FTTH BROADBAND

creaghadoos

has anyone in donegal had any experience with fibre to the home broadband.

just wondering is it all it is cracked up to be or is it just Eir hyping up another product

muffler

Dont have it myself but what are they promising generally and have they given you a specific speed range that you would expect to achieve?

ednwireland

Stops 4 poles from my house so no time ill be getting more than 3MB anytime soon

I'd love to find out !

Technique

As the fibre goes straight to your house, you'll get the full 1000mb if you want. However there'll be 100, 300 and 1000mb packages on offer for different prices.

creaghadoos

was advised by Eir to only order the 150mb, told me it would be all you would ever need

Technique

Have you checked to confirm that your house is available for FTTH? Click on the link below and select NGA Fibre Broadband Network.

http://www.openeir.ie/Our_Network/

Be very wary of the promises that salespeople make. They'll tell you anything to get you signed up. If you spot the guys working along the road they'll probably give you a more accurate connection date.

creaghadoos

Technique wrote: »

Have you checked to confirm that your house is available for FTTH? Click on the link below and select NGA Fibre Broadband Network.

http://www.openeir.ie/Our_Network/

Be very wary of the promises that salespeople make. They'll tell you anything to get you signed up. If you spot the guys working along the road they'll probably give you a more accurate connection date.

checked the eircode already, all good
as for the promises from salespeople, this is why i put this question up here, i have had countless pushy sales before and just want to hear from folk who have this service

Technique

The promises around speed will be correct - you're getting fibre directly to your front door. The issue is with promises around connection date. They'll tell you anything to get you to sign up.

creaghadoos

Technique wrote: »

The promises around speed will be correct - you're getting fibre directly to your front door. The issue is with promises around connection date. They'll tell you anything to get you to sign up.

fingers crossed i do hope you are wrong,

creaghadoos

Technique wrote: »

The promises around speed will be correct - you're getting fibre directly to your front door. The issue is with promises around connection date. They'll tell you anything to get you to sign up.

well, you were 100% correct,
promised installation date has passed and no eir.

please beware of any salesperson offering Eir fibre, cold calling and offering a great service. the worst thing is that he promised that he would always be at the end of the phone to discuss any problems. he doesn't answer calls

currently being sold door to door in DRUNG, QUIGLEYS POINT AREAS.

muffler

creaghadoos wrote: »

well, you were 100% correct,
promised installation date has passed and no eir.

please beware of any salesperson offering Eir fibre, cold calling and offering a great service. the worst thing is that he promised that he would always be at the end of the phone to discuss any problems. he doesn't answer calls

currently being sold door to door in DRUNG, QUIGLEYS POINT AREAS.

Let rip over in the Eir talk to forum

Fibre312

creaghadoos wrote: »

well, you were 100% correct,
promised installation date has passed and no eir.

please beware of any salesperson offering Eir fibre, cold calling and offering a great service. the worst thing is that he promised that he would always be at the end of the phone to discuss any problems. he doesn't answer calls

currently being sold door to door in DRUNG, QUIGLEYS POINT AREAS.

As an Eir representative myself you shouldn't be told it's a promised date. When you sign and read the terms and conditions it clearly states your installation date cannot be guaranteed. When your order is input in to the work tablet it is merely a preferred installation date. As for the rep not answering his phones he's a twat. Just saying.

creaghadoos

Fibre312 wrote: »

As an Eir representative myself you shouldn't be told it's a promised date. When you sign and read the terms and conditions it clearly states your installation date cannot be guaranteed. When your order is input in to the work tablet it is merely a preferred installation date. As for the rep not answering his phones he's a twat. Just saying.

i had placed an order online and cancelled it (as advised) in favour of a local and available salesman. i do know that these things can have teething troubles but don't promise the most seamless rollout if it can't be achieved.

not answering the phone is the biggest nuisance of all

NIMAN

Watch out for the supposedly unlimited broadband with a 1tb limit.

There's a thread in the Eir forum about it.

DrPhilG

Map says fibre will be in my area in early 2018.

Any idea what prices are like? I don't need mad fast broadband, my poxy service is good enough for Netflix etc. Only time it's an annoyance is when downloading films on Sky etc. I can't download HD content on Sky because it would take hours to download a film to the box.

Technique

https://www.digiweb.ie/ultrafast-ftth-broadband/

creaghadoos

i got this FTTH installed on friday afternoon
have to say this is really really good,

great speeds no buffering streaming perfect

muffler

creaghadoos wrote: »

i got this FTTH installed on friday afternoon
have to say this is really really good,

great speeds no buffering streaming perfect

Who have you gone with, Eir, Digweb??

What sort of speeds are you getting compared to what the provider stated you would get?

creaghadoos

muffler wrote: »

Who have you gone with, Eir, Digweb??

What sort of speeds are you getting compared to what the provider stated you would get?

had to use eir in order to get the line installed
was promosed 150mbs and actually got 149mbs

they did say that the top speeds are really only achieved on a hardwired device, and we are using wifi

so far so good