Eircom fibre ballinasloe

mickyoc85

cauliflower69 wrote: »

Yeah ran a speedtest earlier and it was 26/7. In the worst position between the two cabs but hey it works

Not too shabby at all,,are you paying for the 70mb package though?

cauliflower69

I'm with Vodafone paying 37 euro a month (3 euro discount for being mobile customer) as I want to keep the landline. I remember having dual ISDN lines way back when so this is fine

kaizersoze

Only doing Glantaun this visit. Working in Galway tomorrow. No idea when they'll be back. They only get a couple of days notice where they're working.

mickyoc85

kaizersoze wrote: »

Only doing Glantaun this visit. Working in Galway tomorrow. No idea when they'll be back. They only get a couple of days notice where they're working.

Could be a long wait for us to get fibre i reckon :mad:

flazio

Vodafone techie but in new modem the other day, was getting 6meg average, now getting 20, upload was .5meg now 10. Happy out in Hillcrest

Poboy

Anyone heard anything about the Cabs out in Creagh?

mickyoc85

Poboy wrote: »

Anyone heard anything about the Cabs out in Creagh?

Theres one active at the moment in Kilgarve,,i understand thats theres one being installed in Glentaun at the minute

There are plans to add one at creagh Church aswell

kaizersoze

Glantaun installed but not live. Cab at creagh church that covers most, if not everything, down Shannonbridge rd hasn't started yet. Kilgarve court cab is live. Last I checked the cab down at the IDA Business park wasn't live. Must check again.

iscom

Just seen contractor working on Hymany Park cab

iscom

Just got a call from vodafone ( my isp) telling me the fibre connection will be available on the 9th of April and they will be delivering the new modem in the next few days. . So things are looking up

gutteruu

iscom wrote: »

Just seen contractor working on Hymany Park cab

Your in Hymany ? Thought that was active already.

Still no luck in Roscarn! :mad:

iscom

gutteruu wrote: »

Your in Hymany ? Thought that was active already.

Still no luck in Roscarn! :mad:

No I am in Cuil Na Canalagh

mickyoc85

Has anyone noticed an increase in speed with vectoring?

kaizersoze

mickyoc85 wrote: »

Has anyone noticed an increase in speed with vectoring?

Not sure if it's been enabled on the cabs here yet. I must check.

gutteruu

Any sign of efibre in creagh? Still waiting in Roscarn.

mickyoc85

Looks like a fibre cab is currently underway beside Joe Hayes shop,,3 to go after this one,,,creagh,,esker hills and Ashfield,,hopefully they get the finger out and get them all done in a short space of time

iscom

I was promised to have on the 9th April I contacted my ISP ( Vodafone) about the delay and was told my order was not implemented due to a admin error and it would now be on the 24th of April then I revieved a SMS and the Following email


. . .Welcome to Vodafone. Thank you for choosing Vodafone Home Pref (18 Month) - Fibre. In order to get you started an engineer will visit your premises to set up your broadband service.
Your engineer will visit you between 09:30-12:30 on the 24/04/2014. If this time does not suit call us on 1907 and we can arrange another appointment.
If you have any queries about your Vodafone at Home account visit vodafone.ie/athomeselfcare.
For business users please visit website
Yours sincerely
David Rooney
Head of Customer Operations

So fingers crossed once again

gutteruu

You had to enter an 18 month contract? Thought it was automatic upgrade with no new contract ?

iscom

gutteruu wrote: »

You had to enter an 18 month contract? Thought it was automatic upgrade with no new contract ?

No only if you wanted a free modem
I don't honestly think you could get any better value with free phones incl Mobiles calls and unlimited downloads for just €37 per month. . . ok maybe in time it maybe be possible a little cheaper but doubtful so I am happy with this deal

mickyoc85

What speed can your line handle,,your up in cunalach arent ya?

kaizersoze

mickyoc85 wrote: »

What speed can your line handle,,your up in cunalach arent ya?

