efibre work

alyssum

What work has to be done inside the house to upgrade to eircom fibre broadband?

When they say up to 70MB how much would you get

kaizersoze

Everything discussed at length in this thread...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056555985

And this mapping thread to check on your local progress....
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056919149

alyssum

kaizersoze wrote: »

Everything discussed at length in this thread...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056555985

And this mapping thread to check on your local progress....
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056919149

that is over 100 pages , does anyone know what they have to do inside the house

kaizersoze

alyssum wrote: »

that is over 100 pages , does anyone know what they have to do inside the house

They install a new master socket.

jmcc

alyssum wrote: »

that is over 100 pages , does anyone know what they have to do inside the house

Typically change the panel/box where the phone and ADSL connect. They may have to run some cable but I think that most of the time it just involves changing that panel.

Regards...jmcc

alyssum

jmcc wrote: »

Typically change the panel/box where the phone and ADSL connect. They may have to run some cable but I think that most of the time it just involves changing that panel.

Regards...jmcc

where would the cable run to

They say work inside and out about 2 hours

Freddy Smelly

kaizersoze wrote: »

They install a new master socket.

the new socket is called an NTU it has a vdsl filter built into it for the fibre modem to work

kaizersoze

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

the new socket is called an NTU it has a vdsl filter built into it for the fibre modem to work

The old socket was also called an NTU (Network Terminating Unit) :rolleyes::P
Anyway, This will explain it better.
http://www.nextgenerationnetwork.ie/downloads/nga_pilot_documentation/ntu_installation_manual.pdf

alyssum

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

the new socket is called an NTU it has a vdsl filter built into it for the fibre modem to work

and is all the work inside the socket? They do not have to make more holes or have wires visible
Up to 70 MB, what speeds are people getting?

jeffk

great to finally see some information on what they change for efibre

jmcc

alyssum wrote: »

where would the cable run to

It might not come to that. Generally it involves changing the socket and that's all. For more recent sockets, all they have to do is to change the front panel (the electronics (filter etc) is built into the back) on the socket.

They say work inside and out about 2 hours

Once the socket is updated, they have to change over the line. That might require the technician to go to the cabinet, change the line connection there, and then come back to the customer's premises and activate the modem. Two hours sounds like a maximum, unless something has to be changed or modified.

Regards...jmcc

coronea

alyssum wrote: »

What work has to be done inside the house to upgrade to eircom fibre broadband?

When they say up to 70MB how much would you get

Sorry for late reply but may help someone else down the road.

Your engineer should call to your house to make sure your at home and have a look at what state your existing socket and wiring is.

Depending on how old your property is the engineer may replace your master or NTU socket (I'll try and upload photo) This new socket eliminates your old ADSL filters.

In regards to running wires / drilling holes, if you have an existing modem running directly from your main socket and all your equipment is running wireless then you should have no needs for wires to be ran.
If on the other hand you have a desktop pc running in back office upstairs then it is suggested that your engineer runs an length of 2pair twisted cat5 to your PC.

Some installers use customers existing cable but you may run into problems if there is any other extensions bridged of this existing cable.

When all wiring or updating sockets is done in your home the engineer goes to the little green box (CAB) located close to your home and carries out a procedure call jumpering. By this I simply mean you are been switched from ADSL and your line is been routed through the Fibre Cab (new green box beside old one)

Speeds vary from customer to customer and will depend mostly on your distance from Cab, the amount of joints and condition of telecom cable.

On average most installs come in around 27MB to 50MB this repeat is just an average from experience with some customers getting 65MB to 70MB and some getting 15MB

Hope this waffle clears up some questions.

Freddy Smelly

kaizersoze wrote: »

The old socket was also called an NTU (Network Terminating Unit) :rolleyes::P
Anyway, This will explain it better.
http://www.nextgenerationnetwork.ie/downloads/nga_pilot_documentation/ntu_installation_manual.pdf

the old one was known as the Main Drop Point (MDP).

kaizersoze

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

the old one was known as the Main Drop Point (MDP).

That's the old 'old' one iirc.
They became NTUs in 2001 or thereabouts.