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Greystones - eFibre (Eircom Fibre Roll-out)

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  • #482
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    I saw that Thornbury recently had a VDSL cabinet installed and Convent Court (which somebody already mentioned):
    red_bairn wrote: »
    We are currently on the look out for the following cabinets to have an accompanying VDSL cabinet within its vicinity:

    • GRS1_002 Killincarrick Roundabout, Greystones.
    • GRS1_010 Edengate Roundabout, Greystones.
    • GRS1_016 Barry’s Bridge/Drummin Road, Delgany.

    • GRS1_030 Delgany National School, Delgany. (Sticker)
    • GRS1_031 Killincarrig/Delgany Glen, Delgany.(SPOTTED:24/11/2013)
    • GRS1_032 Convent Court/Main Road (near. Roundabout), Delgany.
    • GRS1_034 Delgany Wood, Delgany (Opp Thornbury).
    • GRS1_035 Windgates Hill, Windgates Upper, Greystones.
    • GRS1_039 Meridian Complex.
    • GRS1_040 Meridian Complex2
    • GRS1_052 Charlesland Grove, Greystones.
    • GRS1_064 Edengate, Delgany/Greystones.
    • GRS1_065 Edengate, Delgany/Greystones.
    • GRS1_066 Charlesland Park, Greystones. (Current works)


    Any other housing states or areas getting Sales People?


  • #483
    OCD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭OCD


    no salesperson but got letter from eircom saying that efibre upgrade was available and also checked website and put through an order for efibre the day before we received the letter.

    I'd say try their website again and see if you can get an order through.

    Delgany Wood is now covered at both entrances with VDSL cabinets. I'm not sure if there are any cabinets in the estate itself - haven't checked.


  • #484
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    OCD wrote: »
    no salesperson but got letter from eircom saying that efibre upgrade was available and also checked website and put through an order for efibre the day before we received the letter.

    I'd say try their website again and see if you can get an order through.

    Delgany Wood is now covered at both entrances with VDSL cabinets. I'm not sure if there are any cabinets in the estate itself - haven't checked.

    There aren't . I've checked. It's good to see Thornbury has been provided with one now. Only a few more left but Eircom could easily put down more. Plenty of areas that would need one.


  • #485
    FishyTales
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭FishyTales


    After a year of lies and broken promises, it turns out that Wellfield in Kilcoole is not 'commercially viable' to connect to the efibre service. An estate containing only 32 houses is not worth the effort for another year or two!

    Today I have given my 30 day cancellation notice to eircom. I will never return to them as a customer.

    Can anyone recommend a decent alternative, not using a landline/eircom cabling? I've been stuck with max 1.5mb down and 150k up, with contention to the point of disconnection. I'm leaning towards Wicklow broadband.


  • #486
    Shazerina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭Shazerina


    Vodafone guy called to rathdown park today. Offering 70mb in the next 3-6 weeks and 100mb from September. €35 p/m with no phone.
    Is eircom close behind?


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  • #487
    heroics
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭heroics


    Both vodafone and eircom confirmed that Holywell on the sea road in kilcoole will be able to get efibre from 16th July


  • #488
    barnesa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭barnesa


    G'day all,

    Thought I'd offer a bit of a follow-up - seems that my line is capable of 126Mb download and 24Mb upload - can't wait until the enable the packages for 100Mb as advertised!

    Andy

    ============================================================================
    VDSL Training Status: Showtime
    Mode: VDSL2 Annex B
    VDSL Profile: Profile 17a
    Traffic Type: PTM Mode
    Link Uptime: 0 day: 0 hour: 2 minutes
    ============================================================================
    VDSL Port Details Upstream Downstream
    Line Rate: 20.477 Mbps 71.678 Mbps
    Actual Net Data Rate: 20.478 Mbps 71.679 Mbps
    Trellis Coding: ON ON
    SNR Margin: 10.8 dB 25.6 dB
    Actual Delay: 0 ms 0 ms
    Transmit Power: -13.4 dBm 14.0 dBm
    Receive Power: -24.9 dBm 1.0 dBm
    Actual INP: 29.0 symbols 30.0 symbols
    Total Attenuation: 11.5 dB 12.9 dB
    Attainable Net Data Rate: 24.433 Mbps 126.328 Mbps
    ============================================================================
    VDSL Band Status U0 U1 U2 U3 D1 D2 D3
    Line Attenuation(dB): 3.0 14.3 20.5 N/A 8.7 19.0 28.5
    Signal Attenuation(dB): 3.0 13.6 19.3 N/A 10.7 18.8 28.5
    SNR Margin(dB): 10.6 10.7 10.8 N/A 25.7 25.7 25.6
    Transmit Power(dBm):-24.3 -15.6 -18.4 N/A 11.4 8.1 7.0
    ============================================================================


  • #489
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    barnesa wrote: »
    G'day all,

    Thought I'd offer a bit of a follow-up - seems that my line is capable of 126Mb download and 24Mb upload - can't wait until the enable the packages for 100Mb as advertised!

