Marlow wrote: » Correct that for you /M
Allison Puny Appetite wrote: » No. Other suppliers can sell it. You'd need to do some sums to work out which of them are cheapest for the first year. eir probably are still cheapest though for the first 12 months.http://fibrerollout.ie/rollout-map/where-to-buy/ (green home icons)
thehorse wrote: » Ok thanks. Eir told me that. My understanding is that sky and Vodafone can only sell the FTTC product, which is up to 100mb. I’ve asked a Vodafone rep i know and he said eir have exclusivity on FTTH for the first 6-9 months after it goes live. Again, I’m only saying what I have been told.
Allison Puny Appetite wrote: » Lies. Any of the suppliers in the previous link can sell it to you. Sky and Vodafone are boycotting the network as they say eir are charging too much.
Allison Puny Appetite wrote: » Just as a point of clarification. Is the €270 access fee Openeir charge only for brand new FTTH connections? If there is cable and ODP in place is there any fee to be paid by an ISP to Openeir?
Marlow wrote: » It's 270+vat. And it's just for new lines. Changing providers, where an existing line is in place cost nowhere near that. /M
Machinehead wrote: » Three or more of my neighbours have FTTH installed, all from the same pole that the copper cable runs to my house. In September I had an Eir sales guy call to sign me up. Provisional install 10/10. Guy called, couldn't carry out the job cause trees needed cutting. Date pushed out to 11/11. More guys called couldn't carry out the job cause heavier gear was needed to sort out the trees. Date pushed out to 08/12. No show , when I contacted Eir customer service they said after an engineers inspection there was an issue '?' Date now sometime in January. No show again. When contacted they said date was now providionally set for March. Some joke.
thehorse wrote: » Ok thanks. Eir told me that.
oscarBravo wrote: » Sorry to labour the point, but: did eir tell you that in the letter advising you of the price increase, or did an eir sales rep tell you?
Gwynston wrote: » Just for the record, by way of an update... I too got the letter from Eir mid-Jan about the price increase, informing me that I had a month to cancel my contract without penalty. So I did! Changed to Digiweb - the switchover was pretty-much seamless and happened within a week. Have a much better Fritz!Box router, ditched the old copper line phone connection and have to say their call centre staff are a pleasure to deal with - polite, helpful, go the extra mile. So, I had FTTH from Eir for less than 5 months - they paid for the installation, offered me initial discounts, then had the cheek to up my charge so that after 6 months it was going to be significantly higher then their rivals. They gave me a get-out-of-jail-free card from my 12-mo contract and have lost me to a rival! Their loss! :rolleyes:
Gonzo wrote: » what are you speeds and pings like with Digiweb compared to Eir? Thinking of switching to Digiweb myself over the next few months.
Gwynston wrote: » TBH, I haven't done a proper wired speed test. We exclusively use WiFi in our house, so there's definitely a marked improvement with the Fritz!Box in rooms around the house. The WiFi signal dropped off dramatically outside the room with the old Eir router. We're on the 150 package and consistently see between 40 and 50 up and down all around the house. So no issues with our typical family usage, which mostly consists of general browsing, streaming, online gaming and occasional movie downloads.
turbbo wrote: » Wondering with the majority of people using wifi nowadays - has anybody considered the health risks? Also with wireless A/C they've just upped the freq again. I've heard somewhere that it's linked to changes in HRF and could have potential health risks - I guess it's relatively early days yet but it could be like tobacco was back in the 40's, nobody is any the wiser.
turbbo wrote: » Wondering with the majority of people using wifi nowadays - has anybody considered the health risks?
oscarBravo wrote: » Yes. Lots of people have considered the health risks. There are none. It's non-ionising radiation, the transmit power is one-tenth of a watt, and the inverse square law means that the actual power level you're exposed to is, to a useful approximation, zero watts. The only way your wireless router is likely to kill you is if someone beats you to death with it.
flesheatingbug wrote: » hi, i'm in a area that says ftth is available as of today 7th February on the fibrerollout site, the fibre box is right outside my house and work was being done right up to last week, i ran eir and they have no info. Anyone know how long or who to talk to?
Allison Puny Appetite wrote: » Enter your Eircode here:https://www.eir.ie/broadband/1000mb-fibre/ If it says available you should be able to order, if not you won't. The date of going live might mean some premises in your exchange area may be live. It is no guarantee that all premises in an area will be live.
flesheatingbug wrote: » yeah problem is my house is new and eircode doesn't seem appear to come up , ah well i'll just have to wait and see
digiman wrote: » Has anyone got any details of how eir do the installation from the fibre enclosure to inside the home? My house already has fibre cable run from the external wall through the houses to a central point but it uses FC connectors. I know internally the ONT uses an SC/APC connector so I can easily buy something like this on Amazon to connect internally in my house.https://www.amazon.co.uk/SIENOC-Simplex-Optical-Coupler-Coupling/dp/B01MXYQZJH/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1518035237&sr=8-2&keywords=fc+fibre+coupler Externally I've also got an FC connector so I'm wondering what kind of connectors do the KN lads use here. I want to have things ready for when they come to do the install. I assume they also use an SC/APC here to so the above parts should do both internal and external connectors.
