National Broadband Ireland : implementation and progress

So I should see a run from the DP to at least the nearest pole, if not all the way through the duct, before the apointment?

I was hoping this would be done after talking to me so I could tell them to use the phone line to pull the fibre in from the road…

Just seems odd that me and the neighbor would have 2 different experiences…
I was assuming that it would be the same contract company e.g Circet doing the work and approach it the same way.
I guess I will find out tomorrow… Fingers crossed….

Yeah, the eircode is fully connectable at this stage. I know I will have to just roll with the process, but trying to understand the likelyhood of a successful install when it appears no "prep" has been done from the DP to the house especially when a neighbor got an SMS saying his was delayed due to more work required without anyone visiting him. That would indicate they did prep and found something.
My install is tomorrow so I guess they might be along today to start…

Well, They are there now doing the DP to house run.
I got a chance to chat to them so happy day.

Edit:
Job done, approx 30m spare cable at the end of the duct ready for tomorrow's install. I now have 1 very jealous neighbor. 🤣

My eircode finally went into network build in progress some time this week, the overall map is still showing us as surveyed (assuming itll update sometime next week as usual). Finally a light at the end of the tunnel, no signs of anybody about my direction yet though so the jul-dec 26 dates are probably accurate.

Well, today the lad turned up as arranged and all going well so far. He's still at it and we did have trouble pulling the fibre up through the wall cavity because it had been pumped and there was no conduit for the existing cables.

If I remember correctly, for Pure, I just need to configure my own router's WAN port to:
DHCP
VLAN 10

Is that right?
The installer was mentioning he needed a modem to do some setup with credentials?

You will be able to use DHCP/IPoE if it’s eir’s core network, if it’s BT it will need to be PPPoE afaik. VLAN ID 10 for both.

Username - puretelcom@puretel.ie

Password - broadband1

Yip.
All good and done in the end.
I was down to the last phone cable to pull the fibre up the wall cavity and it was tough going. The pumped wall insulation seems to compress as you pull the cable through it making it near impossible.

There is a large excess of cable in the attic now which is a bit of a pain.

The installer unpacked the router to test the connection and prove he had done the install but it never connected to my network. I already had a port configured as a WAN with VLAN10, and it just worked.
I had requested to connect to OpenEIR and that,s what I ended up with.

It's amazing how quickly you get through data when it comes in faster. lol

I still have to see if my 1Gb SFP is holding my 1Gb connection back at all…

DPs on new poles around me now, albeit I don't see one particularly close to my house, and the condemned, fully disconnected pole that used to serve nearby houses (this house has never had a phone line) is still unreplaced.

There's one within 500m, but its the other side of the road!