    Andy

    You might have to call them to bump you up to the higher profile.


  • #490
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    jd wrote: »
    Not sure if this has been posted, but eircom wholesale have a (new?) site specific to the NGA roll-out
    http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/

    They made a new page for it. It looks like the Thornbury/Delgany Wood cabinet and Convent Court are going live on the 23rd of this month.

    cavemeister wrote: »
    Looks like Greystones is getting 200 - 1000 MB Broadband as part of the Vodafone / ESB Fibre rollout announced today.

    http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/item/37476-esb-and-vodafone-reveal/

    Greystones is on the list of 50 named towns for early 2015.

    If you haven't read it, check out this forum.


  • #491
    ActingDanClark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,061 ✭✭✭ActingDanClark


    FishyTales wrote: »
    After a year of lies and broken promises, it turns out that Wellfield in Kilcoole is not 'commercially viable' to connect to the efibre service. An estate containing only 32 houses is not worth the effort for another year or two!

    Today I have given my 30 day cancellation notice to eircom. I will never return to them as a customer.

    Can anyone recommend a decent alternative, not using a landline/eircom cabling? I've been stuck with max 1.5mb down and 150k up, with contention to the point of disconnection. I'm leaning towards Wicklow broadband.
    Yeah I was with then for a couple of very satisfactory years before moving to efibre. Have no hesitation in recommending Wicklow broadband


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  • #492
    Shazerina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭Shazerina


    So I was sold a pig in a poke. Basically the vodafone salesguy was mistaken/lied and there is still no efibre available in my part of rathdown park. However, this has only emerged today AFTER vodafone cancelled my eircom account and have left me service less. It has been an absolute farce dealing with them. Meanwhile eircom have been great to deal with.
    (Any advice welcomed on what I should do next. I'm thinking of a formal complaint against vodafone...)


  • #493
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    Shazerina wrote: »
    So I was sold a pig in a poke. Basically the vodafone salesguy was mistaken/lied and there is still no efibre available in my part of rathdown park. However, this has only emerged today AFTER vodafone cancelled my eircom account and have left me service less. It has been an absolute farce dealing with them. Meanwhile eircom have been great to deal with.
    (Any advice welcomed on what I should do next. I'm thinking of a formal complaint against vodafone...)

    If you have any emails/written proof that can aid you, send it with an email CC: Comreg with a complaints email to Vodafone. Comreg should be able to sort this **** out. They tried to sell to the auld man last week as well.

    The majority of Rathdown Park seems to be stuck on lines direct to the old Exchange behind the old post office. Vodafone will be having a direct fibre feed to homes with ESB but that might be some time before they begin rolling it out.


  • #494
    heroics
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭heroics


    Got efibre installed last week with vodafone in holywell on the sea road in kilcoole. Average speed on the laptop is ~90mb down and 19mb up. Makes a huge difference from the 2 down I was getting :)


  • #495
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    heroics wrote:
    Got efibre installed last week with vodafone in holywell on the sea road in kilcoole. Average speed on the laptop is ~90mb down and 19mb up. Makes a huge difference from the 2 down I was getting 

    Is Holywell the newer estate? Any apartments for let in the area? :s


  • #496
    heroics
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭heroics


    red_bairn wrote: »
    Is Holywell the newer estate? Any apartments for let in the area? :s

    Yes its the newer estate on the right as you drive down the sea road. There is an apartment for sale on the way into the estate but don't think any for renting.


  • #497
    karma_coma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83 ✭✭karma_coma


    Perhaps with a lot of Greystones still served by copper to cabinet, a local, crowd funded effort like this could be achieved to upgrade parts of the town that are not yet served by fibre?

    truth-out.org/opinion/item/25563-should-the-internet-be-like-the-public-library


  • #498
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    karma_coma wrote: »
    Perhaps with a lot of Greystones still served by copper to cabinet, a local, crowd funded effort like this could be achieved to upgrade parts of the town that are not yet served by fibre?

    truth-out.org/opinion/item/25563-should-the-internet-be-like-the-public-library

    We would have problems with the local government in digging up the roads and there is a lot of work involved with the installations for the homes.


