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

Cantona's Collars · 23-01-2014 08:50PM

nilhg wrote: »

Sure everyone should have a fibre cabinet at their back door.

I know someone who has one in their garden,their speed was 1.5Mb the other day.

monument · 23-01-2014 09:08PM

zerks wrote: »

I know someone who has one in their garden,their speed was 1.5Mb the other day.

Their house might be connected to another cabinet a few km away -- there's two boxes closer to our estate than the one it's wired to, and one of those cabinets are on the same road as one were connected to

Thankfully we're still getting better than 1.5Mbps (around 8Mbps).

smelly sock · 23-01-2014 09:29PM

Way off topic,

But perhaps light at the end of the tunnel for some

https://www.esb.ie/main/innovation/telecoms.jsp

Johnboy1951 · 23-01-2014 09:39PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Way off topic,

But perhaps light at the end of the tunnel for some

https://www.esb.ie/main/innovation/telecoms.jsp

Lucky 1/2 million ....... Eircom doing 1.4 million FTTC ......

we will roll out a 100% fibre network that will connect directly into .5 million homes, offering speeds in excess of 150Mb/s.

smelly sock · 23-01-2014 09:53PM

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Lucky 1/2 million ....... Eircom doing 1.4 million FTTC ......

Yes,
But they mention that it is to be aimed a rural houses that Eircom and UPC don't touch.

More than likely just the tip of the iceberg also.

jca · 23-01-2014 11:13PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Way off topic,

But perhaps light at the end of the tunnel for some

https://www.esb.ie/main/innovation/telecoms.jsp

Provided they have the all important back-haul to cope with peak time demand. As we've discovered here, whether it's DSL, CO-AX, FTTC or even FTTH it ain't worth a dry ball of goat sh**e if the ISP can't handle the pressure:(

Cantona's Collars · 23-01-2014 11:55PM

monument wrote: »

Their house might be connected to another cabinet a few km away -- there's two boxes closer to our estate than the one it's wired to, and one of those cabinets are on the same road as one were connected to

Thankfully we're still getting better than 1.5Mbps (around 8Mbps).

No that's the one dedicated to their estate,Eircom have been fiddling with it a lot,somethings definitely not right with it.

bk · 24-01-2014 01:02AM

smelly sock wrote: »

Yes,
But they mention that it is to be aimed a rural houses that Eircom and UPC don't touch.

No, I'm afraid that isn't correct, it seems they plan on doing semi-urban areas not done by UPC, but probably covered by Eircom eFibre.

Dacelonid · 24-01-2014 08:50AM

Was woken this morning by sound of KN starting work on pulling fibre in our estate(Moat, Co. Westmeath). The existing ADSL cab is < 100 m from my house, so am over the moon to see them start some kind of work, even if the actual rollout is still some months away. I'll update the map (if that is still going) when I actually see where the new cabinet is going, even though I have a good idea where it will be

Capt'n Midnight · 24-01-2014 07:33PM

jca wrote: »

Provided they have the all important back-haul to cope with peak time demand. As we've discovered here, whether it's DSL, CO-AX, FTTC or even FTTH it ain't worth a dry ball of goat sh**e if the ISP can't handle the pressure:(

considering how many other ISP's use their existing fibre network that shouldn't be a problem

jca · 24-01-2014 11:38PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

considering how many other ISP's use their existing fibre network that shouldn't be a problem

Well it seems to be a problem at the moment. ..

mark_79 · 26-01-2014 04:12PM

Must be at least 10 cabinets throughout New Ross town. We were supposed to be switched on in December. Then January. February maybe?

When I spoke to Eircom over the phone I was redirected by an ever so helpful employee to their coverage map.

Brilliant.

Doublelime · 26-01-2014 08:33PM

byte wrote: »

To further my post from a few days ago, I rang Vodafone yesterday to get the efibre, but was told I'd have to call the next day, as that was the earliest they could take orders from my exchange...

Anyway, rang them today, and have it all sorted. I was told I'd get a maximum of 40Mbit from my line, which is OK.

