Ducting

David086 · 21-08-2025 03:29PM #1

Hello everyone.

We live in an estate in Wicklow built in the 80's where there was no duct into the house.

I've discovered that without this, fibre with the likes of Virgin & Siro are impossible as it's a no go area if there's no duct. We're also not in the catchment area for NBI. We are part of the fibre rollout according to the OpenEir website but it gives no timeline.

Has anyone come across a situation where OpenEir has gone into an area and fitted fibre where there was no ducting/new ducting had to be installed? I can't imagine pulling up peoples driveways was a runner so I assume some sort of boring machine was used? OpenEir surely has an idea what they're going to do as this seems common place the more I look online.

ItHurtsWhenIP · 22-08-2025 12:58PM

Are there telephone poles? If there are, they will be used by OpenEir.

David086 · 22-08-2025 01:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123744705#Comment_123744705

No, not in the vicinity of our estate.

ItHurtsWhenIP · 22-08-2025 01:32PM

Then where do telephone lines run into people's houses?

jos22 · 27-08-2025 03:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058422401/ducting

you most likely be joining the others in the Urban Blackspots, where likes of Siro are either unwilling or unable to rollout.

our estate was 70s but we do have Eircom poles, but homeowner will not grant permission to access the pole, so upgrades can not be rolled out. leaving around 70 house with no access to fiber.

From My reading these areas which currently expected to around 150k and counting are to be addressed. but this will not happen until, NBI, EIR.SIRO and VM have completed their roll outs.

guess some areas expecting homeowners to change their Tune when they shut off the old copper network in 2030,

more on it in this thread

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058371819/urban-nbp-on-the-way

William_Flynn · 09-10-2025 09:36AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123744862#Comment_123744862

The builders in my house, put the phone line on the ground (no duct) and poured the concrete driveway directly over it.

kaahooters · 10-10-2025 10:24AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123759495#Comment_123759495

Eir have an operationl right to access the poles, likley being worked on in the backround, likley eir have access and when the pole was installed and the "landowener" "forgot" teh agreement

David086 · 14-10-2025 12:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123890842#Comment_123890842

We were/are the very same. Redone our driveway recently to discover this and ending up pulling the phone line out of the wall inside!

Ducting

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