Eir rural FTTH thread

daraghwal wrote: »

I doubt they would bring fibre all the way to that first house and then leave the other four that are left there. It wouldn't make sense but then again, you never know!

Similarish situtation for me except that the blue line stops between two houses. Without knowing the logic behind how the lines were drawn, we just can't come to a conclusion. I would say they almost certainly used some sort of formula/system.

TireeTerror wrote: »

Is there any company out there that we could speak to that would provide more information regarding the blue line and if that is 100% accurate, or if there is scope to go further?

I would have no problem going around all of my neighbours and getting them to sign a declaration of interest in the service if they extended the blue line. Seeing as nobody around here has any internet other than mobile data, I would think the vast majority would be desperate to have it.

Ive phoned Eir several times, but they cannot provide any information until the service is up and running. By that time it will almost certainly be too late to get them to do anything cost effective to extend the blue line.

Have your local TD contact OpenEir on your behalf.

TireeTerror wrote: »

Are you serious? I have no way of doing it myself? I feel I would be way more motivated to fight my case than a TD.

Be realistic. Eir themselves probably only have firm plans for the first lot of the 100,000 houses.

As to whether contacting your TD will work, it depends where you are. That at least is one advantage of being in Kerry.:pac::pac::pac:

I actually think the companies are missing out on something here. You only have to read some of the excitement about Gonzo, to see what interest a company could ignite by daily postings of work schedules -which roads/ what is being done/ what the phases are/ when are they scheduled. This is the internet age after all.

TireeTerror wrote: »

Are you serious? I have no way of doing it myself? I feel I would be way more motivated to fight my case than a TD.

You can try but OpenEir don't talk to end users unless its a safety issue.

If I had to guess I'd say thats an 8(?) way passive optical splitter. But its possible its an old copper box too.

Can you see what the text is?

Open Eir were checking poles and hedges on the Kilcarty Rd yesterday.
I believe they were also spotted down in Kiltale village...

There has been loads of work in ballybunion in the last few weeks on the telecom poles. FTTC went live a few weeks back on an existing cabinet and work has started on two more cabinets. I would post images but I cant. The telecom poles have what looks like old copper cables coiled up hanging from the pole half way up.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0426/784390-broadband/

The Government's commitment to bring high speed broadband to every house in the country by the end of 2020 looks to be in doubt as a result of a delay in the procurement process.

The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has confirmed that it will not now be in a position to award the contract to the winning bidder or bidders until 2017.

That will be at least several months later than planned, although a spokesperson for the department said it does not believe that this will impact the anticipated construction time.

The setback comes just two months after the General Election campaign, during which Labour and Fine Gael reaffirmed their commitment to delivering on the promise of bringing high speed broadband to every home and business in the country by 2020.

The news will be met with disappointment among rural dwellers, many of whom are still without a basic reliable broadband service.

The latest National Broadband Plan involves awarding contracts to commercial operators to build a network, with a minimum download speed of 30Mbps, to 757,000 premises occupied by 1.8 million people or 38% of the population which private companies are unlikely to ever serve because it would be too costly to do so.

After formally launching the procurement process at the end of last year, the department, led by Minister for Communications Alex White, had pledged to conclude procurement by the middle of this year, with construction beginning soon afterwards.

Minister White had consistently stated that by 2018 85% of premises would have access with 100% brought online by the end of 2020.

The department said five responses to the pre-qualification phase of procurement were received by the 31 March deadline, and these are now being assessed to decide which should proceed to the next stage.

It will involve an "Invitation to Participate in Dialogue" - but this is not now scheduled to take place until the summer.

As a result the department said it does not now expect to be able to award a contract until next year.

"Based on our extensive procurement planning, the granting of an earlier industry request for an extension to the PQQ submission deadline and the number of responses received, it is now envisaged that the Department will not be in a position to award a contract until 2017," it said in a statement to RTÉ News.

"Building the network in the intervention area remains a priority and we are seeking the fastest possible deployment."

The department said it will engage with the winning bidder or bidders on the optimum rollout strategy, and on the sequencing of the network deployment "to maximise efficiencies during network build".

It said engagement with industry so far has indicated that rollout could be achieved within three to five years of the date of the contract award, meaning the process will be completed sometime between 2020 and 2022, up to two years later than hoped.

ED E wrote: »

Wrong thread buddy.

Is there a thread about NBP and also will this have any effect on openeir's blue lines FTTH project

It might be relevant to this thread as it gives Eir more breathing space to get the rural FTTH scheme up and running.

Hi could someone tell me how accurate the blue lines are?

No, only openeir knows and they are not saying.

Most believe they are indicative rather than exact.

Gonzo wrote: »

The delay of the NBP is not exactly surprising considering after 4 years there is still nothing to show but talk and a few reports. Whats really worrying me now is that this delay could also delay the rural blue line scheme. Lets hope Eir can complete as much of the first 100,000 homes as possible over the next 10 months. We really need to see widespread work starting within the next few weeks.

I think it might push eir into a better position ..... they now have time to show they are serious without signing any binding documents.

They also have plenty time to do the blue-line roll out, which they did not previously, if things had gone on the schedule announced.

Smiles all around in the eir camp methinks.