Something I had not realised, is that when you go for BB-only on eFibre, it means you can no longer make use of the phone for incoming or outgoing calls, as is the case when you only pay for BB with ADSL setup. So, I had to upgrade to the slightly dearer package to keep calls and added 100mins to landline and mobiles.

Was supposed to get a text about when a tech would come out to replace my master socket, but still waiting on that.

Does someone call out to your house from Vodafone to install something when efibre comes to your area?

ED E · 26-01-2014 09:08PM

Doublelime wrote: »

Does someone call out to your house from Vodafone to install something when efibre comes to your area?

Yes, but its a KN Networks guy working for eircom, paid for by vodafone.

slavetothegrind · 27-01-2014 12:23PM

fibre cable being installed into johnstownbridge, kildare this morning!
no cabinet yet but it must be on the way!

Stuart085 · 01-02-2014 01:13PM

I'm sick of waiting for Eircom upgrades.
I like in Ballindooley which is pretty close to Galway City however the broadband speed is 1.7mb due to the distance from the exchage and it isn't even enough so stream a HD youtube video.

I explored mobile broadband, however I don't get a signal from any of the providers from my house. I've also contacted a wireless broadband compant for metro broadband, and even though the transmitter is fairly close, he wouldn't even test the connection from my house. I would have been happy to pay for anything above the speed I'm getting now, but they have a policy that if they can't see the transmitter from the roof, they won't install.

Satellite broadband is a joke. I'd happily pay the €120 a month if they didn't have the ridiculous throttling. And UPC is obviously not available.

Anybody have any other ideas on a route I can take for broadband?

I average 100gb per month through Netflix and other media streaming.

jca · 01-02-2014 01:22PM

Stuart085 wrote: »

I'm sick of waiting for Eircom upgrades.
I like in Ballindooley which is pretty close to Galway City however the broadband speed is 1.7mb due to the distance from the exchage and it isn't even enough so stream a HD youtube video.

I explored mobile broadband, however I don't get a signal from any of the providers from my house. I've also contacted a wireless broadband compant for metro broadband, and even though the transmitter is fairly close, he wouldn't even test the connection from my house. I would have been happy to pay for anything above the speed I'm getting now, but they have a policy that if they can't see the transmitter from the roof, they won't install.

Satellite broadband is a joke. I'd happily pay the €120 a month if they didn't have the ridiculous throttling. And UPC is obviously not available.

Anybody have any other ideas on a route I can take for broadband?

I average 100gb per month through Netflix and other media streaming.

How would you use 100 gb on a 1.7 meg connection? You must be a patient man. That has been my argument all along. Before I got fibre I had a perfectly usable and stable 8-10 meg. Why didn't Eircom tackle people like yourself before people like me and try and raise everyone to a decent standard.

Capt'n Midnight · 01-02-2014 02:27PM

jca wrote: »

How would you use 100 gb on a 1.7 meg connection? You must be a patient man. That has been my argument all along. Before I got fibre I had a perfectly usable and stable 8-10 meg. Why didn't Eircom tackle people like yourself before people like me and try and raise everyone to a decent standard.

Captive audience ?

It's also a mater of area. Let's say you can get 1.7Mb 4Km from the exchange but you can only get decent efibre within 1Km of a cabinet. Then you are going to need 16 cabinets to cover the exchange area.

Each cab can support 192 connections. Take into account household size and BB uptake and anywhere with less than 192 people / Km2 doesn't look as attractive. Maybe they can back fill later on but for now it makes more sense to go for the low hanging fruit especially if you have to borrow money to pay for the roll out.

http://www.clarecoco.ie/Accessible_HTML/business/socio_economic_profile_of_clare/images/map_population.jpg

byte · 02-02-2014 12:35AM

Just to update, I finally got the eFibre setup yesterday. Happy with it so far.

Seems to be maintaining that speed with little fluctuation so far...

jca · 02-02-2014 01:26AM

byte wrote: »

Just to update, I finally got the eFibre setup yesterday. Happy with it so far.

