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

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    #1382
    chriss745
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭chriss745


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Exactly, you will know there are 20 in Ballincollig if you see BNC020 on a label. I'll try to get the asset tag numbers for the ones I saw over time.

    Be handy if you label a cab as EG "Ballincollig Cabinet BNC020" and I can relabel the Shantalla and Mervue cabinets the same way.

    I am not sure if they use the BNC001-> BNC999 logic because I saw a label with something like BNC9A7, definiately with a letter inside. Maybe they use hex, but that would be quite strange, I will check the box again.


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    #1383
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    chriss745 wrote: »
    I am not sure if they use the BNC001-> BNC999 logic because I saw a label with something like BNC9A7

    Maybe fibre run 9 and cab a7 on that run. The pattern will become obvious on a large enough sample I'll wager and then we can infer the fibre subduct routes from that perhaps. :)


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    #1384
    lucernarian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    I've seen a cabinet with "009" written in some kind of white marker and then a yellow label with "00G" printed on it.

    Perhaps the labelling machine simply ran out of numbers!


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    #1385
    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    user1842 wrote: »
    Not sure if this has been answered before (not coming up on the search) but is eircom going to use vectoring and/or pair bonding on its vdsl2 roll-out?

    Yes, eircom will control all the lines in the cabinet and only bitstream will be available to other operators


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    #1386
    LFCFan
    Moderators Posts: 3,816 ✭✭✭LFCFan


    I remember years ago there was a website you could put your number in to and it told you what exchange you were connected to. Does anyone have that link or know of another way of checking? Thanks!


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    #1387
    chriss745
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭chriss745


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Maybe fibre run 9 and cab a7 on that run. The pattern will become obvious on a large enough sample I'll wager and then we can infer the fibre subduct routes from that perhaps. :)

    I will try to collect a few labels and hopefully we can find out what is the logic.


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    #1388
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    LFCFan wrote: »
    I remember years ago there was a website you could put your number in to and it told you what exchange you were connected to. Does anyone have that link or know of another way of checking? Thanks!

    There were two, both gone. The smart and homevision line checkers told you precisely. For now all you have is block allocation but that is not certain especially in Drogheda which has 3 or 4 sub exchanges carved out of the old Drogheda exchange over the 00's

    Here is eg 041
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    #1389
    LFCFan
    Moderators Posts: 3,816 ✭✭✭LFCFan


    Thanks Sponge Bob. I was pretty certain we were on the Drogheda Exchange but with the Colpe and Deepforde exchanges not being upgraded till 2014 I wanted to be sure. Anyway, with the speeds I am getting, my exchange is definitely further away than those 2 smaller exchanges!!


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    #1390
    harrys
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭harrys


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Thanks Chris. Note the picture below. We are ONLY interested in the kind of cab with the big hinge shown on the right and not inn the kind of cab shown on the left.

    r1zy1d.jpg


    That big hinge on the right is actually a big alarmed lock. Hinges on left.


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    #1391
    Praetorian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,712 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    It could be a great community project that we have started. Let's hope it's not "griefed" like minecraft :) I've just added two more in Coolock. I know where more are, but I want to pass by them again to ensure accuracy. Streetview is handy though...


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    #1392
    PseudoFamous
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭PseudoFamous


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Thanks Chris. Note the picture below. We are ONLY interested in the kind of cab with the big hinge shown on the right and not inn the kind of cab shown on the left.

    r1zy1d.jpg

    What exactly is the box on the left supposed to be? I've seen a few of them around since they started installing.


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    #1393
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,452 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    PseudoFamous wrote: »
    What exactly is the box on the left supposed to be? I've seen a few of them around since they started installing.

    what does your phone + broadband at present.


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    #1394
    PseudoFamous
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭PseudoFamous


    irishgeo wrote: »
    what does your phone + broadband at present.

    Well, they've only started replacing hideous grey things with those here. Guess that explains why our internet was so sub-par.


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    #1395
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Hmm, doesn't look like they're going up the douglas road at all. Would being 1.7km from a cabinet be any advantage?


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    #1396
    Harry Deerpark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭Harry Deerpark


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Hmm, doesn't look like they're going up the douglas road at all. Would being 1.7km from a cabinet be any advantage?

    http://www.thinkbroadband.com/guide/fibre-broadband.html

    According to this, you could get 13 Mb.


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    #1397
    harrys
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭harrys


    PseudoFamous wrote: »
    What exactly is the box on the left supposed to be? I've seen a few of them around since they started installing.


    It's a 'case'. Big copper cable in from exchange to a frame inside. Small copper cables out from frame to subscribers.


