National Broadband Ireland : implementation and progress

cables and black boxes dont mean much, ours went in. We are still scheduled next summer start for lines to home. So your guide date is still the most accurate

so when did the work on poles start for you?

cool. so I could be 1 year away-ish

Apparently they are working hard in our area to implement but wait for it - Dec 2026.

"D" refers to a defective pole that will be replaced in due course. Probably part of the prep work being carried out by OpenEir in support of the NBI rollout .

Our exchange area was surveyed prior to OpenEir's rural fibre rollout some years ago. This included mapping every pole in the area on to a database, marking defective poles for replacement etc. Those poles were replaced within 6-9 months iirc.

It is rather defective, as its thown its guy wire - but it also no longer has any subscribers on it (they've all died; new occupants use mobile, and my house never even had a landline) so they didn't seem to concerned when I phoned up to tell them that a few years ago.

No change on my update … still build in progress … July 2025-December 2025 … Hollyford DA.

There was a crew along my road earlier this year doing lots of hedge trimming around the poles and older poles had been replaced. I occasionally see an NBI van pulled up in the village, but never up to much from what I can tell.

It's unbelievable - they are more focused on providing services to touristy area with small resident populations and areas with holiday houses than to large swathes of well populated rural areas with resident population.

As far as I can tell all density types are progressing in roughly equal step. Granted most would like the queue to be moving quicker. The roll-out is currently on schedule in absolute numbers - i.e. all of the original 537k should be passed by Jan 2027 at current rate of progress.

I can count 7 customers within a short distance from us who would take it up (families and those working from home) and a few more that mightn't take it up. Most rural roads around here are much the same. But then we see NBI making a great play of delivering fixed lines down boreens in Mayo to the odd possible citizen in their 90s. I'm all for fair distribution of services but surely they have access to census and population stats that would direct them to work on rural regions most populated first? Not so good PR but more useful. Thanks is I can say to the mobile providers who have made an effort because without their usually passable service, most of us wouldn't have a hope of even doing normal things online like basic email.

for every one of u, there are other larger portions of population that got service before you. Its not as linear as you make out, its a heavily managed program with numerous nuances of whats easier to delivery and resource in a planned way. You are making this totally about your own personal location and 1 rollout region, negating all of the delivery milestones theyve hit…

They aren't allowed fix someone else cable but will probably be billed for the repairs.

Over a month later and nothing happening at all..NBI say when they raised ticket with Vodafone on our behalf, Vodafone said they're waiting on openeir to Install two poles and have no idea when that will happen. NBI agent said openeir are a disaster to deal with regarding getting accurate info/timelines. It's been nearly two months since initially signed up to Vodafone now (after being told the house was ready to be connected by NBI)

Just the fibre cable feed into house and then connectors and ONT added when in. My install was via NBI with KNCricet.

My lad literally had the fibre cable tapped to a hammer which was launched over the trees and ditches! And then he came in through the eaves in the house into the attic and down into the office. ONT placed on wall in corner of the office and fibre cable connected in. Grand and simple process and the lad doing it made it easier as he was sound out.

I had to get an extra pole installed, timeframe was FTTH order 1st December 2023, installed and active middle of March 2023. The site needed to be surveyed and then a team came to install the pole. And then KNCricet came back and did install, they came the first day in Jan, and just had a look as they had to refer it on for survey and pole install - was a pointless appointment as told them over the phone I needed a pole anyway.

And in relation to the location of the poles, they just told me the most direct line - so could be an issue if want to go zig-zag etc in a field. Was no problem where the pole went for me, the farmer did not care.

NBI crews were out along the Cappamore road from the village of Rearcross a couple of weeks ago replacing old poles.

Today and yesterday, a different crew were in the village on the Newport road. Looked like they might be installing additional ducting, as they were digging up along the foot path from the point where the phone lines come out of the duct from the exchange and are then onto poles for the rest of the way out of the village.

Hollyford DA … July-December 2025