recently checking the top of others / clearing some ivy / branches

Gonzo

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

Some good news hopefully.

https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/958734611470802944

I think Eir themselves should make a statement about their withdraw from the NBP and also state if they really are going to finish every home in the 300k rollout.

turbbo

digiman wrote: »

I wouldn’t put much faith in that and that’s no disrespect meant to Adrian Weckler either.

I suppose it remains to be seen - however it's still better to hear that than "we're not completing the 300k"
Don't forget the 300k are the low hanging fruit.

turbbo

KOR101 wrote: »

The problem with that is that the map would revert back to something close to the original map, Eir would have formally renounced commercial ambitions in those areas, and the Government would be fully entitled to ask SIRO back in.

Eir have confirmed they are completing the 300k.

digiman

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

Some good news hopefully.

https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/958734611470802944

I wouldn’t put much faith in that and that’s no disrespect meant to Adrian Weckler either.

KOR101

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

In my own opinion I don't believe that they will. I think many of the areas planned were predicated on them receiving subsidies from the Government in the form of the NBP. That is obviously now off the table.

The problem with that is that the map would revert back to something close to the original map, Eir would have formally renounced commercial ambitions in those areas, and the Government would be fully entitled to ask SIRO back in.

shigllgetcha

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

Some good news hopefully.

https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/958734611470802944

Thank Christ, poles being replaced in my area this week, I think Id cry if I got this close and it was pulled

turbbo

Thank goodness - gonna crack open a beer this evening!

Mr Velo

Beaten to it

tsue921i8wljb3

Some good news hopefully.

https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/958734611470802944

tsue921i8wljb3

oscarBravo wrote: »

From what I've seen, uptake in rural FTTH areas is dramatically higher than urban. Urban users don't see any particular advantage in moving from VDSL.

I would have expected that but yet they seem to be convinced that ROI is greater in urban areas.

Gonzo

oscarBravo wrote: »

From what I've seen, uptake in rural FTTH areas is dramatically higher than urban. Urban users don't see any particular advantage in moving from VDSL.

uptake has been great in my area so far. The options are 55 a month for 150 /30 FTTH or 45-55 for 2 to 8 meg DSL and similar pricing for wireless dongles. I've even seen some of the senior households (70+) swap their DSL over to FTTH. The only homes not switched over at this stage are homes who just don't really use the internet for much. Nearly all homes with a family and kids have both the copper and fibre wires running side by side from pole to roof.

oscarBravo

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

There is also the possibility that take-up for the service in areas where they have deployed has not been what they expected so they have decided to cut their losses as it were. This is just speculation on my part though.

From what I've seen, uptake in rural FTTH areas is dramatically higher than urban. Urban users don't see any particular advantage in moving from VDSL.

oscarBravo

I guess we can take the whole "we want to build a better relationship with government and regulators" rhetoric from the new owners as nothing more than hot air, so.

tsue921i8wljb3

There is also the possibility that take-up for the service in areas where they have deployed has not been what they expected so they have decided to cut their losses as it were. This is just speculation on my part though.

Johnboy1951

Gonzo wrote: »

They kinda have to finish the areas started. As for areas with not a spade in the ground, who knows.

I really didn't see this coming tho, I thought Eir were really gunning to win the whole NBP.

Nor I ....... the new owners were the change I did not see coming, and their 'about face' on the rural roll out.

tsue921i8wljb3

https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/958729116160806912

turbbo

Allison Puny Appetite wrote: »

In my own opinion I don't believe that they will. I think many of the areas planned were predicated on them receiving subsidies from the Government in the form of the NBP. That is obviously now off the table.

In fairness they hadn't a snowballs chance of finishing the 300k by eoy 2018 anyways, that was obvious after a few months of publishing the plan.

tsue921i8wljb3

Danny Boy wrote: »

What now for the 300k - will they finish it?

In my own opinion I don't believe that they will. I think many of the areas planned were predicated on them receiving subsidies from the Government in the form of the NBP. That is obviously now off the table.

Gonzo

Danny Boy wrote: »

What now for the 300k - will they finish it?

They kinda have to finish the areas started. As for areas with not a spade in the ground, who knows.

I really didn't see this coming tho, I thought Eir were really gunning to win the whole NBP.

Danny Boy

What now for the 300k - will they finish it?

shigllgetcha

turbbo wrote: »

Wow so SR just steals news from the independent - interesting - or did Eir just ring all the news outlets to tell them that they were thinking about pulling out?.

SR is more like a news aggregator.

turbbo

KeRbDoG wrote: »

This is already being discussed on the 'NBP: National Broadband Plan Announced' thread but, I'd hope that with Eir maybe dropping out they might look at the plan again and others will be interested like ESB/Siro - but for the love of jasus don't allow 'wireless solutions'

They love wireless don't they.:D

KeRbDoG

This is already being discussed on the 'NBP: National Broadband Plan Announced' thread but, I'd hope that with Eir maybe dropping out they might look at the plan again and others will be interested like ESB/Siro - but for the love of jasus don't allow 'wireless solutions'

turbbo

fergoc wrote: »

Worrying news for those waiting for the NBP

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/eir-national-broadband-plan-exit

Wow so SR just steals news from the independent - interesting - or did Eir just ring all the news outlets to tell them that they were thinking about pulling out?

Then they have a line like this "The decision by the incumbent operator will be a huge blow to the prestige of the project which could have been a flagship for resolving European broadband connectivity problems in rural areas."

Never knew Eir were rolling out fibre to all of europe? Would have thought the country that by far the worst off for broadband would be ireland, so asking Eir to show Europe how it's done is a bit rich.