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    #1398
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    According to eircom there are now 1000 cabs ( they only have 1200 exchanges) so we have a long way to go with the map.

    Get mapping Cabs in your area here

    http://goo.gl/maps/Yx7OV

    (instructions on left when map opens)


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    #1399
    Tommy Lagahan
    Registered Users Posts: 388 ✭✭Tommy Lagahan


    I'll add the three cabinets I know of in Letterkenny, and put in any other ones I spot around the town. This map is handy!


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    #1400
    the world wonders
    Registered Users Posts: 489 ✭✭the world wonders


    Eircom’s request for a derogation on launch date for Wholesale NGA Services.

    ComReg Decision D03/13 mandated that Clause 8.8 of the associated Wholesale Broadband Access (WBA) decision requires that Eircom do not launch Next Generation WBA services prior to 20th May 2013 (except as agreed with ComReg following discussion with industry).

    Eircom applied to ComReg on 19th February 2013 for approval to launch Wholesale Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband services on 8th April 2013.

    In accordance with D03/13 ComReg considers it appropriate to consult with industry before forming a view on Eircom’s request. ComReg now invites operators and any other interested parties to submit their views on Eircom’s request, including supporting material, to ComReg by 1700 hrs on Thurs 28th February 2013
    ...
    .


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    #1401
    PseudoFamous
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭PseudoFamous


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    According to eircom there are now 1000 cabs ( they only have 1200 exchanges) so we have a long way to go with the map.

    What is the protocol for the older cabinets that have a new extension box on top? Do we map those?

    Example I took while walking the dog: http://i.imgur.com/NrAzynf.jpg


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    #1402
    red_bairn
    Registered Users Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    PseudoFamous wrote: »
    What is the protocol for the older cabinets that have a new extension box on top? Do we map those?

    Example I took while walking the dog: http://i.imgur.com/NrAzynf.jpg

    what the...


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    #1403
    swoofer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,470 ✭✭✭swoofer


    COMREG requires that Eircom do not launch Next Generation WBA services prior to 20th May 2013 "

    What planet are we on???


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    #1404
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,452 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    I am getting worried, the nearest new green box is further than I thought.


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    #1405
    Technique
    Registered Users Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭Technique


    Tommy Lagahan wrote: »
    I'll add the three cabinets I know of in Letterkenny, and put in any other ones I spot around the town. This map is handy!

    I've added 5 more cabinets.


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    #1406
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    PseudoFamous wrote: »
    What is the protocol for the older cabinets that have a new extension box on top? Do we map those?

    No. They have no active electronics at all, sure we might as well map every telephone pole. :D


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    #1407
    chriss745
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭chriss745


    GBCULLEN wrote: »
    COMREG requires that Eircom do not launch Next Generation WBA services prior to 20th May 2013 "

    What planet are we on???

    Planet of the Apes... That is a shame! :mad:


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    #1408
    PseudoFamous
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭PseudoFamous


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    No. They have no active electronics at all, sure we might as well map every telephone pole. :D

    So what the hell is the point of it? It's also numbered as the "real" cabinets are, could eircom be contributing those to the 1000 fibre cabinets number they're toting?


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    #1409
    arctan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭arctan


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    According to eircom there are now 1000 cabs ( they only have 1200 exchanges) so we have a long way to go with the map.

    another 6500 odd .... that's without the new cabs to be put in when diverting direct distribution points

    PseudoFamous wrote: »
    What is the protocol for the older cabinets that have a new extension box on top? Do we map those?

    Example I took while walking the dog: http://i.imgur.com/NrAzynf.jpg

    those extensions on top will hold the DSLAM (NGA cab inks) jumper cross connects when the cab is installed ...

    that cab is probably high density so they can't fit the jumper cross connects in the original case, so they add on that bit on top


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    #1410
    chriss745
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭chriss745


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Exactly, you will know there are 20 in Ballincollig if you see BNC020 on a label. I'll try to get the asset tag numbers for the ones I saw over time.

    Be handy if you label a cab as EG "Ballincollig Cabinet BNC020" and I can relabel the Shantalla and Mervue cabinets the same way.

    In the last two hours we discovered Ballincollig with my wife, we found three additional cabs. All the locations are correct now and as you suggested I added the cab labels to the cab name on the map. :)


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    #1411
    chriss745
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭chriss745


    chriss745 wrote: »
    I am not sure if they use the BNC001-> BNC999 logic because I saw a label with something like BNC9A7, definiately with a letter inside. Maybe they use hex, but that would be quite strange, I will check the box again.

    I cannot see any logic in the order of the labels. Maybe it is a part of the serial number of the VDSL cab, or who knows.


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