Eircom eFibre VDSL/FTTC rollout – plans to reach 1.6m premises by mid 2016

jaykay2 · 03-07-2013 2:21pm

Just noticed an Eircom van at my local cab in Longford town. Appears to have been commissioned. It has the yellow sticker which I believe means it's ready to go.

Lets hope it's all go now for a July launch... ;-)

SpaceTime · 03-07-2013 2:50pm

Mine is still sitting there sticker-free. I'm not sure what the hold up is.

It appears to be powered up and the fibre was connected to it in April.

I was a bit stupid to fall for the 'coming soon' claptrap.

Cantona's Collars · 03-07-2013 3:04pm

Sticker on mine for a while now and still nothing.Spotted the contractors and ESB in the area yesterday so hopefully they might do something considering they were in a panic to get them up and running in May.

ferpur · 03-07-2013 3:05pm

SpaceTime wrote: »

Mine is still sitting there sticker-free. I'm not sure what the hold up is.

It appears to be powered up and the fibre was connected to it in April.

I was a bit stupid to fall for the 'coming soon' claptrap.

I am in an area that has been "live" since may 20th and have been told my cab will be switched on the 12th of July my address has been showing live on the checker for the last month the cab has no sticker and nobody will connect me before the 12th
I think that blows all the rumours

out of the water

jaykay2 · 03-07-2013 3:06pm

SpaceTime wrote: »

Mine is still sitting there sticker-free. I'm not sure what the hold up is.

It appears to be powered up and the fibre was connected to it in April.

I was a bit stupid to fall for the 'coming soon' claptrap.

Well the cab I mentioned above sat idle for months after the cable was layed and the fibre blown. I look every time I pass it and the esb only got hooked up in the last couple of days, followed by the rest of the work to finish it today so you might not be waiting much longer.

baktag · 03-07-2013 3:10pm

Our area(Lusk) is down as going live July to Sept and i noticed in the last couple of days that my nearest cabinet has got its yellow sticker fingers crossed:)

red_bairn · 03-07-2013 4:17pm

jaykay2 wrote: »

Well the cab I mentioned above sat idle for months after the cable was layed and the fibre blown. I look every time I pass it and the esb only got hooked up in the last couple of days, followed by the rest of the work to finish it today so you might not be waiting much longer.

Our cabinet has everything done to it but I didn't see the fibre blown (somebody told me it has been). I'm just waiting for my birthday sticker. :rolleyes:

martin_g · 03-07-2013 4:36pm

Does anyone know if distance to the cabinet matters? Some say it does others say no?

smellslikeshoes · 03-07-2013 4:45pm

martin_g wrote: »

Does anyone know if distance to the cabinet matters? Some say it does others say no?

Anything over 1km of line length from cab the speed drops off drastically. You want to be within a few hundred meters of it to get the most out of it.

martin_g · 03-07-2013 4:49pm

Ah right crap think I am 1km - 1.2km from cabinet roughly )-:Not Good !!

martin_g · 03-07-2013 4:56pm

Hmm according to Google maps walking distance is 700 meters, here is hoping.

SpaceTime · 03-07-2013 6:45pm

I would love to know what the hold up with our local cabinet is.

BTW, saw an eircom cabinet open this morning being worked on and it was just a complete jumble of grey and white twisted pairs.

I have no idea how they find the wires. It was a new looking box but the wires looked very old.

I've seen other cabinets that looked a lot better organised!

HellboundIRL · 03-07-2013 8:11pm

My area (Loughrea) is due to go live between July-Sept but I'm not seeing any new cabinets at all, they're all the old ones.

I'm guessing I could be waiting a lot longer then given that many people have seen them installed for months and still no action.

Thegarlad · 03-07-2013 9:03pm

Is this one of the new cabinets, saw this in Ashbourne today

jca · 03-07-2013 9:09pm

Thegarlad wrote: »

Is this one of the new cabinets, saw this in Ashbourne today

No, That's one of the standard copper wire cabinets. The vdsl (fibre) cabinet is smaller but usually beside this cabinet.

Israeli Superiority · 03-07-2013 9:13pm

Thegarlad wrote: »

Is this one of the new cabinets, saw this in Ashbourne today

What estate is that in? It's an old one anyway. If you look around Google Maps in Ashbourne, you'll see those cabinets everywhere in photos as old as april 2009. I think those cabinets have been around since 2002.

This is a fiber cabinet on the right:

Thegarlad · 03-07-2013 9:15pm

jca wrote: »

No, That's one of the standard copper wire cabinets. The vdsl (fibre) cabinet is smaller but usually beside this cabinet.

Thanks, will keep looking out so

RobertFoster · 03-07-2013 9:27pm

Israeli Superiority wrote: »

What estate is that in?

Looks like it's outside Corks on the Milltown Rd.

Israeli Superiority · 03-07-2013 9:35pm

RobertFoster wrote: »

Looks like it's outside Corks on the Milltown Rd.

Looks like it alright. Thanks.

Thegarlad · 03-07-2013 10:13pm

RobertFoster wrote: »

Looks like it's outside Corks on the Milltown Rd.

That's the one

Israeli Superiority · 03-07-2013 10:36pm

Thegarlad wrote: »

That's the one

Apparently there's a VDSL Cabinet on the Ratoath Road near the Nine Mile Stone. I'm going that way tomorrow to see if it's true.

Nolars · 03-07-2013 10:59pm

Israeli Superiority wrote: »

Apparently there's a VDSL Cabinet on the Ratoath Road near the Nine Mile Stone. I'm going that way tomorrow to see if it's true.

Would that be a class two relic?

jaykay2 · 07-07-2013 8:50am

Has anyone heard anything about a possible start date for the next stage of the rollout. Longford is showing up as available on the coverage map, the 3 cabs between my home and work have been commissioned and I remember seeing that we were supposed to be in the July to September group.

Getting anxious now knowing its so close...

dubmick · 07-07-2013 10:26am

Finally got an install date, Monday week. Modem is in the post. Nearly there.

lockup35 · 07-07-2013 10:29am

Found this NGA deployment plan up on the Eircom wholesale site. Not sure how accurate it is though..

http://www.eircomwholesale.ie/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=1673

red_bairn · 07-07-2013 10:36am

lockup35 wrote: »

Found this NGA deployment plan up on the Eircom wholesale site. Not sure how accurate it is though..

http://www.eircomwholesale.ie/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=1673

Yeah, I was sent the Greystones/Newtownmountkennedy/Kilcoole list.

Greystones still has no cabinets commissioned. Aug 2013 seems about right for a launch.

Nice find.

SpaceTime · 07-07-2013 12:12pm

The Cork Central one is weird. What does direct fed cabinets mean?

allen175 · 07-07-2013 3:17pm

lockup35 wrote: »

Found this NGA deployment plan up on the Eircom wholesale site. Not sure how accurate it is though..

http://www.eircomwholesale.ie/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=1673

Where the hell has this spreadsheet been hiding?!:eek: This is a great find!

Time to get mapping the remaining cabs and mark the ones that are commissioned.

Morrisseyy · 07-07-2013 3:54pm

My cab is due to go live this month according to that spreadsheet. Saw July 12th mentioned as a date for the next "batch" to go live, any source on that?

red_bairn · 07-07-2013 3:55pm

Morrisseyy wrote: »

My cab is due to go live this month according to that spreadsheet. Saw July 12th mentioned as a date for the next "batch" to go live, any source on that?

That date was mentioned for cabinets in Drogheda but I'm not sure if other counties were mentioned.

Eircom eFibre VDSL/FTTC rollout – plans to reach 1.6m premises by mid 2016

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