Eircom to roll out 1Gb/s FTTH to 66 towns

red_bairn

Gonzo wrote: »

there is roughly 20 of those towns live now. In some of the towns people have reported that it is often just a few housing estates or a few roads that's live so they are not rolling out to the whole town in each case. There is no rush to roll out FTTH to towns anyway as most people are well served by Virgin Media or FTTC. I would imagine uptake of FTTH would be very low in urban areas.

Bray is a very large town so I would imagine only a portion of it has gone live.

Unlike the FTTH rural rollout, there is no map to show what parts of towns has gone live or where the fiber is.

OpenEir are meant to be working on a new FTTH map, hopefully it will show both the rural routes and the town routes under live, in progress and planned.

Yeah, and some people aren't keen on the service dropping as low as our (family) ADSL2+ connection if not lower sometimes.

Gonzo

red_bairn wrote: »

Yeah, and some people aren't keen on the service dropping as low as our (family) ADSL2+ connection if not lower sometimes.

you live in Greystones town? Plenty of FTTC cabinets there and FTTH was rolled out to 1840 premises there. I think virgin media are there as well.

Gonzo

Roscommon is the next town to go live on 2nd January 2017.

jowkon

On my exchange says 3200 is efibre and 400 FTTH (all cabinets live since 2 years) How to figure out which are those and when is plan for the rest to be done??

Deagol

jowkon wrote: »

On my exchange says 3200 is efibre and 400 FTTH (all cabinets live since 2 years) How to figure out which are those and when is plan for the rest to be done??

They did roughly 10% of Ennis and left it at that. Number hasn't changed in months. Seems to be a very strange roll-out, low hanging fruit perhaps. I don't think Eir have any intention of doing anymore beyond the 'easy' estates so don't hold your breath.

Gonzo

Deagol wrote: »

They did roughly 10% of Ennis and left it at that. Number hasn't changed in months. Seems to be a very strange roll-out, low hanging fruit perhaps. I don't think Eir have any intention of doing anymore beyond the 'easy' estates so don't hold your breath.

Unlike the rural FTTH lines, Eir never gave numbers of premises to be completed for any of the towns listed in the 66 towns plan. The open eir fiber rollout map only shows the rural FTTH routes and location of cabinets but not the urban FTTH, where it is or how much more there is to do. From what I've read over past year, the rollouts in the towns are limited to a few estates in each town, rather than a full scale rollout.

jowkon

Thanks for answers. Where is the rural FTTH rollout map?and official 66 town list? cos Im on between
I don't hold my breath as I have filling that eircom only change name.I was off topic for 2 years.

Gonzo

jowkon wrote: »

Thanks for answers. Where is the rural FTTH rollout map?and official 66 town list? cos Im on between
I don't hold my breath as I have filling that eircom only change name.I was off topic for 2 years.

Eir 66 towns list https://www.eir.ie/opencms/export/sites/default/.content/pdf/IR/news/eircom_Expands_Fibre_to_the_Home_Footprint_map.pdf

Rural FTTH rollout Map
http://fibrerollout.ie/where-and-when/

jowkon

Thank you Gonzo Im not on the 66 list those 400 of 1gb makes me wonder which ones they are. where I live is little over 3000 houses connected to fttc. I know that map I was on it every day 2 years ago. Unfortunately it shows all fibre (fttc) does not specify ftth.
I presume there is nothing more info from eir.
Thank you for a quick update.
Waiting for Siro second rollout 2020 now

lbyrne121

Does anyone live in the Bellurgan area of Dundalk and know if Fiber broadband is coming anytime soon I see that it is scheduled but wondering if anyone knows ACTUALLY when it will happen

sibergoth

suddenly out of nowhere there's 4 KN vans and trucks on my street, digging a hole, big reel of orange cable.. does this mean they are laying FTTH on my street? can i expect 1Gbps soon?

