eircom ncd fibre roll out

meolwan

gildan wrote: »

Rush/Lusk supposed to go live next Wed. Anyone got an installation date yet?

No the only contact here from eircom is the bill. It looks like they really want to sell efibre

SmallBalls

From what I can see the cab opposite the Michael Collins pub in Rush
has never been upgraded so I suppose that'll have to be done first?

Neil_Sedaka

I have the following info on good authority:

One more cab to be done in rush, opp the Michael Collins pub - should be done in the next week.

In lusk only 3 cabs to be done, at the Top Shop and 2 in new lusk village which will be done within 2 weeks or so.

HTH

Carawaystick

Vodafone told me it's going live in Lusk on 28th Aug, so they will contact me on 29th to set up an appointment to get the phone faceplate changed "within 3 working days"

kingtiger

Carawaystick wrote: »

Vodafone told me it's going live in Lusk on 28th Aug

aye got the same spiel from them on the phone today

fingers crossed it goes smoothly

baktag

Im in Lusk and I was on to Eircom today,
They cant/wont give out an installation date until after it goes live on the 28th (Wednesday)
I just cant wait, bye bye 2.3 mb download. im within 300m of the cabinet:P

Retail Mngr

Can anyone offer some detail on eircom POV on distance from cabinet.
I am 1.54km from cabinet.

Is eFibre an option?
What speed expected?
(anything better than current 1.5Mb)
Will they connect me?

kingtiger

Retail Mngr wrote: »

Can anyone offer some detail on eircom POV on distance from cabinet.
I am 1.54km from cabinet.

bad news on that one, afaik they wont connect you if you are over 1km from the cabinet at the moment

eddiem74

So checked my phone number online today and it said eFibre was available to me in Rush. Called up to order as I could not order online and was told won't be available till September 25th.

kingtiger

anybody get an install date yet in Lusk?

bambam

I placed an order with Vodafone for Fibre today. They said that the max speed Rush exchange is can provide to the cabinets is 50mb. They guy said that across Ireland some exchanges got the 70mb equipment, some got the 50mb.

anyone else hear anything like this?

BTW, the package is 'Vodafone Simply Broadband Max' which is up to 70mb with unlimited download but without phoneline.

baktag

kingtiger wrote: »

anybody get an install date yet in Lusk?

On to eircom today i was told i would get a phone call in the next 48 hours to arrange an install date date

kingtiger

bambam wrote: »

I placed an order with Vodafone for Fibre today. They said that the max speed Rush exchange is can provide to the cabinets is 50mb. They guy said that across Ireland some exchanges got the 70mb equipment, some got the 50mb.

same in Lusk, they can only offer 50meg :mad:

I rang three providers and got the same answer of 50meg only

bambam

kingtiger wrote: »

same in Lusk, they can only offer 50meg :mad:

I rang three providers and got the same answer of 50meg only

its hard to not be a little bit annoyed..., but hey, 50mb is still a huge increase on the old DSL speeds in the area

kingtiger

bambam wrote: »

its hard to not be a little bit annoyed..., but hey, 50mb is still a huge increase on the old DSL speeds in the area

yeah but its the upload I was after on the 70meg service

Retail Mngr

What distance are you from your cabinet?
Anyone over 1km?

bambam

good point kingtiger on the upload speed.

BTW, got an engineer appointment for Monday morning, so the cabinets must be live now.
I'm <300m from the cabinet so hoping for close to 50mbit

pg17

Hurrah - the wait is nearly over

some areas serviced from the Finglas exchange were ready for order today -

I am in the south east corner of the exchange area and have an appointment for Wednesday September 2 - I could get 50 or 70Mbps and opted for 50Mbps on basis of my requirement and cost saving.

I placed the order during a very efficient call - I was assured the technician would come as arranged and would contact me in advance to confirm.
New mandatory terms - new account number because eircom are using a new ICT system, direct debit monthly instead of 2 monthly, new 18 month contract replacing the 2 week old 12 month contract (I had ADSL BB installed when I moved into the house 2 weeks ago).

I'll post an update after the installation.

Khannie

kingtiger wrote: »

yeah but its the upload I was after on the 70meg service

What are you going to get for upload on the 50M package?

markad1

Lambay View, Rush.

This is a web chat result.....
" I have looked into your address in detail and at the moment your area exchange has Efibre but you cabinet doesn't have Efibre available it is hopefully going to be in your address around the start of 2014"
:-(

GinjaNinja

Seems there is something up with Rush
I have order efibre as it said it was available.
1st order got lost, even though i had a order number. waited 1 week for installation date, then was told there was no order.
ANyway, ordered again,
THen they said they can't give me an appointment date. Got escalated. Still nothing, no word on appointments date, was told its gone to technical team.

I'm 150m from cab in Rush.

I'll keep you all posted.

Sometimes you wish 10below was back.

kingtiger

Khannie wrote: »

What are you going to get for upload on the 50M package?

15up on the 50

20up on the 70

quad_red

Just spoke to Eircom about fibre in the Kelly's Bay area in Skerries. I asked about the fibre rollout in Skerries, he said:

"the area is, however not your local cabinet. Possibly late 2013."

So our local cab is not part of the impending rollout? ****e

I miss you already mega UPC broadband...

Neil_Sedaka

Not looking too good for a lot of us!

Personally I'm not that bothered, as my contract with eircom doesn't run out till mid October.
I'll be shopping around then for the best deal.

I have decided not to take eircom up on their free upgrade.
My bills are higher since switching back to them last October.

GinjaNinja

Just got a call. 9th sept for Rush install. Brookford cab.
They ar
e starting installing in the area on the 5th.

DezoLord

I rang Eircom yesterday morning. I've got an appointment on the 3rd of September. BOOYA!

baktag

I'm in chapel farm in lusk just jot my appointment for 3 sep. happy days

AceCard Jones

quad_red wrote: »

Just spoke to Eircom about fibre in the Kelly's Bay area in Skerries. I asked about the fibre rollout in Skerries, he said:

"the area is, however not your local cabinet. Possibly late 2013."

So our local cab is not part of the impending rollout? ****e

I miss you already mega UPC broadband...

Got a letter from Eircom there during the week telling me that they were changing the name of my current package but the package itself won't change in any way. And also that efibre is now available in my area and to call a 1800 number to order.

Proceeded to do so and was told my line wasn't upgraded yet and that it's estimate was July-September. Kind of figured this would be the case since I hadn't seen any changes to the cab situation.

Don't really see why they screw over certain areas especially having sent me a letter. Maybe just to mock me? :P

I was really hoping to have the fibre set up before the next generation of games consoles launch but it's looking like that isn't likely. Haven't seen any engineers around the town to ask in ages.

Riesen_Meal

kingtiger wrote: »

15up on the 50

20up on the 70

Im getting 22 up on my 50mb.....

With Magnet though, not Eircom

baktag

ultwen wrote: »

I'm in chapel farm in lusk just jot my appointment for 3 sep. happy days

Ahhhh just got a text from eircom "eircom will install fibre broadband on the Morning of Sep 10. if you wish to reschedule .." Blah blah blah
im livid, another week to wait

I complained to 1901, this is the 3rt time the date changed. So they have credited the account with 20 euro i would rather have it tomorrow