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Broadband in Drogheda Dublin Rd area.

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  • #212
    Wireless net
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭Wireless net


    LFCFan wrote: »
    Has anyone spotted any more cable laying or work by Eircom around the Dublin Road? Seriously sick of of sub 2mbit speeds!!

    no haven't spotted anyone doing work , however estates along the Dublin road area, will have FTTC and not fiber to the home, then depending on how far you are from you nearest cabinet , will dictate what speeds you will get.

    however it will be no where near 100 / 150 MB , and more likely max speeds of between 10-20mb for the average user, depending on distance from nearest cab.

    i have noticed that there are now two mobile operators with antenna's on south gate shopping centre, that would be a perfect high site, to setup a wireless ISP


  • #213
    lamoss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 408 ✭✭lamoss


    I was driving past Paddypowers on the beamore road /platin road junction and their was a cabliing contractors working for eircom on the opposite side next to hairfoce one barbers and they had the manhole covers up and had a huge roll of orange cable on the back of a lorry, it was about 25mm thick. This must be the fibre optic cable going in for the broadband :)


  • #214
    Mylow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 801 ✭✭✭Mylow


    lamoss wrote: »
    huge roll of orange cable on the back of a lorry

    To match your woman with the orange hair pulling the cables through. They seem to be fairly busy all over the town. they were on Marsh Road on Tuesday, by the Train Station Wednesday.


  • #215
    Mylow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 801 ✭✭✭Mylow


    Current speed with Vodafone, I was getting 17Mb/s before

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  • #216
    Wireless net
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭Wireless net


    MRPH ( i think thats what was written on the ,lorry ) were laying fiber cables near the entrance to wheaton hall today...

    i think its ages away yet that any faster speeds will be had around this area
    also bear in mind that all these estates will be served by FTTC, so depending
    on how far you are from your local cabinet, will dictate what speeds you will get, based on the VDSL distance / speed guide, i would imagine that a lot of wheaton hall, will get MAX speeds of 10-15 MB and no where near the 50 / 100 / 150 eircom was talking about, only a tiny percentage of Drogheda will see really good speeds like 100 / 150 mb.


    its disappointing to say the least!


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  • #217
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭positron


    Orange cable truck parked up on the kerb in front of Wheaton Hall / Black Bull etc this morning, manhole covers open etc. Yay!!!


  • #218
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭positron


    Anyone see any more work going on? I haven't seen any along the Dublin road in a while, and I wonder when they would activate the FTTC for this area! #

    PS: Sky has started taking registration of interest for their sky broadband and talk bundle that's coming soon.


  • #219
    Wireless net
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭Wireless net


    positron wrote: »
    Anyone see any more work going on? I haven't seen any along the Dublin road in a while, and I wonder when they would activate the FTTC for this area! #

    PS: Sky has started taking registration of interest for their sky broadband and talk bundle that's coming soon.


    the upgrade is a long way off, they have to upgrade the cabinets on the street,
    first and that has not even started, also it will only be FTTC, so if you are far from the cabinet, don't expect fast speeds!

    where did you see sky taking registration for broadband in Ireland?


  • #220
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭positron


    Wireless net wrote: »
    where did you see sky taking registration for broadband in Ireland?

    See this thread, and this is the registration page: https://interest.sky.com/broadband/


  • #221
    Drogmal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭Drogmal


    positron wrote: »

    PS: Sky has started taking registration of interest for their sky broadband and talk bundle that's coming soon.

    This will just be Vodafone DSL broadband re-packaged though so no use up the Dublin Road at the minute.


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  • #222
    ferpur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭ferpur


    positron wrote: »
    Anyone see any more work going on? I haven't seen any along the Dublin road in a while, and I wonder when they would activate the FTTC for this area! #

    PS: Sky has started taking registration of interest for their sky broadband and talk bundle that's coming soon.


    more work today between wheton hall and roschoill lots of digging saw some one working at a cab at roschoill:D


  • #223
    Darksaga87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭Darksaga87


    The internet in wheaton hall is dreadfull!


  • #224
    ferpur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭ferpur


    NEWS.... hole dug Dublin rd Wheaton hall fiber cable sticking out possible location cabinet....NEWS


  • #225
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭positron


    ferpur wrote: »
    NEWS.... hole dug Dublin rd Wheaton hall fiber cable sticking out possible location cabinet....NEWS

    Yay, I have been keeping a close eye on that one :D:D

    I really really hope we half decent telephone lines within WH estate, so that once FTTC goes live I hope we see at least 6-8 mbps.


  • #226
    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,821 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    Come back to me when you see fibre sticking out of the ground at Five Oaks :D


  • #227
    ferpur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭ferpur


    eircom connecting fiber into cab at roschaill today i think this will be the nearest cab to five oaks


  • #228
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭positron


    I see cables coming out of the ground in front of Wheaton Hall, perhaps a new cabinet is coming up there?