Gonzo

sibergoth wrote: »

suddenly out of nowhere there's 4 KN vans and trucks on my street, digging a hole, big reel of orange cable.. does this mean they are laying FTTH on my street? can i expect 1Gbps soon?

what town are you in?

irishgeo

sibergoth wrote: »

suddenly out of nowhere there's 4 KN vans and trucks on my street, digging a hole, big reel of orange cable.. does this mean they are laying FTTH on my street? can i expect 1Gbps soon?

thats just the cable. they need to blow the fibre down it later.

sibergoth

Ennis

sibergoth

blow the fibre down ? how does that work ? well, anyway, got to be a good sign right? why else would they dig up the grass and block the road off ?!

sibergoth

looks like they laid the orange cable to the bottom of a pole across the road from my house, now they are packing up and going...

Deagol

Thats Siro I would say, they've been steadily working their way out from the substation on the Tulla road.

Can you PM me what road / estate you are in?

OverRide

Deagol wrote: »

Thats Siro I would say, they've been steadily working their way out from the substation on the Tulla road.

Can you PM me what road / estate you are in?

It's hardly Siro because they're putting down the same orange cable (rolls the size of back tyres on a tractor) across half of North Wexford where I live,just not past my house

ED E

irishgeo wrote: »

thats just the cable. they need to blow the fibre down it later.

sibergoth wrote: »

blow the fibre down ? how does that work ? well, anyway, got to be a good sign right? why else would they dig up the grass and block the road off ?!

Its a duct, not a cable, but yes, this is what they're doing.

Its the "hardest" bit of the process. Next they just attach a machine to the end and blow the fibres into it and it appears at the far end.

sibergoth

cool. can't wait to see how this progresses.

sibergoth

If KN are doing the rollout for Siro then I'd say this is Siro - the pole that they taped the orange cable to is an ESB pole... (I'll post a photo later)

does anyone have a siro connection? how does it compare with the eir(com) version?

sibergoth

I can't actually find any useful info on the Siro page.. just a load of marketing ****e. anyone know how much it costs ?

sibergoth

sorry - its sold via Vodafone - 1000Mbps = €90 for just internet

bit pricey. I thought the eir(com) version was 60-70 a month..

Gonzo

sibergoth wrote: »

If KN are doing the rollout for Siro then I'd say this is Siro - the pole that they taped the orange cable to is an ESB pole... (I'll post a photo later)

does anyone have a siro connection? how does it compare with the eir(com) version?

depends on who will supply Siro in your area, most likely Vodafone.
https://www.vodafone.ie/home/broadband/lightspeed-broadband

Digiweb also resell Siro in some areas
http://www.digiweb.ie/siro-powered-broadband/

Gonzo

sibergoth wrote: »

sorry - its sold via Vodafone - 1000Mbps = €90 for just internet

bit pricey. I thought the eir(com) version was 60-70 a month..

Eir charge 75 for standalone 1000 but their upload is slightly less at 100

sibergoth

What's the upload on Siro?

Here's the end of the cable they laid. Taped to an esb pole opposite the house.

oscarBravo

sibergoth wrote: »

1000Mbps = €90 for just internet

bit pricey.

Pricey... for a gigabit?

Wow.

ED E

oscarBravo wrote: »

Pricey... for a gigabit?

Wow.

This is why its taken so long and why we have terrible MNOs, people only want the cheapest package :pac:

sibergoth

my comment on price is in comparison to the eir offering - 75 as oppose to 90...

Looking at the offering - 1000Mbps unlimited access, obviously that isn't pricey - a few years ago 100Mbps would have cost business a fortune.

I'm happy to pay 90 quid a month for the Gigabit. I'm a techy and I work from home and everything I do is online... especially if the upload is even better as that will be a big benefit to me.

I came to Ennis from a rural village in Clare that had absolutely terrible internet... I paid well over 90 a month for years for various different services (broadband, 3G, 4G, whatever i could get all at once)... and still had a terrible speed...

Getting 1000Mbps will be a total world of difference...

Again, my earlier comment is merely regarding the difference in price between the offerings...


I do agree however that the populous at mass 'won't notice any difference' and only want the cheapest deal...

oscarBravo

Gonzo wrote: »

Eir charge 75 for standalone 1000...

Damned if I can find that on their website.

Nollog

sibergoth wrote: »

my comment on price is in comparison to the eir offering - 75 as oppose to 90...

