National Broadband Ireland : implementation and progress

johnnyboy08 wrote: »

Kudos is right. I'm in Wexford an we were due to start surveys after Cavan/Limerick I think but I've contacted Wexford Co Council and the broadband officer in the council for an update in the last 10 days and haven't heard a dickie bird back. No updates on NBI website or facebook either. My next port of call was going to to be the DCCAE to see if they know what's going on.

johnnyboy08 wrote: »

Heard from NBI today. They've been surveying in Co. Wexford for the last few weeks.

Pique wrote: »

Peter Hendrick on Shannonside FM yesterday.

https://www.shannonside.ie/news/local/roscommon/selection-high-speed-broadband-connections-go-live-coming-weeks/

Tl;dr
Design phase in 11 counties for this year. Next year, the remaining counties will be surveyed for buildout but all BCPs will be connected this year. 5-8 weeks survey duration. Poles replaced in 'make-ready' phase prior to build out. The closer you are to a Trunk line, the quicker you will be connected. 60-70 operators on the NBP network predicted.

Nuphor wrote: »

The drip-feeding of information is becoming a real pain.

Pique wrote: »

Peter Hendrick on Shannonside FM yesterday.

https://www.shannonside.ie/news/local/roscommon/selection-high-speed-broadband-connections-go-live-coming-weeks/

Tl;dr
Design phase in 11 counties for this year. Next year, the remaining counties will be surveyed for buildout but all BCPs will be connected this year. 5-8 weeks survey duration. Poles replaced in 'make-ready' phase prior to build out. The closer you are to a Trunk line, the quicker you will be connected. 60-70 operators on the NBP network predicted.

heavydawson wrote: »

This is a deluge of information compared to what was happening prior to the contract being signed. Their PR machine is doing a great job of getting the word out with local newspapers and radio stations.
I have a Google alert set up for "National Broadband Ireland" and the flow of new articles is relatively constant. One or more every week, and almost all of them involve direct messaging/quotes from NBI themselves.

Dero wrote: »

Referring back to this post by the (sorely missed) Navi, I wonder would these NBI OLT locations translate to trunk lines as mentioned above?

Dero wrote: »

Referring back to this post by the (sorely missed) Navi, I wonder would these NBI OLT locations translate to trunk lines as mentioned above?

Mortelaro wrote: »

I'm not in the NBP because,I'm in a blue area anomalously created across country from a cabinet 2 miles away with no poles or lines to me and no other house to serve out this way

2 emails replied with the same answer 'you are covered by commercial operators
Eir and others have refused '

T.d's getting same answer from the department
The new nbi lines will be passing my entrance
Explained all that to the department
Included maps

Are they thick ???

1. The other map with the red bits.
2. Log your eircode at Broadband@DCCAE.gov.ie and nbpmapping@dccae.gov.ie
3. Email some other likely candidates here (Program CTO looks good)
4. Contacted your local broadband officer.
5. Enquire which commercial operators say they provide coverage.
6. FOI/AIE request to find out which commercial operators say they provide coverage to your eircode.
7. Possibly a Subject Access Request under GDPR to Department re: your eircode.

The roll-out of the national broadband plan will be completed ahead of time and under budget.

Work on the controversial €2.9bn project is continuing despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The aim is to eventually connect over 500,000 homes, schools, businesses and farms that currently are not served by commercial operators.

Speaking exclusively to Newstalk, CEO of National Broadband Ireland Peter Hendrick says progress is being made.

"We are confident that the project can be delivered - what I would say - under budget and certainly earlier than we have committed.

"So that's our entire focus: let's get this done as fast as possible for the best value possible.

"And that's what our team our focused on.

"In the year to date we've designed 17,000 premises across multiple counties - Cork, Limerick, Galway, Cavan.

"And this month we're moving into Roscommon.

"So you can see things are starting to progress, and [we] hope to have homes connected certainly within this year".

ewj1978 wrote: »

Same boat as you Mortelaro but even worse I'm actually in a town. Fibre cabinets all around me but the 6 houses in my row are on an old line that circles half the town before going back to the exchange.

"you are covered by commercial operators" = tough **** paddy.

clohamon wrote: »

I presume you've tried most of the following.

