pegasus1 wrote: » What about the rest of the blue lines (200,000)Gonzo? just because you'll be laughing at the rest of us minions in a few months...:eek:
... The change to the Department’s timelines, does not affect open eir’s Rural Fibre Rollout Plan announced in June 2015 which added 300,000 premises across rural Ireland to our already extensive network. We remain focussed in our efforts to bring high speed broadband to communities across Ireland as quickly as possible....
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.
legocrazy505 wrote: » Eir will probably only do the announced areas and then take it easy and sit on the ancient cooper network for years to come.
ED E wrote: » You make it sound like its a small task, the 100k premises is a massive job. There'll be no thumb twiddling involved.
Machinehead wrote: » Had a guy from call to our place today from eir. He was checking poles in the area. He said the pole nearest us needed to be replaced due to a large crack running the entire length of the pole. He went on to say that his job was to highlight issues with poles for the ftth rollout. When asked re timescale, he said perhaps six months - definitely before the end of the year. We're 5km southwest of Tralee, 2.2km from the nearest cabinet & just on the tail end of eir's thin blue line in our area.
Gonzo wrote: » certainly that interview video is very positive. Im not surprised Eir is committed to rolling out to the 300,000 homes, its a license to print money when its finished. Most families on our road will sign up to Eir's FTTH immediately once launched and no more wireless dongles and ADSL connections to different providers.
guil wrote: » There's no guarantee anyone will sign up with eir, they could go with any other provider.
Varik wrote: » Who've to pay eir for the privilege.
guil wrote: » They pay openeir
Gonzo wrote: » I dont think Vodaphone will be reselling Eirs FTTH, read that here somewhere a while back.
plodder wrote: » Is that because they don't want the hassle of actually connecting customers to the network? I remember enquiring from Vodafone before about a POTS line and they weren't interested unless the line was already installed (which it wasn't).
ED E wrote: » Nah, they'll do that now, even sky do (with TV). The reason they wont offer Eir FTTH is they're in it 50:50 with the ESB. Their investment requires SIRO has good uptake and also their profit per sub is likely much higher with SIRO vs Eir as they're paying wholesale costs to themselves. With the current rollouts SIRO isnt rural so it'll overlap with the other operators.
yfaykya wrote: » The road in the centre of the pic on the north side has ducting down the road. Does a lack of a blue line mean anything here? The road has already got FTTC.
snowstreams wrote: » How do you know which exchanges are going to be included in the first 100,000 and which in the next 200,000? I cant see that distinction on the open eir website.
First locations to be reached as part of rural 300,000 roll out. Work to be completed by March 2017. Scroll down ........ those listed are said to be completed by March 2017, so those are the 100k out of the 300k premises.
tazzzZ wrote: » Is there anyway to know what estates they are going to install it in first? Rathcoole is scheduled to get 370 and I'm just curious if my estate is likely to be upgraded.
MiskyBoyy wrote: » Maybe check your local exchange on here. A few of my local ones when hover over them, tell me they're supposed to get 1000mb/s by Autumn/Winter 2016 whilst some others say 2017-2020.http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/