All the houses in there should get 70 or more. The cab is in the middle of the estate. Similar to yourself.

kaizersoze

Plinth and groundwork also complete for the Creagh church cab.

Looks like we're in a race for last place Micky.....:pac:

mickyoc85

kaizersoze wrote: »

Plinth and groundwork also complete for the Creagh church cab.

Looks like we're in a race for last place Micky.....:pac:

I'm sure with my luck esker will be last ;-)

iscom

Fibre fitted at last . . . . . the guy came (8.30 am) and replaced my phone connection box connected new modem ( a Vodafone badged Huawei ) was a bit worried about the range of the WiFi as it does not have a Aerial as my Netgate does but works fine with good signal in every room. If I have one gripe its the long default pass word which is 14 characters long a mixer of caps letters and numbers which is ok useing a PC but with Tablets and phones etc its a pain. I was getting around 11-14 mbps with my standard broadband but now getting 35mbps with the Fiber . .just downloaded a movie 1.3 gbs took about 5min which is not a fast as I thought it would be but the upload speed of 16gb is a lot faster than than I expected.
So must go and sort out the passwords on the laptops, tablets, phones, printers, TV's and internet radios not a job I am looking forward to doing

gutteruu

iscom wrote: »

So must go and sort out the passwords on the laptops, tablets, phones, printers, TV's and internet radios not a job I am looking forward to doing

I presume if you log into your modem (192.168.1.1 you can change the default wifi password to whatever you like.

gutteruu

kaizersoze wrote: »

Plinth and groundwork also complete for the Creagh church cab.

I'm giving it one more week, then I'm going for the cab with my cutters and a bunch of cat5 cable!

kaizersoze

gutteruu wrote: »

I'm giving it one more week, then I'm going for the cab with my cutters and a bunch of cat5 cable!

Cab is powered now so things are moving but you'll be looking at a month or more I'd say.

iscom

Sorry For delay. . the speed has been as low as 30mbps and as high as 69Mbps ( using speedtest.net) I am using the vodafone router.
I just have just done a speedtest whilst writing this posting and it recorded 70.5Mbps but I have noticed that it seems to be a lot faster over the past few days

kaizersoze

gutteruu wrote: »

I'm giving it one more week, then I'm going for the cab with my cutters and a bunch of cat5 cable!

Fibre links to new cabs completed yesterday at Creagh and upper Brackernagh.

gutteruu

kaizersoze wrote: »

Fibre links to new cabs completed yesterday at Creagh and upper Brackernagh.

Thanks for the update. Just rang Vodafone to see if they had a date set, but no luck. They must hate customers like me

iscom

On wednesday I recorded my highest download speed to date which was 78Mbps guess it depends on time of day just now was only 69Mbps

kaizersoze

iscom wrote: »

On wednesday I recorded my highest download speed to date which was 78Mbps guess it depends on time of day just now was only 69Mbps

Feck off........:P

iscom

kaizersoze wrote: »

Feck off........:P

Just heard on the news that Loughrea is to get a high speed fibre netork giving speeds up to 250Mbps via the eNet Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) I remember them laying this MAN being layed in Ballinalsoe a few years ago So the 80Mmbs i have now will be considered slow

mickyoc85

getting a bit annoying waiting for this cabinet to land,,all bar ashfield and esker hills seems to be at least installed and most live,,it could be a long summer of waiting for decent speed increase:mad:

kaizersoze

gutteruu wrote: »

Thanks for the update. Just rang Vodafone to see if they had a date set, but no luck. They must hate customers like me

Creagh and Upper Brackernagh completed and commissioned but not live/RFO yet.
Won't be long now.

iscom

iscom wrote: »

On wednesday I recorded my highest download speed to date which was 78Mbps guess it depends on time of day just now was only 69Mbps

update!!. . just reached 81.9 Mbps this was after unplugging router and rebooting the test speed twice 1st was 78mbps the once again it reached 81.9Mbps

kaizersoze

gutteruu wrote: »

Thanks for the update. Just rang Vodafone to see if they had a date set, but no luck. They must hate customers like me

Creagh cab is now live and RFO (Ready for Order).:)

gutteruu

Thanks! Rang them the other day and they said they will call me back on the 16th of July as that is the date they can roll it out.

mickyoc85

kaizersoze wrote: »

Creagh cab is now live and RFO (Ready for Order).:)

I checked the eircom wholesale page and it doesnt seem that either the creagh cab or upper brackernagh is live yet?