Looking at the offering - 1000Mbps unlimited access, obviously that isn't pricey - a few years ago 100Mbps would have cost business a fortune.

Both eir and Vodafone have a 1TB download allowance on jiggabits.

The cheapest jiggabit that I can find on eirs website is "Extreme broadband, Unlimited Mobile & UK calls" for 90/month.

The Cush

oscarBravo wrote: »

Damned if I can find that on their website.

page 3 - https://www.eir.ie/opencms/export/sites/default/.content/pdf/pricing/Part3.1.pdf

KeRbDoG

sibergoth wrote: »

What's the upload on Siro?

Here's the end of the cable they laid. Taped to an esb pole opposite the house.

The orange pipe, thats called microduct I believe.

oscarBravo

KeRbDoG wrote: »

The orange pipe, thats called microduct I believe.

Almost. It's a duct; microducts can go in it. A microduct (at least the ones I'm familiar with) has about a 10mm inside diameter, and 14mm outside.

Icyseanfitz

in yer experience how long does it take from having the fibre lines installed outside your home to actually getting eir ftth enabled? i talked to the tech guys that where installing the cables and they said feb march next year but im not getting excited

ED E

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

in yer experience how long does it take from having the fibre lines installed outside your home to actually getting eir ftth enabled? i talked to the tech guys that where installing the cables and they said feb march next year but im not getting excited

Has been asked a thousand times. The jobs are done by independent teams and aren't related. Trying to predict it is pointless.

Gonzo

some places get cabled for FTTH up to 5 or 6 weeks before other routes in the exchange so it really is very difficult to pin point how soon afterwards an area goes live but for most places it's usually between 4 to 8 weeks depending on how soon the road is being wired in relation to the overall exchange rollout.

Deagol

What worries me is that we didn't get Eir FTTH in my estate, presumably due to old lack of ducting.

For Siro, we have no ESB poles as power cables come in underground, I'm hoping it's not the same excuse

irishgeo

Deagol wrote: »

What worries me is that we didn't get Eir FTTH in my estate, presumably due to old lack of ducting.

For Siro, we have no ESB poles as power cables come in underground, I'm hoping it's not the same excuse

you have to have a duct to your hosue as thats what your esb comes in on.

Deagol

irishgeo wrote: »

you have to have a duct to your hosue as thats what your esb comes in on.

House was built in 1982, I'd not put money on anything having been done the way you'd expect!

The telephone cable comes in via a big semi-circle in hydrodare pipe I found when I was getting a wall built Very nearly went through it as I had no reason to suspect it would be there.

ctlsleh

Deagol wrote: »

Thats Siro I would say, they've been steadily working their way out from the substation on the Tulla road.

Can you PM me what road / estate you are in?

Me too please, also based in Ennis.......

Johnboy1951

Deagol wrote: »

Thats Siro I would say, they've been steadily working their way out from the substation on the Tulla road.

Can you PM me what road / estate you are in?

Are they working out towards & past the motorway? or in another direction?

Deagol

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Are they working out towards & past the motorway? or in another direction?

From the ESB substation out by the Tulla Road M18 exit back in towards town. They've been steadily moving back along the Tulla road through Roslevan etc.

sibergoth

KN back on my street again today, further down at the next ESB pole now. looking good !

Johnboy1951

sibergoth wrote: »

KN back on my street again today, further down at the next ESB pole now. looking good !

That is for a different thread - about SIRO - apparently?

Gonzo

Roscommon Town should have gone live yesterday for FTTH.

Silpac

Does anyone have this as yet in Tralee? I've seen trunking cables laid and I think fibre (spooled coils on poles). But word from eir or no update to maps !

Icyseanfitz

Silpac wrote: »

Does anyone have this as yet in Tralee? I've seen trunking cables laid and I think fibre (spooled coils on poles). But word from eir or no update to maps !

yup theve been at it outside my house in ballyseedy for the last month, asked techie and he said march but we all know eir, could be 2020

Silpac

Still it's a serious bonus if this works out...thought it'd be years !

damienirel

Silpac wrote: »

Still it's a serious bonus if this works out...thought it'd be years !

It will be years + years!