Eircom eFibre VDSL/FTTC rollout – plans to reach 1.6m premises by mid 2016

arctan · 23-05-2013 11:24PM

some serious issues with the address checker

also... getting 17-20 ms ping time to 8.8.8.8

ian82 · 23-05-2013 11:25PM

chriss745 wrote: »

One more question, did you sign with Eircom or with which ISP? It looks like Vodafone customers will get the installation first.

signed with eircom, got an appointment for the 11th june after re-ordering today and ringing them directly

10belowzero · 23-05-2013 11:32PM

(SB should be here --- Better council than me have decided other wise - The Mod's on these Forum's have my greatest respect).
Lamentably a lot do not read between what I Have typed over the last while - Eircom Has Changed - The new code of conduct has now been signed up too by all Eircom Staff.
For the first time All OLO'S and WLR's are now on a level playing field (hate the terminology).
All customer's of OLO's - WLR's - of Eircom are being treated EQUALLY.
In other word's ,Eircom tech's will now resolve OLO/WLR Customer's broadband C.P.E issue's , WHERE we were not allowed to before by regulation - we can now - hth's 10

smemon · 23-05-2013 11:37PM

PeadarB wrote: »

By the look of things here today it must have been the only friggin eircom connection they made this week.
Sure as hell does not bode well for the rest of us. They have spent more time setting up Vodafone customers than their own

Makes a change. For years eircom customers have been given preferential treatment.

Solair · 23-05-2013 11:45PM

Sure they even change the voicemail message to an English accent for non-Eircom customers

Manc Red · 23-05-2013 11:56PM

From an eircom pricing doc:

Manc Red · 23-05-2013 11:58PM

Conclusion... the 500GB limit only appears to be on the eFibre Business Professional package. So it does look like Eircom is offering "true" Unlimited broadband...

10belowzero · 24-05-2013 12:15AM

JUST IN CASE - There's any confusion about how the land lie's - I just posted this in responce to a query beyanth on the E Fibre thread - What do you want you want me to say - I',ve just about 6 mb where I am.
Even when they put in my nearest cab - I hav't even looked at the disance - I'll wait and see like EVERYONE ELSE - What speed I can get .
I have to Wait like Everyone else for E Fibre.
My application is in there with your's and the service order will be spat out at random to a Customer Service Tech (like myself)to complete the order without Favour in the shortest possible time and to achieve the best possible speed result's we can for the customer.

Tommy Lagahan · 24-05-2013 12:39AM

Even if all the cabinets were operational there would be a massive backlog of installs for the engineers. There is always people going to be waiting.
Was a 4 month waiting list for the new fixed wireless provider at home but when I got it, the speeds were at least 10x better than the three stuff I had got instantly at a shop.
At least the cabinet is there, commissioning isn't as much of a problem as digging up the street.

Of course, since I'm getting this on Monday, and my speed is already ok, I'm not going to be anywhere near as mad as those stuck on frankly cack speeds, for another unspecified amount of time.

Grim. · 24-05-2013 02:26AM

ahh ffs had a look at the efibre roll out map and it looks like it stops just over 1km away from Ashford... Bollocks! it's not even on the schedule

:mad:

Kromdar · 24-05-2013 02:39AM

Grim. wrote: »

ahh ffs had a look at the efibre roll out map and it looks like it stops just over 1km away from Ashford... Bollocks! it's not even on the schedule :mad:

there's cabinets dotted around some areas that aren't marked on that map, i've seen a few myself. keep an eye on the crowdsource map, and keep an eye out for the install crews [KN / eircom]

Mr. G · 24-05-2013 06:48AM

gordongekko wrote: »

he's banned I think

Yep Spongebob did get banned.

Solair wrote: »

Sure they even change the voicemail message to an English accent for non-Eircom customers

Still I think the eircom voiceover is just blatent advertising for them really. They do get preferential treatment, they aren't meant to for anything wholesale.

irishgeo · 24-05-2013 07:44AM

Mr. G wrote: »

Yep Spongebob did get banned.

Still I think the eircom voiceover is just blatent advertising for them really. They do get preferential treatment, they aren't meant to for anything wholesale.

My modem is at post office parcel depot.

sirione · 24-05-2013 07:54AM

im in drogheda was connected yesterday

chopperbyrne · 24-05-2013 08:02AM

sirione wrote: »

im in drogheda was connected yesterday

Pretty much the worst we've seen, either you're quite a bit from the cabinet or the copper is badly degraded.

sirione · 24-05-2013 08:02AM

speeds vary a bit ok, still a big improvement ok

sirione · 24-05-2013 08:03AM

not that far from the cabinet, must be bad copper ok

red_bairn · 24-05-2013 08:04AM

sirione wrote: »

not that far from the cabinet, must be bad copper ok

Must be rate adaptive me thinks.

crawler · 24-05-2013 08:07AM

red_bairn wrote: »

Must be rate adaptive me thinks.

or testing over wifi

vienne86 · 24-05-2013 08:08AM

So, 24th May, has anyone actually got the E-fibre from EIRCOM installed yet?

jca · 24-05-2013 08:15AM

sirione wrote: »

speeds vary a bit ok, still a big improvement ok

Those pings are terrible. Ever since I went to sky bb my ping times have doubled from 15 ms to 30 ms which makes gaming impossible. The teenagers in the house aren't happy with me. I thought all would be perfect when fibre arrives, now I'm not so sure.

ferpur · 24-05-2013 08:19AM

sirione wrote: »

speeds vary a bit ok, still a big improvement ok

where in Drogheda are you?

sirione · 24-05-2013 08:29AM

ferpur wrote: »

where in Drogheda are you?

Newfield estate, termonfeckin road

ferpur · 24-05-2013 08:39AM

sirione wrote: »

Newfield estate, termonfeckin road

I do not get this they seem to be doing the north side of town first the south side of town has the slowest speeds you would think they would do that first

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2728368631.png

sirione · 24-05-2013 08:47AM

http://speedtest.net/result/2728376083.png

speed seems to be more consistant when plugged directly into router, ping still crap but

irishgeo · 24-05-2013 08:47AM

i spotted a new being cab installed in breaffy village outside castlebar today.

Mc Love · 24-05-2013 09:00AM

How the hell is the ping so? That seems strange.

I think its time I make another call to Eircom - through the address checker I can get to the order page, where you fill in the details and press submit, however when I check via the phone number checker it doesnt allow me to go any further.

So if I select not an eircom customer, I can order it and I am an eircom customer, so cant even order it

swoofer · 24-05-2013 09:02AM

sirione how far from cabinet and who are you with? And did they check the wires thoroughly? and did you get a profile name?

godskitchen · 24-05-2013 09:19AM

irishgeo wrote: »

i spotted a new being cab installed in breaffy village outside castlebar today.

Interesting, I thought they had finished all they were going to do in castlebar 2 months ago....

Definitely Eircom?

Solair · 24-05-2013 09:33AM

I was reading some posts from BT infinity users in the UK and they seem to be complaining about similar 30ms+ pings in some cases.

It was suggested that these may drop after a few days as the DLM (dynamic line management) figures out the most appropriate profile for your line.

Apparently the DSLAM can suddenly decide that your line is sufficiently stable to reduce interleaving but that it will always start off with a relatively 'safe' profile until it sees a long period of stable connections.

I'd say keep hammering the eircom talk 2 forum about ping times too though as they might look at it more closely.

Ring tech support too

Eircom eFibre VDSL/FTTC rollout – plans to reach 1.6m premises by mid 2016

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