National Broadband Ireland : implementation and progress

What does it say on NBI website when you enter your eircode? Any sign of distribution point on a pole nearby?

Below is just for reference how my timeline for NBI has gone so far.

NBI Journey below:)

Summer 2023 - Surveying . Can’t remember exactly but met a guy from NBI on the road looking at poles etc. It was circa July/August 2023. He said to me that day it would approx 18months/2 years before I would be connected.

January 2024 -Trimming Hedges

March 2024 - poles erected in area and some replaced also

October 18th - got email from NBI that I could pre-order (It said I would be connected within 45 days of putting pre-order in). Pre-ordered straight away!

Late October - sales agents from providers calling to house with their offers etc

29th October- Guy from TLI came to survey how it would be brought into house. I had it ducted so was able to get it almost to the house but duct was blocked where it entered house. He advised they may to do a bit of digging. If duct was’t a runner , they were willing to worm it up the lawn. Don’t be afraid to ask for this if thats what you would prefer to overhead. Also one pole would need to be erected at road by my entrance.

5th Nov 2024 - Civils came to put cable in duct & brought cable to outside wall. They had to dig last few metres as suspected they would to find where cable was stalling. Did a very clean job.

14th Nov 2024 - my pole erected

Today - 21st Nov 2024 - my fibre cable slung to nearest distribution point

29th Nov - date my provider has scheduled for connection. Fingers crossed

DP

Here's a question I haven't seen previously asked….

Is the ONT able to be mounted "outside"?
I'm toying with the idea of mounting it in the ESB box where the phone ducting comes in as a plan B.

Plan A would be to feed the fibre up from there into the roof space and terminate in the comms cupboard.

The question has been asked here previously but the answer is no, the unit isn't moisture/damp proof.

Running the cable into the attic is the better idea, and if you could have a pull rope/cord in place, this makes it easier for the installer on the day.

My brother has already done this, maybe last year and his rollout date is 2026

I've the old phone cable that can be used as a pull cord to get it both from the road to ESB box, and then up into the attic.
Hopefully that will do.

You might be right.
I'm only going by memory…

DPs were put up on poles along my road last week (my post on it below), but we're in Network Build status and I'm not due to be connected until April-June 2025. Hollyford DA.

Odd situation in Kerry laneway where poles were "being refused". All premises required to order fibre connections before duct works will proceed. Minister explains,

NBI have advised my Department that they have faced challenges in connecting the laneway that the referred premises is located on which has affected the anticipated connection timeframe. When a routine appointment took place, it was identified that an additional survey appointment was required, in addition to 2 private poles and 1 private duct being needed to connect this particular premises. NBI are presently not in a position to provide a date for when civil works will commence. 

Neighbouring premises further down the lane, have not ordered fibre broadband with a Retail Service Provider, and with poles being refused on this laneway the connection would need to go underground (via duct). There is a significant amount of work to be completed to bring service to the other premises before the connection can proceed, this work will not progress unless orders for fibre broadband are placed.

Pity if it ends in a stand-off. Property rights are still sacrosanct here it seems. Roll-out would never get done if NBI had to mediate every neighbours' quarrel - perhaps legacy "issues" as well.

In the meantime, perhaps the 'Yes' people could jointly subsidise the excess cost of the ducting past the 'No' people.

Hi,

Our family farm in Meath is down as pre-order now on the NBI website. The status only updated on Thursday the week before last, so it's only two weeks this coming Thursday.

Vodafone were very fast out the blocks with a sales rep going door to door, however we still don't qualify with either Eir or Virginmedia. Do some ISPs get early access to the NBI database?

I'm kind of waiting for switcher.ie to update to see all the available offers before we pull the trigger so I'm refreshing all the sites everyday.

I assume it takes 3-4 weeks for all the info to refresh? Any experience?

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Thanks and fully agree. I'm just inpatient!!!!

-R75

Possibly sooner than 2026

NBI recently making planning declarations/applications for islands in the West; Donegal, Mayo, Galway.

Microwave links on "stout wooden poles" mostly.

https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24407/0

Hi, just wondering if anyone in similar situation. In Thomastown deployment area, south kilkenny. Area went ready to connect Dec 2023, DP on pole outside house, our house is last on a cul da sac. Ordered fibre but in Jan 2024 nbi went back to showing Network Build Underway july 2024 and the fibre order was put on hold for my house and neighbours in cul da sac, all other local areas ready to connect.

Rang nbi and they said a DP on a pole needs to be moved for a neighbour who are closer to start of cul da sac, as it is on the wrong pole, a railway bridge between them and DP and apparently can't run fibre connection to house under railway even though fibre is passing under already.

July goes by and nbi updated on their site to Jan 2025. Apparently openeir has to do the work as not on a nbi pole.

Just wondering if anyone in this situation and if it was sorted. Waiting a year now for neighbours DP to be moved, nbi said it would only take few weeks, that was a year ago. Also, would DP outside my house be live, can I ask NBI to update my eircode to ready to connect if DP of neighbour is never moved and Jan 2025 passes. Just so frustrating it's outside the house, but can't place an order, thanks