1. The other map with the red bits.
2. Log your eircode at Broadband@DCCAE.gov.ie and nbpmapping@dccae.gov.ie
3. Email some other likely candidates here (Program CTO looks good)
4. Contacted your local broadband officer.
5. Enquire which commercial operators say they provide coverage.
6. FOI/AIE request to find out which commercial operators say they provide coverage to your eircode.
7. Possibly a Subject Access Request under GDPR to Department re: your eircode.

ACitizenErased wrote: »

I’m fully convinced Eirs ignorance to Rochestown is pure laziness honestly. Plenty of houses up here and zero reason to suggest its not “commercially viable”.

clohamon wrote: »

The department's official map is here.
https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/communications/topics/Broadband/national-broadband-plan/high-speed-broadband-map/Pages/Interactive-Map.aspx



If your house is amber or in an amber area then you're in the NBP. However if you're in an urban area it seems likely that Eircom, SIRO or VM will cover these amber spots over time anyway.

The blue areas represent not only current deployment but also 'credible plans'. The department has allowed 7 years for these plans to materialise (ie the length of the NBP intervention roll-out). So even though some eircodes are blue, the service might not be available until 2027. It's also important to note that blue areas are mostly CSO settlement boundaries and not necessarily deployment maps supplied by the providers.

The red blobs represent unresolved eircodes that could not be associated with any provider by the Department. That might be just bad record keeping by the provider and they actually do provide a service. The obvious ones to ask are Eircom, SIRO, (or their retailers) and VM.

The Department might not tell you which provider has claimed to have plans for service at a given eircode as they might say that it's commercially sensitive information. However there's no harm in asking - under FOI, AIE, or GDPR, if necessary.

It is very unsatisfactory for those affected as they don't know what date between now and 2027 that they will receive a service or from whom. If the operator fails to deliver, the premises only becomes the responsibility of the NBP at the end of the seven years or close to it.

Dero wrote: »

Nothing concrete here, but it makes happy reading. It would be nice to see some actual connections by the end of this year.

National Broadband Plan to be completed ahead of schedule and 'under budget'

Excerpt from the interview on Newstalk.

Also, seems heavydawson got in just before me.

Orebro wrote: »

Very frustrating that Jess Kelly still doesn't knock the 5G making the NBP obsolete argument on the head - not sure she gets the tech at all really.

Orebro wrote: »

Agreed, but she keeps failing to debunk it being a viable alternative to the NBP which is very frustrating to listen to.

NBI to slash service providers’ broadband connection fees

Company in charge of state’s network rollout plans to stimulate demand by reducing sign-up costs

National Broadband Ireland is planning to heavily discount connection fees to encourage internet providers and customers onto its new network, the Business Post has learned.

NBI, headed by David McCourt, the US businessman, was last year awarded the contract for the state's multi-billion National Broadband Plan which aims to deliver high-speed broadband to about 540,000 homes and businesses across rural Ireland.

...

https://www.businesspost.ie/telecoms/nbi-to-slash-service-providers-broadband-connection-fees-748425da

These include heavy discounts, and in some cases a full waiving, of the standard €100 connection fee charged to retail service providers (RSP).

Within a designated pre-order window, RSPs would not be charged any fee for connecting to the NBI network. If a pre-order is cancelled, a €2.50 fee would be applied.

It is up to the broadband service provider to decide whether it wishes to pass any discounts on to its customers, the ultimate end-users in homes and businesses across the country. outside of the pre-order window, the standard €100 charge would apply.

"NBI are exploring promotional offers to incentivise early connections to the NBI network, and this is one such potential offer," a spokeswoman said.

Similarly, if a technician is required to complete a reconnection to the network, the standard €100 fee will be charged.

If, however, the customer can be reconnected to the network without the need for a technician to visit the site, the fee will again be entirely waived under proposals being considered by NBI.

A customer may be reconnected if they are changing from one retail service provider to another or if they previously had a connection which had been discontinued.

A €2.50 charge will also be levied in instances where network speeds are being upgraded, for example.

Pique wrote: »

Which is all the great unwashed are interested in, tbf.

Adrian Weckler is pretty well clued in imo, but his twitter is mainly fluff about how good the new iPhone camera is.