  • #499
    legrand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭legrand


    that's not to say it could not be done (it would be first in Ireland) - but I agree the level of commitment by any organising committee never mind the buy-in/participation from the community would be something else.


  • #500
    daffy_duc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 194 ✭✭daffy_duc


    If anyone is interested in a community run broadband network, let me know.
    I have plans and ideas, and I have experience in doing this sort of thing.

    The gist of it is, you don't need council permission to run a cable through your own property. So if everyone will allow you to run a cable through the very front of their gardens (right up against the sidewalk), you can do this quickly, cheaply and legally, with no council involvement required.


  • #501
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    I'm available to help but during the weekends. I could do with the exercise. :)


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  • #502
    clocha_liatha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭clocha_liatha


    hi
    re eircom e-fibre , from the web site it says that the cabinet at the top of redford is live, has anyone within redford park got eircom e-fibre or does anyone have any up to date information on when roll out will be to redford park?


  • #503
    daffy_duc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 194 ✭✭daffy_duc


    clocha_liatha wrote: »
    hi
    re eircom e-fibre , from the web site it says that the cabinet at the top of redford is live, has anyone within redford park got eircom e-fibre or does anyone have any up to date information on when roll out will be to redford park?

    Yep, I'm on it. You should just be able to phone up and order.


  • #504
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    daffy_duc wrote:
    Yep, I'm on it. You should just be able to phone up and order.


    unless on a direct feed to the Exchange.


  • #505
    clocha_liatha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭clocha_liatha


    red_bairn wrote: »
    unless on a direct feed to the Exchange.

    hi red_bairn , contacted eircom and they said my home not available "yet" to get fibre bb, re direct feed to exchange, what is difference between different houses in redford for instance , some who have eircom fibre bb and mine which doesent. both houses are connected to eircom via copper pair i would think.


  • #506
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    clocha_liatha wrote: »
    hi red_bairn , contacted eircom and they said my home not available "yet" to get fibre bb, re direct feed to exchange, what is difference between different houses in redford for instance , some who have eircom fibre bb and mine which doesent. both houses are connected to eircom via copper pair i would think.

    All houses are unless you are in Charlesland and have coaxial travelling into your home. UPC use fibre all the way to their cabinets and coaxial from the cabinets to the homes in Charlesland.

    In Redfod, its an old build like Rathdown Park. The majority of old Telecom Eireann lines went straight to the Exchange down by the Postal Sorting Office. However, some lucky people have them pass straight through the distribution cabinets. I originally thought these were for Broadband (ADSL) but they are not so. According to a nearby resident, they only need to cut the lines and jump them over to the distribution cabinet...


  • #507
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,127 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    I've been told exchange-launched DSL is coming in January (the cabinet at Greystones exchange is marked as "planned" on the map).
    According to a nearby resident, they only need to cut the lines and jump them over to the distribution cabinet...

    I assume they don't want to set a precedent as there are hundreds of thousands of direct fed lines and nowhere near enough cabinet capacity to divert them all. Even eircom employees apparently can't get their direct-fed lines moved.

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  • #508
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    loyatemu wrote: »
    I've been told exchange-launched DSL is coming in January (the cabinet at Greystones exchange is marked as "planned" on the map).



    I assume they don't want to set a precedent as there are hundreds of thousands of direct fed lines and nowhere near enough cabinet capacity to divert them all. Even eircom employees apparently can't get their direct-fed lines moved.

    As soon as there is sign of ESB FTTH trialing, I'll see if the paps wants to jump on to that as well.


  • #509
    Tom123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭Tom123


    Anyone know anything about GRS1_E01 on kimberley road?


  • #510
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,127 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Tom123 wrote: »
    Anyone know anything about GRS1_E01 on kimberley road?

    that's the cabinet planned for inside the exchange (hence the "E" in E01)

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  • #511
    Tom123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭Tom123


    loyatemu wrote: »
    that's the cabinet planned for inside the exchange (hence the "E" in E01)

    Thanks I wonder I when it will be rolled out to Kimberley a road. So close but yet so far!


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