Seems to be maintaining that speed with little fluctuation so far...

The upload looks fairly dismal. What profile are you on?

2Mad2BeMad · 02-02-2014 10:22PM

I live in Drimnagh in Dublin 12

apparently even though its not supposed to get efibre until at least April (following the map guide on eircom.net)
I rang them up friday morning as I got sick of the connection, I got pushed up too 17megs their a few months back while waiting for efibre to come in.
It was "ok" at non peak hours but at peak hours I couldn't even watch a youtube video on low....
So I got frustrated , rang them up and ask when is it coming to my area, because I'm not putting up with this dismal connection speed anymore, I mean I live in D12, close too the city, surely they should of had it efibre enabled by now, all the surrounding areas have it enabled

The girl on the phone said sorry... etc... going by a script no doubth.
eventually she said too me she'll be sending out a technician too install it in our home in 2 weeks, and it should be enabled in less then a month

quite happy too hear that, but I can't help but feel I am a fool too believe her because on their website it says april
and their are no efibre cabinets installed in the whole drimnagh area and even crumlin

she gave me a ref number for the case as well

ED E · 02-02-2014 10:49PM

2Mad2BeMad wrote: »

So I got frustrated , rang them up and ask when is it coming to my area, because I'm not putting up with this dismal connection speed anymore, I mean I live in D12, close too the city, surely they should of had it efibre enabled by now, all the surrounding areas have it enabled

Its not just how close to dublin you are. Its how many cabs are underground, and where there are problems with the council or ESB cant provide power yet etc etc. Also if the area is well served by short phone lines it'll drop down the list to people a few miles from their exchange.

And I dont know how she'd send a tech before the cab had been installed and commissioned.

byte · 02-02-2014 10:58PM

jca wrote: »

The upload looks fairly dismal. What profile are you on?

Don't know what profile I'm on. How would I find that out?

VF CS said, when I was ordering, that I could expect about 40mbit with my line.

I'm approx 600m from the cabinet, following the path I expect the line to take with Eircom manhole covers. Distance would be about half that as the crow flies.

For comparison, here was my ADSL speed:
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3271065894

Nonoperational · 03-02-2014 02:13PM

Can you post up your stats from the router page?

byte · 03-02-2014 10:50PM

Nonoperational wrote: »

Can you post up your stats from the router page?

Line standard VDSL2
Channel type None
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 40958
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 10238
Downstream SNR (dB) 9.2
Upstream SNR (dB) 19.8
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 17
Upstream line attenuation (dB) 6.2
Downstream output power (dBmV) 9.3
Upstream output power (dBmV) 7.4

Cork981 · 04-02-2014 12:20AM

I get fairly good speeds considering my attenuation.

Think I have much space to move to the 70mb profile.

SpaceTime · 04-02-2014 02:16PM

I'm just wondering how the FTTC cabinets are coping in flooded areas.

Cork City Centre doesn't actually have any but there may be one or two around in low lying areas away from the central island that's served from Cork Central Exchange.

I doubt briney water would do electronics much good!

Nonoperational · 04-02-2014 07:13PM

byte wrote: »

Line standard VDSL2
Channel type None
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 40958
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 10238
Downstream SNR (dB) 9.2
Upstream SNR (dB) 19.8
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 17
Upstream line attenuation (dB) 6.2
Downstream output power (dBmV) 9.3
Upstream output power (dBmV) 7.4

I'd give them a ring about that upload speed. You should be on 40/15 or better with those stats.

TheChizler · 06-02-2014 01:30AM

SpaceTime wrote: »

I'm just wondering how the FTTC cabinets are coping in flooded areas.

Cork City Centre doesn't actually have any but there may be one or two around in low lying areas away from the central island that's served from Cork Central Exchange.

I doubt briney water would do electronics much good!

I'd imagine the ones on Wandesford Quay and Union Quay aren't doing so well!

06-02-2014 08:34AM

Has anobody spotted anything going on in [snipped]? Map says Febuary...

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

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