National Broadband Ireland : implementation and progress

yop wrote: »

QQ - SO the fibre is been rolled out to be enabled this year, its an "L" road that my house is on.
The house doesn't have a phone line into it but it piped for a line to the edge of the road. The junction box is directly across from it, 3.2m to be exact.
I was out in the car when they were pulling fiber down through that junction box and I asked them how they were going to get it into the house explaining that I had placed a pipe directly across from it.
They said they don't do that.

So what are peoples experience of who gets the cable across the road?

yop wrote: »

Thanks guys. Its not a boreen. It a road where you could have a car pass every few minutes.
So the road is just off the N5, my house is 800m from the N5.
They have it underground for the first 300m, then poles until just outside my house and then it goes underground once more and passes underground all the way down then and comes up again onto another pole which is about 10m passed my house.

Sorry if I have over complicated it!

yop wrote: »

QQ - SO the fibre is been rolled out to be enabled this year, its an "L" road that my house is on.
The house doesn't have a phone line into it but it piped for a line to the edge of the road. The junction box is directly across from it, 3.2m to be exact.
I was out in the car when they were pulling fiber down through that junction box and I asked them how they were going to get it into the house explaining that I had placed a pipe directly across from it.
They said they don't do that.

So what are peoples experience of who gets the cable across the road?

I wouldn't give up hope yet Steve F.... They are well advanced with build out not too far from you on the R171 Dundalk side of KB so I'd say you are in line for a Aug-Oct hook-up.

I've seen the contractors in a good few places all around the roads over the past few months (small road that runs alongside the M1 towards Dromiskin for example). I'd say they are completely building out anything that's in this area while they have crews here.

Take a look around the road and see do you spot any new items on the telephone poles. You should see what looks like blue water pipe hanging on some of the poles or even gone fully up the poles at this stage and new black boxes on top of the poles. Not all poles will have ducting on them or black DP (drop points).

I'm down for a Aug-Oct connection and they look to be on schedule for that.

Various surveys done...Ducting laid....fibre pulled....DP's installed and terminated onto fibre......

Thats where I'm at so not sure how much more they have to do further back along the system.

i did one but its related to eir ifn fibre rollout so not the exact same for NBI, but should be somewhat...similar. its on the Eir IFN FTTH rollout thread

Oireachtas Committee meeting - 7th July 2021

https://media.heanet.ie/page/1b6fded93f7345678f16e696689a5b34 (video) starts at 22 mins

"Discussion on access to the internet, particularly in relation to rural and regional locations and satellite internet access. Representatives from Novatel Communications, Digiweb, National Space Centre, Poynting"

NBP Interim Proposal - Committee proposed that rural premises could avail of a sliding subsidy for any of below options, based on how long they would have to wait for NBP.

Unsaid, but proposal seemingly assumes NBI/Govt are prepared to release full 7/6 year roll-out schedule.

Novatel - Hugo Carvalho (& Poynting rep)

https://www.novatel.ie/mobile-phone-signal-booster-kits-for-homes

Mobile booster solution. (StellaDoradus)

Proposition based on MNO claims of having 99% 4g geographic coverage.

Accepted that contention/congestion could become an issue.

Digiweb - Declan Campbell

GEO-satellite 

New higher capacity satellites (with "steerable beam technology") coming shortly.

Dedicated bandwidth for Ireland possible.

Latency issue remains - 600ms min.

National Space Centre Rory Fitzpatrick

(private company & Starlink ground station in Ireland)

LEO - Satellite (Starlink)

https://nationalspacecentre.eu

Optimistic, (says he'll be keeping his dish) but no idea how well system would work under full loading.

Guys out stringing fibre down my road yesterday. Near Knockcroghery in Co Roscommon. I was originally Aug - Oct 21 but currently Nov - Dec 21.

New dates from NBI should be released to ISPs around that time, they need to give 30 days notice before connections can happen according to people in Digiweb and other ISPs so i'm hoping i'll be connected in August

Big push around Ballinasloe in the last few weeks. Lots of jointing/splicing crews about. Most DPs in place. Last 'awkward' bits of work appear to be done. By awkward I mean sections that require civils like trenching and ducting, road crossings, a few areas that had little or no suitable Eir infrastructure etc.

Some testing going on as well.

Plenty of activity around the Enet exchange in the town. An estate or 2 and a few pockets of houses in the urban area and included in the IA being sorted.

I've noticed that they seem to have free reign on access to eir's infrastructure but if they even look at an Enet manhole it requires an Enet representative present. They don't do anything, just sit in their van and observe.

2 photos. Close up of DP and NBI branded pole. The NBI branded poles only appear to be used where a pole was never present but required.

That was me - I thought I'd posted it already, thanks for the reminder. Have posted this now this morning.

I have pictures on most to the posts over the last year or so but I can't upload all on the one post with the timelines.

Quick question, my house is down a side road about 300m. There is a pole at the head of the road with the fibre duct running underground to a manhole outside my house.

I have a duct then from manhole to the small box on side of house.

I have liberated a roll of fibre from one of the KN lads who kindly gave it to me.

My intention is to pull the fibre myself from the manhole to the location where I want the router in the house.

I assume the installer will then be able to terminate the fibre in the manhole??

Lots of new fibre loops hanging from poles around Portrunny area in Roscommon and put up on a Saturday.

I'm the same in Oranmore Galway. 16/08