Comments on: eircom to enable another 100 exchanges, 120k more people can avail of broadband

By: rob

rob — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:49:29 +0000

i was on to eircom november 2008 nna was told i would have broadband by the end of december 2008 phoned them in january 2009 and was told it will be another 9 to 12 months i think it just wateing game with eircom

By: thomas

thomas — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:56:58 +0000

So great the list shows my exchange has been enabled and my neighbours are getting connected. When I do the eircom test they say my line is not compatible and won’t/can’t explain why.

Does anybody know how to get an answer from this buch of …..

thanks

By: Aidan

Aidan — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:58:11 +0000

Could someone help me out here please, I have been trying to get broadband for the past four and a half years, and also trying to get an answer from Eircom for the same amount of time. I live roughly half way between two villages (about 3 miles either way) that both have fixed line broadband (DSL ?) up and running. Now, I’m trying to find out if the phone line that goes to my house is capable of carrying broadband, which if it is, should (hopefully) mean that at some point I will be able to get broadband. About 3 or 4 months ago, Eircom replaced the phone line to my house and also all along the road, down to the main road that connects the two villages together. So logic tells me that if I now have the same type of phone line as the two villages have, I should be able to get broadband. Is there a way to physically/visually identify a phoneline that is broadband capable/enabled? The new phone line that was put in is much thicker than the old one (maybe 15mm diameter) and also I noticed that they fitted a piece of equipment to the pole that looks like some kind of electrical gismo, it’s roughly about the size and shape of an aerosoll can and is black in colour (I have also seen these things white in colour) and this gismo thingy has the new cable going in and coming out. Someone told me it is called a “Node” ??? Would this be an indication of broadband capability? I would really appreciate it if someone can give me a clue as to what these “Node” things are, what there purpose is, are they something to do with broadband etc. I asked the Eircom guys who were fitting these things what they were, but these guys were about as helpfull as a broken leg. I’ve tried contacting Eircom to find out more, but to be honest, my cat would be more helpfull than Eircom. I need to find out about the broadband situation asap, because unless I can get broadband soon, I will have no choice but to move to an area that does has broadband, due to the fact that I’m involved in Naval research and the internet is vital for my research, and I really dont want to have to move house, so anything you can come up with would be great, thanks in advance, Aidan.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:51:15 +0000

All sounds great but all they are doing is providing broadband to new customers. They need to be upgrading lines throughout the country to allow a solid service to exisiting customers. I am rural and blessed with good speeds offpeak I can get 114kbs with my 1mbs package – fastest available to me. But stick more people on exchanges, using the same backbones and it will slow everyone down. It’s like one technical manager of some company, i forget who, said in the uk about broadband been taken up so fast that the infrastructure will be saturated and the service will be poor. I also hate the disguting lack of competitors in Ireland and the resulting monopoly on prices. Eircom charge 49.99 a month for a 3mb package, in the UK with virgin or sky you pay Â£24 a month and get your phone line, tv package and 16MB broadband with fantastic contention ratios! I have seen download speeds with sky 16mb at 1000kbs peak times!

By: Gary Heath

Gary Heath — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:06:04 +0000

We moved from Dublin to Clara, Co Offaly in July. I told UTV, my ISP for the past 4 years or so, and they said there was no problem, ADSL would be ready for me when we moved in. In fact, we didn’t even have a line until mid October & it took until the last day of the month to get ADSL working !!! UTV blamed Eircom & all Eircom had to say about it was that my account was with UTV so it was nothing to do with them.

It also turns out that we are only able to get 1Mb download (I had 3Mb in Dublin) & that drops quite frequently. I am of the same opinion as somebody who posted in this thread earlier, Eircom’s WiFi does seem to be posturing … they are supplying it locally in Tullamore, but Tullamore is already covered by Ice and Clearwire, we are 10 miles down the road and can’t get any of them !!! This country is a joke when it comes to Broadband coverage !!!

I am contemplating going back to Eircom from UTV, which looks like it will cost a bit more, but I will avail of the free Setanta & that will save me â‚¬18, my monthly Setanta subscription, that’s the main reason (plus UTV have pissed me off and I don’t think they deserve my money, that’s another !!!). However, the Eircom explanation on their web site as to what you get with their Setanta package is pathetic, so I can only guess that this is not all it’s hyped up to be either … for instance, there is no details as to whether I will always be able to see the live Premier League & CL football games when they are on or not … if I can’t, it’s no good to me, it’s typical of the crap that Eircom dish out and I’m sorry about the rant, but it’s all so frustrating !!!

By: Jamil

Jamil — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:47:07 +0000

Re Knocktopher Co. Kilkenny. Eircom tech guy(admitedly after a few beers )suggested Dec 07 for us. However Eircom claim March 08 more likely. Views please!!!!!!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:39:18 +0000

I just rang Eircom, about the Nurney exchange being upgraded, they are now saying that it will be after 2009! Am I dreaming? The last time I rang them they said it would be before Christmas and that I shouldn’t disconnect the phone line. Anyone know anything about kildare and Nurney area?

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:24:48 +0000

A rough way of doing it is to go onto eircom site and enter a number you know in the different areas. You could even use a shop number obtained from phone book if you have no other contacts.

By: John O'Brien

John O'Brien — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:06:56 +0000

My family are considering moving from London to the Letterkenny region but one of the requirements is that I have a reliable broadband connection in order that I can continue my current employment.

We have been trying to find a way of tracking down the areas that are covered but without too much joy. Do you know anywhere that can show where the exchanges are and what area it covers for broadband?

Any help would be much appreciated.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:18:57 +0000

I am moving to Rhode in Offaly and require broadband for work, so i called eircom and they told me the local exchange is due to be upgraded in September 2007. but the lady i was talking to also pointed out that delays are quite likely. so unfortunately for me i am going to have to get satellite broadband.