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

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    #7412
    FourFourRED
    Registered Users Posts: 8,688 ✭✭✭FourFourRED


    Fibre installed this morning.

    3460914632.png

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    #7413
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Very very nice. Another impressive VDSL story!


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    #7414
    ct5amr2ig1nfhp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭ct5amr2ig1nfhp


    1.4m in three years was the plan.

    Over two years into the project, does anyone know how far to the target Eircom have reached?


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    #7415
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Ariah Rough Mathematics wrote: »
    1.4m in three years was the plan.

    Over two years into the project, does anyone know how far to the target Eircom have reached?

    Half way there. Available to 750,000 homes and business, 100,000 connected.


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    #7416
    FourFourRED
    Registered Users Posts: 8,688 ✭✭✭FourFourRED


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Very very nice. Another impressive VDSL story!

    It was quite funny actually, when the eircom engineer finished his work he said it is between 30-40mb's and when I said I thought it was going to be 70-80 he laughed at me and said you won't be getting speeds like that around here. 10 minutes after he left it hit 75mb.

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    #7417
    crawler
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭crawler


    Ariah Rough Mathematics wrote: »
    1.4m in three years was the plan.

    Over two years into the project, does anyone know how far to the target Eircom have reached?

    750k approx


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    #7418
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Aodhagan wrote: »
    It was quite funny actually, when the eircom engineer finished his work he said it is between 30-40mb's and when I said I thought it was going to be 70-80 he laughed at me and said you won't be getting speeds like that around here. 10 minutes after he left it hit 75mb.

    They're just fitters, they know very little about what they're working on ^^


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    #7419
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    ED E wrote: »
    They're just fitters, they know very little about what they're working on ^^

    +1000

    2 lads fitted mine a few months ago. When one of them went down to the cabinet I logged into the router stats page and saw it had synced over VDSL. I told the guy that was still in my place and he had never seen a router stats page before. Spend a few minutes explaining it to him.


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    #7420
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Before...
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    After...
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    Only the slightest bit of an increase...

    I thought I was far away from the cabinet but judging by these speeds, I mustn't be.

    Delighted! :D


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    #7421
    ClonNGB
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭ClonNGB


    Nice upgrade!


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    #7422
    fat-tony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    Before...
    3455674103.png
    After...
    3461461836.png
    Only the slightest bit of an increase...

    I thought I was far away from the cabinet but judging by these speeds, I mustn't be.

    Delighted! :D

    Bejaney, how many threads have you posted your new results in :D


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    #7423
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    fat-tony wrote: »
    Bejaney, how many threads have you posted your new results in :D

    Shhhh.... ;)
    Haha but every post is actually slightly different.
    I am so happy that I switched, I can't remember where I saved the bookmark on how to inspect the element though :P


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    #7424
    FourFourRED
    Registered Users Posts: 8,688 ✭✭✭FourFourRED


    fat-tony wrote: »
    Bejaney, how many threads have you posted your new results in :D

    I've annoyed my closest friends and family talking about mine. That's what years of slow broadband does to a man.

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    #7425
    arctan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭arctan


    I think the direct feed issue might be close to becoming rectified. spied cabs inside exchanges waiting to be energised with loop cables to the mdf


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    #7426
    fat-tony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    arctan wrote: »
    I think the direct feed issue might be close to becoming rectified. spied cabs inside exchanges waiting to be energised with loop cables to the mdf

    That would be good news to those direct fed customers! I wonder if a different profile might be used (8a/b/c/d or 12a/b) to cater for the very long loop lengths which some customers have. In my local area almost all the cabs are done, but there are pockets of subscribers direct-fed from the exchange and in some cases are 2.5 - 3k distant.


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    #7427
    Praetorian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,712 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    arctan wrote: »
    I think the direct feed issue might be close to becoming rectified. spied cabs inside exchanges waiting to be energised with loop cables to the mdf

    Great news Arctan! Is it the actual physical green cab inside the exchange? Or is it just the equipment from the cab on a rack? :)

    At work I'm only about 120 m from the exchange so I'm looking forward to swapping hopefully my current lines a 18 x 2m/bit line & a 12 x 1m/bit line for hopefully 2 x 100 x 20m/bit lines :)


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    #7428
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    fat-tony wrote: »
    Bejaney, how many threads have you posted your new results in :D

    TOny,

    IS that wired into the router or via wifi?


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    #7429
    eircom: Aisling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭eircom: Aisling


    Hi FastFullBack

    I have looked into this for you and although you are in an eFibre enabled area your home is not yet enabled as different address with the exchange areas are being upgraded at different times.

    eFibre operations have confirmed there is no scheduled date available for this at the moment and they will be unable to offer an indication of when it could be however feel free to check back with us in a couple of months and hopefully we have more information for you then.

    Thanks

    Ash


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    #7430
    fat-tony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    smelly sock wrote: »
    TOny,

    IS that wired into the router or via wifi?
    I think it's AlanS you want! I'd imagine it's via ethernet, though.


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    #7431
    arctan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭arctan


    Praetorian wrote: »
    Great news Arctan! Is it the actual physical green cab inside the exchange? Or is it just the equipment from the cab on a rack? :)

    At work I'm only about 120 m from the exchange so I'm looking forward to swapping hopefully my current lines a 18 x 2m/bit line & a 12 x 1m/bit line for hopefully 2 x 100 x 20m/bit lines :)

    physical cabs


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    #7432
    jantheman91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭jantheman91


    eFibre went live in my area today but I was told I've to ring at 5pm tomorrow so as to make an order. Does anybody know how long (roughly) after that it'll be before I'm up and running?

    Cheers.


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    #7433
    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭degsie


    arctan wrote: »
    physical cabs

    Really, INSIDE an exchange!


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    #7434
    bluemachaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 1,743 ✭✭✭bluemachaveli


    jantheman91 wrote: »
    eFibre went live in my area today but I was told I've to ring at 5pm tomorrow so as to make an order. Does anybody know how long (roughly) after that it'll be before I'm up and running?

    Cheers.

    My cab went live this morning. Ordered with Vodafone and have install appointment for next Tuesday morning.


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    #7435
    jantheman91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭jantheman91


    bluemachaveli wrote: »
    My cab went live this morning. Ordered with Vodafone and have install appointment for next Tuesday morning.


    Fantastic! Thanks a lot.


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    #7436
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    fat-tony wrote: »
    I think it's AlanS you want! I'd imagine it's via ethernet, though.

    The speed test I posted was wired.

    Over WiFi I get around 40-50Mb


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    #7437
    arctan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭arctan


    degsie wrote: »
    Really, INSIDE an exchange!

    yes


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    #7438
    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭degsie


    I didn't think they would put the full green cabs inside an exchange. The cabs are designed for outdoor use to protect from weather and physical knocks etc. Seems to me to it would make more sense to place the dslams in 19/23" racks as they would any other telecoms equipment.


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    #7439
    arctan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭arctan


    it would make sense, but I'm not lying about the cabs in the exchange


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    #7440
    domeld
    Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭domeld


    Eircom is thinking about e-vdsl for exchanges in Dublin (and many more) Adamstown Castle, Adamstown Square, Adamstown Stratton Gr, Adamstown The Paddoc, Adelaide Road, Ballymount
    More information about e-vdsl http://www.hedindata.se/dokument/C-VC-231_s.pdf


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    #7441
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    arctan wrote: »
    it would make sense, but I'm not lying about the cabs in the exchange

    They come ready wired, so why take them out of the box. They just plonk them on the road/plinth and then wire the connections.


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