NTL broadband unavailable in Ranelagh

Henry O'Henry

Ding Dong just a quick question thats way off topic, but can you tell me if at any stage, UPC intend to pipe HD tv channels through all this lovely new cable network.
I'd get great satisfaction from telling both Sky & BT where to stick their services in the one day.

obsydion

DingDong wrote: »

D6 should be completely rebuilt by the end of October. A number of areas in D6 will be completed before this date (starting from June), so you can take October as worse case

However skeptical I am, I will take that as a a beacon of hope. In Ranelagh I am stuck between a rock and a hard place: Sub-par Digiweb metro or insanely expensive line rental+broadband packages from Eircom/BT etc. Is there some sort of mailing list we can subscribe so we can be informed as soon as UPC broadband is available?

_Sidhe_

Henry O'Henry wrote: »

Ding Dong just a quick question thats way off topic, but can you tell me if at any stage, UPC intend to pipe HD tv channels through all this lovely new cable network.
I'd get great satisfaction from telling both Sky & BT where to stick their services in the one day.

Quarter 2 2009 according to their CEO in an interview in the Irish Times I think, a few months back.
(Not sure if that was buisiness quarter however, which would actually make it autumn)

I'm guessing that they want to get the whole dodgy box thing sorted first.
UPC accross Europe have had HDTV for a few years.

DingDong

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Thanks for that! Will there be any meaningful upgrades done to the national UPC network after this?? I can't think of any other areas that don't have their cable network renovated. (Save for the odd housing estate)

Not too sure what your asking TBC. But all the network is being upgraded

Henry O'Henry wrote: »

Ding Dong just a quick question thats way off topic, but can you tell me if at any stage, UPC intend to pipe HD tv channels through all this lovely new cable network.
I'd get great satisfaction from telling both Sky & BT where to stick their services in the one day.

June was the last date I heard.

obsydion wrote: »

However skeptical I am, I will take that as a a beacon of hope. In Ranelagh I am stuck between a rock and a hard place: Sub-par Digiweb metro or insanely expensive line rental+broadband packages from Eircom/BT etc. Is there some sort of mailing list we can subscribe so we can be informed as soon as UPC broadband is available?

No mailing list but as soon as its available, you will probably here from sales or some sort of literature will arrive in your door.

lucernarian

Sorry if I was vague. Do UPC plan to do any other major upgrades/replacements of its cable infrastructure once they have Dublin 6 done, or is UPC's cable renovations finished by October?

DingDong

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Sorry if I was vague. Do UPC plan to do any other major upgrades/replacements of its cable infrastructure once they have Dublin 6 done, or is UPC's cable renovations finished by October?

D6 is only a small part of the upgrade other areas are being upgraded at the same time. The rebuild project will continue after October.

obsydion

Walked out of my house this morning (Northbrook Avenue) and almost tripped over a sign telling me Chorus/NTL was upgrading the cables in the area!!! Sure enough I saw a couple of guys unfurling cables and waist deep in soil gaining access to the existing infrastructure. The pessimist in me says that even with such an obvious sign, it still may mean that I have to wait a month or so for the lines to be activated? Can someone with more of a clue please let me know if this is the case or can I pretty much ring NTL on Monday to order my broadband?

PCPhoto

just moved into Northbrook Ave......

looking at options for Broadband.... trying to decide, should I wait for NTL ? how long will they be and will it be decent/problem free.

at the moment hearing rumours that Magnet offer fiberoptic broadband in my area (Unconfirmed) .... anyone have any dealings with Magnet ? are they good/reliable ..... are they fast with solving downtime.

jimi_t

NTL can't even manage to cobble together a reasonably solid TV service - Have had NTL/UPC digital for the last 5-6 years in Ranelagh Village and it freezes up badly at least once a week. Eircom broadband has gone to complete **** at the moment as well, on the 3mb package and it it's incredibly inconsistent, it'll be fine some of the time but then you get this kind of **** in the evenings



and thats the best of 7 consecutive tests. What a load of cobblers

Magnet: Rory

PCPhoto wrote: »

just moved into Northbrook Ave......

looking at options for Broadband.... trying to decide, should I wait for NTL ? how long will they be and will it be decent/problem free.

at the moment hearing rumours that Magnet offer fiberoptic broadband in my area (Unconfirmed) .... anyone have any dealings with Magnet ? are they good/reliable ..... are they fast with solving downtime.

I can confirm that we are now offering the up to 24mb service in Dublin 6. This is as a result of unbundling the Rathmines exchange for ADSL2+.

obsydion

I find it highly ironic that I am faced with NTL broadband advertisements while waiting for the Luas at the Ranelagh station.

eirehead

Hi all!

Exactly the same issue here. I moved into Leeson Park about two weeks ago and not too impressed with the options. I asked for the phone line to be disconnected because I assumed I could get my BB on ntl. Silly me.