  • #229
    IE2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭IE2012


    ferpur wrote: »
    eircom connecting fiber into cab at roschaill today i think this will be the nearest cab to five oaks


    are you sure? as i thought they would have to install a second cabinet there, or maybe they are installing the new equipment in that cabinet, as there are only 130 odd houses in Roschoill, and according to the eircom cable maps, that cabinet only serves Roschoill.


  • #230
    IE2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭IE2012


    positron wrote: »
    I see cables coming out of the ground in front of Wheaton Hall, perhaps a new cabinet is coming up there?

    yes a cabinet is going in there, the concrete ground works are done, and the cables are there ready to be terminated into a cabinet.


  • #231
    IE2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭IE2012


    saw some huawei cabs being unloaded from a lorry at wheaton hall this morning.

    looks like the cabinet install! :D


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  • #232
    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,821 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    Confirmed!!

    cab_wh.JPG


  • #233
    IE2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭IE2012


    LFCFan wrote: »
    Confirmed!!

    cab_wh.JPG


    did ya not believe me?

    the only other cabinet on the dublin road area, that i know of is the one at Roschoill, and there is no sign of a new cab going there?

    or are they putting all the gear in the Roschoill cab, and no need for a second one?


  • #234
    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,821 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    IE2012 wrote: »
    did ya not believe me?

    the only other cabinet on the dublin road area, that i know of is the one at Roschoill, and there is no sign of a new cab going there?

    or are they putting all the gear in the Roschoill cab, and no need for a second one?

    Of course.....just giving some photographic evidence for the non believers among us ;)

    If they only go as far as Roschoill with the FTTC, how will this affect Five Oaks? Would there be enough capacity in once cab for Roschoill and Five Oaks? Surely it would make sense to have a cab for an estate the size of Five Oaks, especially considering the potential there for further development?


  • #235
    IE2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭IE2012


    LFCFan wrote: »
    Of course.....just giving some photographic evidence for the non believers among us ;)

    If they only go as far as Roschoill with the FTTC, how will this affect Five Oaks? Would there be enough capacity in once cab for Roschoill and Five Oaks? Surely it would make sense to have a cab for an estate the size of Five Oaks, especially considering the potential there for further development?

    no room for five oaks in the Roschoill CAB, however there are only about 130 houses in Roschoill, and i think a cab is designed for 200 lines.


  • #236
    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,821 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    IE2012 wrote: »
    no room for five oaks in the Roschoill CAB, however there are only about 130 houses in Roschoill, and i think a cab is designed for 200 lines.

    So there would definitley have to be a new Cab put in for Five Oaks? I've seen no activity around there yet for the fibre install. It better bloody happen or we'll be the only estate on the Dublin Road stuck in the Broadband dark ages once the rollout is complete!!


  • #237
    IE2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭IE2012


    LFCFan wrote: »
    So there would definitley have to be a new Cab put in for Five Oaks? I've seen no activity around there yet for the fibre install. It better bloody happen or we'll be the only estate on the Dublin Road stuck in the Broadband dark ages once the rollout is complete!!

    you could be just on the edge, of their rollout, in a kind of no mans land....


    are there any cabs at all in five oaks?


  • #238
    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,821 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    IE2012 wrote: »
    you could be just on the edge, of their rollout, in a kind of no mans land....


    are there any cabs at all in five oaks?

    If there is, I don't think I've seen one. Surely they couldn't ignore an estate that size when all estate either side are serviced?


  • #239
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭positron


    LFCFan wrote: »
    Confirmed!!

    cab_wh.JPG

    I thought they had enough concrete base built to accommodate two of these cabinets. If they can only take 200 houses, I wonder how many houses are there in Wheaton Hall itself, more than 200 surely?


  • #240
    Stillnotworking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 280 ✭✭Stillnotworking


    Lads, Is there a contact name or number for who is putting in the fibre. They were doing it over in Highlands last week and left the place in a tip. But at least its Fibre. Thanks


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  • #241
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭positron


    positron wrote: »
    If they can only take 200 houses, I wonder how many houses are there in Wheaton Hall itself, more than 200 surely?

    To answer myself, I did a quick count on Google Earth, and there are approximately 343 houses and 32 apartments in Wheaton Hall, plus more like shops and medical practice etc - I suppose we can round it to 400.

    If one cabinet can only serve 200 connections, Wheaton Hall should have two cabinets just for itself. So is that cabinet outside Wheaton Hall actually for Wheaton Hall, or could it be to serve Beaubec across the road? Or are there other cabinets inside Wheaton Hall? Questions questions... :(


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