When might Eircom to enable vectoring on their eFibre/VDSL service?

PeadarB wrote: »

@jimmad
Hi jimmad any chance you could post stats. Which cab are you on?

It's our the ramelton road, just at thorndale, the digiweb line i have still doesnt pick anything up regarding vectoring.

Its dropped off alot since I last looked to 80/20 attainable

					
============================================================================
    VDSL Training Status:   Showtime
                    Mode:   VDSL2 Annex B
            VDSL Profile:   Profile 17a
            Traffic Type:   PTM Mode
             Link Uptime:   1 day: 4 hours: 28 minutes
============================================================================
       VDSL Port Details       Upstream         Downstream
               Line Rate:     20.477 Mbps       51.197 Mbps
    Actual Net Data Rate:     20.478 Mbps       51.198 Mbps
          Trellis Coding:         ON                ON
              SNR Margin:        9.6 dB           24.4 dB
            Actual Delay:          0 ms              0 ms
          Transmit Power:      - 4.8 dBm          14.3 dBm
           Receive Power:      -20.8 dBm          -2.3 dBm
              Actual INP:       29.0 symbols      29.0 symbols
       Total Attenuation:       16.0 dB           16.6 dB
Attainable Net Data Rate:     22.408 Mbps       80.768 Mbps
============================================================================
      VDSL Band Status    U0      U1      U2      U3      D1      D2      D3
  Line Attenuation(dB):  3.8    21.9    32.7     N/A    11.8    28.3    44.2   
Signal Attenuation(dB):  3.8    21.2    31.5     N/A    14.7    28.1    44.2   
        SNR Margin(dB): 10.6     9.7     9.5     N/A    24.6    24.6    24.6   
   Transmit Power(dBm):-17.7   - 8.5   - 7.6     N/A    12.3     7.8     6.2   
============================================================================

HellboundIRL wrote: »

I rang Eircom to enquire about having my profile changed to 100mb since it seems system level vectoring is active now, was told I'd have to wait 4-6 weeks for the Eircom system to update to allow them to do it, does it really take that long?

It's possible it will take some time alright! There is an APQ file (advanced prequal file) that I think may be updated once per month (someone can correct me on this).

The agent may have been just trying to buy a little time also

I guess if Eircom were really well organised, they would have scheduled an update to the APQ files relevant to each cab that has been vectored!

We'll get there in the end anyway!

Can someone tell me whether I'm vectored or not? My profile is 50/20 -what one should I ask for -maybe 80/20?

============================================================================
VDSL Training Status: Showtime
Mode: VDSL2 Annex B
VDSL Profile: Profile 17a
Traffic Type: PTM Mode
Link Uptime: 4 days: 8 hours: 9 minutes
============================================================================
VDSL Port Details Upstream Downstream
Line Rate: 20.476 Mbps 51.197 Mbps
Actual Net Data Rate: 20.477 Mbps 51.198 Mbps
Trellis Coding: ON ON
SNR Margin: 11.5 dB 25.3 dB
Actual Delay: 0 ms 0 ms
Transmit Power: - 7.6 dBm 12.8 dBm
Receive Power: -22.4 dBm -3.3 dBm
Actual INP: 29.0 symbols 29.0 symbols
Total Attenuation: 14.7 dB 16.0 dB
Attainable Net Data Rate: 24.561 Mbps 90.940 Mbps
============================================================================
VDSL Band Status U0 U1 U2 U3 D1 D2 D3
Line Attenuation(dB): 3.7 18.9 28.0 N/A 11.0 25.3 39.2
Signal Attenuation(dB): 3.7 18.1 26.7 N/A 12.5 25.1 39.1
SNR Margin(dB): 11.8 11.5 11.4 N/A 25.3 25.3 25.3
Transmit Power(dBm):-20.0 -10.7 -11.1 N/A 9.0 8.0 6.6
============================================================================

Can anyone confirm that this new burst of vectoring is the system level update?

jd wrote: »

There is a new APQ file every week, with additional lines that will be available for order within 28 days. Not sure how often lines are retested for line characteristics, probably soon enough after vectoring though. It is up to the retail isp to up the profile (up to max allowed in the APQ).

APQ according to vodafone goes thru start of each month.

after being on the phone to my isp vodafone and also ringing up eircom inquiring about a new connection it appears eircom can offer me 70/20 on the same line, while vodafone still claim eircom have the line locked to 50/15

not sure really what to think as eircom have been drooping flyers in the estate the last 2 months saying 100mb is available. suppose ill give it till the first and give them a call back, if they still claim its locked ill freak.

dazdrog wrote: »

APQ according to vodafone goes thru start of each month.

after being on the phone to my isp vodafone and also ringing up eircom inquiring about a new connection it appears eircom can offer me 70/20 on the same line, while vodafone still claim eircom have the line locked to 50/15

not sure really what to think as eircom have been drooping flyers in the estate the last 2 months saying 100mb is available. suppose ill give it till the first and give them a call back, if they still claim its locked ill freak.

There is a new APQ file available from eircom wholesale every week, perhaps VOD only update their own systems every month.

OcocO wrote: »

Just to muddy the waters even further, I was on the phone to a VF 2nd level tech support who told me that the APQ (or pre-quals as I've been calling them) happen bi-monthly - i.e. twice a month

Bi-Monthly actually means every 2 months, the Pre-qual for eircom lines happens on the first Tuesday of every month as far as I am aware.

What's been going on with fibre in Cork these last few evenings?

Usually I get a reliable 50 down and 15 up, but at random intervals in the evening I'll notice that HD streams are buffering and I can see the above result on any speedtest servers outside of Cork (Cork server is at full speed at all times). Same result on different computers (wired and wireless) even after rebooting the router. Then mysteriously fixed an hour or two later. Ideas?

wheresmybeaver wrote: »

What's been going on with fibre in Cork these last few evenings?

Usually I get a reliable 50 down and 15 up, but at random intervals in the evening I'll notice that HD streams are buffering and I can see the above result on any speedtest servers outside of Cork (Cork server is at full speed at all times). Same result on different computers (wired and wireless) even after rebooting the router. Then mysteriously fixed an hour or two later. Ideas?

I'm not on fibre but I can say this past few nights with our Vodafone DSL it's been horrible pings are up and speeds are down to anywhere between 0.3-4 Mb/s it's usually at 14.5 Mb/s I'm based in Meath waiting for fibre to launch next month other people on Vodafone that I know also having the same problems .

SpaceTime wrote: »

I'm not noticing that on eircom.

The only issue I have at the moment is with a neighbour using a digisender (connects TV to Sky box) and it's absolutely swamping my WiFi across loads of channels.

I thought it was e-fibre going slow in the evenings but wired connections are blazingly fast.

Seems he powers up his TV system and my WiFi goes. I'm going to have to buy a 5GHz router

Get something with 802.11ac and 3 X antenna better still with dual concurrent 2.4ghz and 5Ghz then you can pick the SSID that work best.

Naturally your devices would neeed to support 802.11ac to benefit

bk wrote: »

Well 802.11ac routers are backwards compatible with 802.11n, so you don't have to upgrade all your devices at the same time.

I bought a TP Link Archer C7 802.11ac router, but don't actually have any 802.11ac devices yet! The reason I got it is that tests show it has the best 802.11n performance of almost any router, while being cheaper then many other top 802.11n routers. The 802.11ac is the icing on top and will come in handy when I upgrade my laptop, etc. in future.

Correct

Some really nice routers do two SSIDs - one for 802.11a/b/g/n and one for 802.11ac - this means that the router doesnt have to hop from one to the other sorry - I should have made that clear....