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Eircom fibre broadband roll-out

  • 23-05-2014 03:10PM
    #1
    GtotheD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    Does anybody know exactly when Eircom are bringing their fibre optic into Killoe/Drumlish area?
    I'm sick of calling them to be fobbed off with further and further dates any time we ring them, but stuck into a contract with them at the moment.
    I've had a look on their roll-out map and our area isn't even highlighted for roll out across the rest of 2014. It's a real nuisance, the speed we get is terrible.


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  • #2
    Popple3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 293 ✭✭Popple3


    Considering the Balinalee exchange never even got contentionless 24Mb, I wouldn't be too hopeful of it getting fibre any time soon. I'm also not aware of any other rural areas in Ireland that have eFibre, probably because the infrastructure costs likely outweigh the revenue potential.

    It's especially annoying for me, because I'm right at the end of the DSL catchment, meaning I got ~700Kb/s, with ~50 disconnects a day. As far I'm aware, fibre increases range of support. We eventually switched to WiMax, which isn't much faster, but is much more stable.

    Thankfully I now spend most of my time in Athlone where I have 120Mb UPC, but going home to Longford feels like stepping 5-6 years back in time.


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