Any update on the upgrading of the ntl infrastructure locally? The concept of having to rent a phone line from eircom purely to avail of someone else's broadband service is a horrible one, and I have too much experience of eircom's own BB to even consider it.

What a palaver. Any help would be much appreciated!

obsydion

obsydion wrote: »

Walked out of my house this morning (Northbrook Avenue) and almost tripped over a sign telling me Chorus/NTL was upgrading the cables in the area!!! Sure enough I saw a couple of guys unfurling cables and waist deep in soil gaining access to the existing infrastructure. The pessimist in me says that even with such an obvious sign, it still may mean that I have to wait a month or so for the lines to be activated? Can someone with more of a clue please let me know if this is the case or can I pretty much ring NTL on Monday to order my broadband?

The cabling in my area (south end of Drumcondra near Dorset Street) was upgraded at the start of November. I phoned to check availability and was told I could get broadband. I placed the order and they came out but only the downstream signal had been activated, the return path wasn't active yet - the installer suggested I wait a few weeks. However because I had one of the new UPC mediaboxes I could plug an ethernet cable into it and see when the return path channel became live. As soon as it did, around the 20th, I phoned and placed the order again. The installer came out on the 24th and it worked the second time. He didn't even know there was a modem in the "digi" (as he called it) so was quite shocked that I knew it was live.

D'Peoples Voice

paddyk wrote: »

Folks just to add a question to this thread. Is there any way of finding out when/if NTL are going to upgrade an area.

I am in the same boat as the others here, I can get their Digital TV package but no broadband.

Is anyone in the "know" about roll out of NTL BB?

I am in the Jobstown area of Tallaght. Estates around me have BB from them. In fact when the installer came to put in the digital box he said he was surprised we did not have broadband.

I'm in Ranelagh, and all I can get is NTL analogue:mad:

But it looks like NTL digital may be available within the next year or two!

D'Peoples Voice

UPC are refusing to give me an indication as to when they will be able to offer broadband to residents on Sandford Road in Ranelagh.
I guess I can understand that, if they give a date and fail to deliver, it does their reputation no good, but its annoying.
I was hoping that I'd at least be able to get NTL digital TV on Sandford road at this stage, but as of last Thursday even this was still not available in THIS part of Ranelagh!
Looks like it will have to be Digiweb or Ice broadband.

Jev/N

D'Peoples Voice wrote: »

UPC are refusing to give me an indication as to when they will be able to offer broadband to residents on Sandford Road in Ranelagh.
I guess I can understand that, if they give a date and fail to deliver, it does their reputation no good, but its annoying.
I was hoping that I'd at least be able to get NTL digital TV on Sandford road at this stage, but as of last Thursday even this was still not available in THIS part of Ranelagh!
Looks like it will have to be Digiweb or Ice broadband.

Did you get a notice in the door from UPC to explain why they were digging up the roads and that they were upgrading the lines at the moment? We're on Ranelagh Rd and got this about a month ago stating it was due to be completed within 12 weeks, whether this is the same for Sanford it's hard to know!

obsydion

Jev/N wrote: »

Did you get a notice in the door from UPC to explain why they were digging up the roads and that they were upgrading the lines at the moment? We're on Ranelagh Rd and got this about a month ago stating it was due to be completed within 12 weeks, whether this is the same for Sanford it's hard to know!

I received the same letter! I've also seen them digging around Northbrook Avenue near me so that's good sign. They were meant to tell us when work was to start but not when it would be completed (12 weeks seems to be very vague). Until I saw them actually physically working on the lines, I thought it was a ploy to stop losing customers over to other ISPs. I'm still not holding my breath though. Best case scenario is early next year.

D'Peoples Voice

Jev/N wrote: »

Did you get a notice in the door from UPC to explain why they were digging up the roads and that they were upgrading the lines at the moment? We're on Ranelagh Rd and got this about a month ago stating it was due to be completed within 12 weeks, whether this is the same for Sanford it's hard to know!

No, have they started to dig up Ranelagh road yet?
I know obsydion saw them in Northbrook, and I saw someone digging up roads in Beechwood, but maybe that was for the ESB cables as the ESB( or someone on their behalf) are also digging up the road between Rathgar road and Harolds Cross.

Treehouse72

The works are in process near me on Northbrook Avenue and a few weeks ago I asked some of the lads laying the cable how long it would take (I have digital TV, but no broadband). They said it could be as long as several months. This surprised me as I'd imagined that once the road was dug up and the cables laid, then it would be good to go soon after. But the workmen definitely gave the impression it wasn't that quick. I think early in the new year is most probable.

While waiting for that service to be ready, I found Eircom just too expensive and I didn't want to get tied into a 6 month contract in case NTL got it done in 3 months. So I got a mobile broadband unit from 3Mobile. No contract (I think 3 are the only provider who don't require a contract). The unit itself costs €80 and is costing me about €30 per month to "top up". This is basically enough for always-on broadband. The speed isn't great (it's broadband speed for sure, just slowish broadband lol), and you couldn't watch long videos or whatnot, but for surfing and Youube clips and whatnot it's absolutely grand. You could have it on for 12 hours a day and not use up your €30. Versus Eircom's 6 month contract at €65 pm, the mobile works out cheaper plus you get to keep the unit at the end of that period, which could be handy. I've found this a very good solution while I'm waiting a few months for NTL.

