National Broadband Ireland : implementation and progress

Just seen a neighbour has KN van working on their house today, hopefully we'll be able to pre-order soon too. They have Carrigaline down on the nbi site as ready to connect but there are still hundreds of houses in the network build in progress phase here and not due to be connected until Dec-Jan. It wouldn't surprise me for the date to change a seventh time and get pushed back again.

6 months maybe...I was in the first DA and it took that long (if not longer I can't remember) but they could be rolling out faster now. Don't panic you are in a lot better position than the vast majority of the population.

If you are showing preorder thats even better!!! it might only be a month or two at the most before you get connected.

Get straight on to one of the providers they linked on their website and get the preorder going and once you are live they will get you connected. Go with the likes of Digiweb or Pure as they are actively trying to get NBI customers and taking the pre-orders. Eir, Vodafone etc might not be too pushed or have systems in place for pre ordering.

Just wondering where in ballinasloe is ready to connect

I'm out in Oatfield cappataggle and it's showing available to pre order still

Please god it's soon as imagine are kak

Email received from Eurona Brisknet:

NBI have now passed 20,000 premises with the new fibre roll-out with 108,000 premises currently under construction. However upon running a check on the status of your build (estimated timeframe) it would now appear it has been delayed to Jan 2022. These estimated dates (All available through www.nbi.ie) are sometimes pushed back or even brought forwards. Yet we wanted to let you know we are eagerly waiting for the premises to go live provide you with this fantastic new service.

Hi guys

This is my first time commenting on the NBI via the boards forum, Ive been reading it for a few months and I find everyone's experience very informative. I empathise with those who have received bad news on their connection date, its a very deflating process for the whole family, especially the kids.

  could someone help me out on this one?

Im in Co.Monaghan and I recently got my status changed at long last to "proceed to order" with a going live date of September 30th, however, when I select my chosen service provider " VODAFONE" they say they cant accept my order, for what ever reason,  can anyone enlighten me or how long a time is elapsed before they will proceed with orders?  thanks folks

prob arent setup to preorder, until they update their checkers that your eircode is green lit to order, that may happen on the week your area goes live to order but may not. depends when voda update their system

Yes, I've tried it with all the other providers listed (Sky, Eurona, Net 1, Black Knight & Digiweb), and they are all accepting pre-orders except Vodafone

Don't bet on it. Those lads are subcontractors, they have no knowledge. I've had the DP installed for months and I thought we'd be good to go shortly after that but we're still at network build in progress. I think they have to finish the whole DA before they activate the network rather than activating individual sections as they are finished.

Just got an email notification from NBI confirming the above:

"We estimate that the premises at Eircode <myeircode> will be connected between January 2025 - December 2026."

I sent a mail to contactus@nbi.ie telling them what I thought of this in short and not too very complimentary (but polite) terms. Not that it will do any good, I just felt like venting.