It says Fibre Build Commenced or underway,,something to that effect

kaizersoze

mickyoc85 wrote: »

I checked the eircom wholesale page and it doesnt seem that either the creagh cab or upper brackernagh is live yet?

It says Fibre Build Commenced or underway,,something to that effect

That map is behind the times a bit.
I got an update from a contact yesterday.

This is a number in the Pines on the new cab.
It was showing as unavailable last week....


The Upper Brackernagh cab isn't live yet.

mickyoc85

kaizersoze wrote: »

That map is behind the times a bit.
I got an update from a contact yesterday.

This is a number in the Pines on the new cab.
It was showing as unavailable last week....




The Upper Brackernagh cab isn't live yet.

I stand corrected

kaizersoze

No update on our 2 cabs though......:(

mickyoc85

Hallelujah the cab is currently being installed at esker hills and it's 30 meters from the front the front door,,, happy days

kaizersoze

mickyoc85 wrote: »

Hallelujah the cab is currently being installed at esker hills and it's 30 meters from the front the front door,,, happy days

Ba$tard......:P Good stuff. I had heard they had work scheduled in town this week alright but wasn't sure where.

mickyoc85

No sign in Ashfield yet?

kaizersoze

mickyoc85 wrote: »

No sign in Ashfield yet?

Not a stir.

gutteruu

Signed up today for Roscarn. Engineer coming Wednesday. Bit of off topic question Kaizer, but you seem to be knowledgeable in this area. My line speeds dropped from syncing at 12 mbit to 6 mbit over last week. Will this make a difference to fibre or are the lines run to a different exchange?

ED E

gutteruu wrote: »

Signed up today for Roscarn. Engineer coming Wednesday. Bit of off topic question Kaizer, but you seem to be knowledgeable in this area. My line speeds dropped from syncing at 12 mbit to 6 mbit over last week. Will this make a difference to fibre or are the lines run to a different exchange?

Depends where the fault is:
If its between exchange(this doesnt change) and cab - wont effect fibre
If its between cab and house - will effect fibre, will need a repair
If its internal to house (failing phone, bad filter, dodgy monitored alarm) - The new socket should fix it, and if not you'll have to replace whatever device is causing it

kaizersoze

gutteruu wrote: »

Signed up today for Roscarn. Engineer coming Wednesday. Bit of off topic question Kaizer, but you seem to be knowledgeable in this area. My line speeds dropped from syncing at 12 mbit to 6 mbit over last week. Will this make a difference to fibre or are the lines run to a different exchange?

ED E is correct.
My suspicion is something in the house.

Try a bit of troubleshooting yourself to check......
Restart the modem by unplugging it from the power, leave it a bit and power up again.
Remove the filter and plug the modem directly into the phone socket without a filter.
Disconnect all devices from any phone sockets around the house, except for the modem. (Sky boxes, phones, fax machines etc)
Try a different modem if you have one.

Restart your modem and check your sync speed after each step.

kaizersoze

mickyoc85 wrote: »

No sign in Ashfield yet?

Well at long last the KN crew (different than the normal contractor) arrived yesterday and started work. Cab dropped this morning.:D

They put it in an unusual spot. It's down the lane beside the CIE comms cabin, on the town side of the track.

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.336412,-8.239252,3a,75y,54.67h,86.32t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1suKWO4W1c-HQRNO0mQtdn-A!2e0?hl=en

Inside the gate in the pic. The copper cab is the other side of the track.