Eircom fibre for direct to exchange news?

dbit · 08-04-2015 07:56AM

Im in Cork, pics are of the clonmel area , likewise I havent seen as clean and tidy down here either. The whole lot all four lines dive into underground duct about 2-3 miles before hitting Cahir .

ItHurtsWhenIP · 08-04-2015 07:53PM

I've an ESB pole in my back garden and it's stay wires have the same yellow sleeves, so it's not exclusively an Eircom thing.

yuloni · 08-04-2015 08:05PM

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murphaph · 08-04-2015 09:15PM

Just health and safety to help people see the guy wires and not walk into them. No harm really.

ItHurtsWhenIP · 09-04-2015 07:30PM

I sent on the photos that dbit took near Clonmel to my local Eircom linesman (there are not many left). He has confirmed that this method is commonly used to provide Core fibre between exchanges where no underground route is available. The top cable is normally the fibre.

There is such a run between my village and the next one, so I'll go take a look with my camera the next time I'm out and put the piccys up here.

yuloni · 09-04-2015 11:53PM

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mailsanchu · 11-04-2015 11:22AM

Got the following info from comreg

In this case(EVDSL), industry could not agree on the introduction of the proposed new service as there were concerns from a number of telecoms service providers regarding potential impacts on existing broadband customers. As agreement could not be reached ComReg intervened in order to avoid further delay and expedite the delivery of high speed services to end-users who are directly connected to an exchange and to ensure that there was minimum degradation to the service of existing customers.

ComReg engaged independent technical consultants in order to progress the matter and with ComReg’s input significant progress has been made and it is hoped that operators will agree to the introduction of new services in the coming weeks, with services being offered to end-users at some point after that.

Danny Boy · 11-04-2015 12:46PM

How long has that being going on for? what about all of the homes and businesses waiting on it -what about the impact on them?

mailsanchu · 11-04-2015 02:10PM

I understand you anger. I am angry too .. Just want to let you guys know this info i got from comreg

yuloni · 12-04-2015 01:31AM

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mailsanchu · 12-04-2015 10:52AM

I asked comreg by email about evdsl and they sent me this info.

sparky63 · 12-04-2015 09:16PM

Be interested to know when you got the email also. There was objections from other providers some time back. As far as i know it had to do with vectoring in the exchange affecting the other providers. Unbelievable that instead of the other providers encouraging higher speeds and new technology being available, they object.

ClonNGB · 12-04-2015 10:28PM

Anybody here getting evdsl from one of those 50 exchages?

mailsanchu · 12-04-2015 10:44PM

i emailed them on 24th march and they replied on april 9th(3 days ago)

dbit · 13-04-2015 08:28AM

Well i am moving home in 2 months due to this cock up. Really dont want to move away from leafy Macroom , but I am forced back into the city , The not too far but remote country side is not ready for me to live in yet.

yuloni · 13-04-2015 06:33PM

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kaizersoze · 13-04-2015 10:22PM

{"aaa":"1217021","ccb":"E01","eee":"BSE","xbc":true,"xec":true,"xfc":false,"xrc":false,"inga":true,"ingb":true,"maxHSI":"70M_20M_R","maxNGB":"1M_128K_RAHH","maxNRA":"43M_16M_FR","maxHSIServiceCode":"FCBPS","maxNGBServiceCode":"NGNBMB8M","maxNRAServiceCode":"FCBPS","phone":"090-96xxxxx","validationType":"phone","completed":true,"partialAddresses":[],"isRedCustomer":false,"ina":false}

This is the prequal result for a pub beside the exchange in Ballinasloe. It's showing as connected to the E01 exchange based 'cab' with a max 70_20 profile. It's passing the test on the eircom BB website and can be ordered now.

Showing a max available speed on vodafone checker at 66.76MB

Strangely it's showing a very low profile rating for standard DSL.

yuloni · 14-04-2015 01:40AM

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ED E · 14-04-2015 02:52AM

70_20 is the logical cap, its the limit pre vectoring. Dunno where mass is getting the 50Mb figure in the other thread.

mass_debater · 14-04-2015 08:47AM

It's the highest rate adaptive profile available, trust me, I'm seeing this first hand

domeld · 14-04-2015 08:57PM

from eircom ug:

FCBPP - 43M_16M_FR
FCBPP - 70M_20M_R
FCBPS - 43M_16M_FR
FCBPS - 70M_20M_R
IPCONECT - 1M_128K_RH
NGNBMB8M - 1M_128K_RAHH

guil · 15-04-2015 09:40AM

That new cabinet is for VDSL and has nothing to do with this thread.

yuloni · 15-04-2015 03:12PM

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Nolars · 15-04-2015 03:16PM

deffo an error

yuloni · 15-04-2015 03:19PM

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Johnboy1951 · 15-04-2015 03:20PM

That map is clearly wrong ..... unfortunately

dbit · 15-04-2015 03:22PM

I have never taken that map being anywhere close to realistic for example the whole of macroom is green but less than half can avail due to DF .

yuloni · 15-04-2015 03:23PM

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MBSnr · 15-04-2015 04:17PM

Seems like an error as an area near me has disappeared but appears on the whenandwhere map. Bet they come back in another colour at some point....

versager · 15-04-2015 05:49PM

Just to throw in my 2 cents. After I've entered my apartment number into their address checker today, it says now I'm in fibre enabled area. I know for fact I'm connected to main exchange in Carrick on Shannon town (previous eircom technician confirmed this for me). So after I rang the eircom sales department, I got the confirmation it's really available for me now. I was told the starting date rollout is 6th of May, my appointment with a technician is planned for the 11th of May. Signed a new 18 month contract straight away, it starts to be valid from the day of upgrade connection.

Tbh, I barely expected to see eircom to upgrade me to their efibre plan before the end of this year, but it looks like I was wrong. Still, I'll believe it when I see it!

Atm I'm on the 20mb/s download and 1mb/s upload, especially the upload speeds are tragic right now. I was promised speeds of up to 70mb/s down and up to 20mb/s up, so I'll have to wait for the real speed tests yet.

Eircom fibre for direct to exchange news?

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