Fwiw, I'm not connected to 3 at all, despite sounding like a schill for them.

thebourke

Guys ive used digiweb in ranelagh for the past 3 years and no problems atall bar replacing the power adaptor once...works out at 35 per month..im based on sandford road...

D'Peoples Voice

According to this, and you can be sure this is up to date because its updated by our civil service on a regular basis, thank god for benchmarking
http://mapviewer.broadband.gov.ie/ServiceByLocationSearchWF.aspx
there is no mention of UPC/NTL/Chorus so we could be waiting a while.......

DSL (subject to survey)
BT	        http://www.btireland.ie 
Digiweb DSL	http://dsl.digiweb.ie 	
Eircom DSL	http://www.eircom.ie 	
Imag!ne 	http://www.imagine.ie 
Irish Broadband	http://www.irishbroadband.com 
Magnet Networks	http://www.magnet.ie 
Perlico	        http://www.perlico.com 
Smart 	        http://www.smarttelecom.ie 

Mobile (subject to survey)
3 Ireland	http://www.three.ie/broadband/index.htm 
O2 Ireland	http://www.o2.ie/broadband 

Wireless (subject to survey)
Digiweb Wireless http://wireless.digiweb.ie 
Irish Broadband  http://www.irishbroadband.ie 	

Satellite (subject to survey)
Applied Solutions	http://www.ADSLnow.ie 
Avonline	        http://www.avonlinebroadband.co.uk 
Broadband Wherever	http://www.broadbandwherever.net 	
Cross Country Broadband http://www.crosscountrybroadband.com 	
Digiweb Satellite	http://broadband.digiweb.ie 
e3 Broadband	        http://www.e3broadband.ie
ehotspot	         http://www.ehotspot.ie 	
Fastnet Broadband Satellite	http://www.fastnetbroadband.com 
Media Satellite Ireland 	http://www.mediasat.ie
National Broadband      http://www.nbb.ie 	
Pure Telecom Satellite	http://www.puretelecom.ie
Satellite Broadband Ireland	http://www.satellitebroadbandireland.ie

D'Peoples Voice

DingDong wrote: »

D6 should be completely rebuilt by the end of October. A number of areas in D6 will be completed before this date (starting from June), so you can take October as worse case

Dingdong, I see that NTL have installed what "looks like" a few new exchanges around the Beechwood area of Ranelagh close to the Luas stop.
and this crowd were doing some work on an exchange at the top of Waterloo Road!
Have you any idea when they may be progressing towards the exchange on Sandford Road?

DingDong

It depends where you are on Sandford road on how soon it will be released. Some of the areas are proving difficult to recable for various reason. They have a large section of D6 done at this stage. Have you noticed any recabling at your houses lately?

D'Peoples Voice wrote: »

Dingdong, I see that NTL have installed what "looks like" a few new exchanges around the Beechwood area of Ranelagh close to the Luas stop.
and this crowd were doing some work on an exchange at the top of Waterloo Road!
Have you any idea when they may be progressing towards the exchange on Sandford Road?

D'Peoples Voice

DingDong wrote: »

It depends where you are on Sandford road on how soon it will be released. Some of the areas are proving difficult to recable for various reason. They have a large section of D6 done at this stage. Have you noticed any recabling at your houses lately?

No:(
Ah well, thanks for your feedback though!

Treehouse72

So, are they rolling out bits of D6 at a time, or are they waiting to do it all in one go?

Treehouse72

Spoke to an NTL CS agent yesterday. Usually they don't speculate without knowing specific info, but she seemed new or perhaps just very helpful. Anyway, she said that usually there is a note on her screen beside an area that is close to being ready. She said there was nothing written about Ranelagh. She said this lead her to believe it would be the Spring at the earliest. She said it was in theory possible it would happen earlier than that, but she thought that very unlikely.

Ugh. Several more months of a dodgy 3 mobile internet connection...:(

DingDong

I'd say sooner than that Treehouse. The first section around Northbrook Avenue should be release over the next fews days usually around the end of the month.

Treehouse72

DingDong wrote: »

I'd say sooner than that Treehouse. The first section around Northbrook Avenue should be release over the next fews days usually around the end of the month.

Have you heard something about this DingDong?

DingDong

Not exactly but I do know the schedule for your area and its not that far behind. The bulk of homes in an active rebuild areas are usually released around the end of the month

Treehouse72

DingDong wrote: »

Not exactly but I do know the schedule for your area and its not that far behind. The bulk of homes in an active rebuild areas are usually released around the end of the month

Sadly, this didn't happen....:(