eircom announce another 300+ additional exchanges to be enabled – No timeframe

eircom have announced that they are to upgrade another 319 exchanges in Ireland. They have not given a timeframe for when these will happen though. They previously announced they were upgrading another 100 exchanges this year. Again, no news when this year they’ll be enabled. This will bring the number of exchanges to 900 or so that will be getting broadband which is about 96% of working lines. It still doesn’t mean every line connected can handle broadband because some lines are really poor in standard but 450 more exchanges are now going to be enabled under new eircom compared to old eircom. This is a very positive move and I’d glad to see them once again say that the demand excuse was bullshit. Enabling another 450 exchanges shows it to be the case. Let us hope they give the missing 4% plus those who have crap copper some kind of wireless service to make up for this.

Again and I’ll put it in bold. There is no timeframe for when he below exchanges will be enabled:

Carlow

Ardattin
Hacketstown
Killerig Cross
Leighlinbridge
Milford

Cavan
Blacklion
Loch Gowna
Mountnugent
Redhills
Tullyvin

Clare

Ballyalla
Ballymacahill
Bridgetown
Broadford
Bunratty
Clarecastle
Cooraclare
Crusheen
Doonbeg
Feakle
Kildysart
Kilfenora
Kilkee
Kilkishen
Kilmaley
Kilmihil
Quin
Rockmount
Tulla
Whitegate

Cork
Araglin
Ballincurrig
Ballycondon
Ballycotton
Ballydesmond
Ballyhooley
Baltimore
Banteer
Boherbue
Burnfort
Castletownshend
Churchcross
Clonakilty
Clonbanin Cross
Donoughmore
Drinagh
Dungourney
Eyeries
Freemount
Glanworth
Glengarriff
Glenville
Goleen
Inchigeelagh
Kealkill
Killinadrish
Kilnamartyra
Knocknagree
Knockraha
Liscarroll
Macroom
Mallow Substation
Minane Bridge
Rossmore
Rylane
Schull

Donegal

Ballygorman
Burtonport
Carrigans
Churchill
Cloghan
Creeslough
Glencolumbkille
Kerrykeel
Killea
Kincasslagh
Lettermacaward
Linsfort
Malin
Narin
Pettigo
Rathmullen
Rossnowlagh
St Johnston

Dublin

Naul

Galway

Abbeyknockmoy
Ahascragh
Aughrim
Ballyconneely
Ballygar
Ballymoe
Barnaderg
Belclare
Carnmore
Castleblakeney
Clonbern
Cregmore
Duniry
Furbo
Kilconly
Kilconnell
Kilrickle
Kiltormer
Kiltulla
Laurencetown
Leenane
Lettermore
Menlough
Miltown
Rosmuc
Tubber
Williamstown
Woodford

Kerry

Anablaha
Ballybunion
Ballyferriter
Ballylongford
Camp
Caragh Lake
Castlegregory
Dromartin Cross
Duagh
Fenit
Glenbeigh
Headford
Kilgarvan
Knocknagoshel
Miltown
Mounthawk
Moyvane
Rathmore
Scartaglin
Sneem

Kildare

Athgarvan
Ballytore
Brannockstown
Calverstown
Coill Dubh
Kildangan
Kilmeage
Mageney
Moone
Rathmore

Kilkenny

Coon
Cuffesgrange
Glenmore
Gowran
Inistioge
Kells
Kilmoganny
Loughboy
Oldtown
Paulstown
Piltown
Tubrid
Tullogher

Laois

Ballacolla
Ballickmoyler
Borris In Ossory
Clonaslee
Rosenallis
The Heath

Leitrim

Carrigallen
Cloone
Drumsna
Keshcarrigan
Kinlough
Leitrim Village
Rossinver

Limerick

Ardagh
Athea
Ballingarry
Ballyhahill
Ballylanders
Bruree
Croom
Drumcollogher
Effin
Fedamore
Hospital
Kildimo
Kilfinane
Knocklong
Murroe
Obriens Bridge
Oola
Templeglantine

Longford

Aughnacliffe
Lanesboro

Louth

Clogherhead
Edmonstown
Hackballscross
Togher
Tullyallen

Mayo

Ayle
Ballyglass
Ballyhean
Barnatra
Bekan Cross
Belcarra
Bohola
Bonniconlon
Kilmaine
Knock Airport
Knockmore
Laherdane
Liscarney
Murrisk
Partree

Meath

Beauparc
Carlanstown
Carnaross
Clonmellon
Crossakiel
Drumconrath
Hill Of Down
Kildalkey
Kilmainham Wood
Lobinstown
Moynalty
Newtown
Monaghan
Annayalla
Broomfield
Newbliss
Rockcorry
Scotshouse
Tullynahinera

Offaly

Ballinagar
Ballycumber
Collins Lane
Five Alley
Killeigh
Moneygall
Mount Bolus
Mucklagh
Rahan

Roscommon

Arigna
Athleague
Ballinlough
Ballydangan
Ballyforan
Castleplunkett
Cloonfad
Cootehall
Cornafulla
Croghan
Curraghboy
Donamon
Fourmilehouse
Hodsons Bay
Kilmore
Kiltoom
Loughglynn
Monksland
Tulsk

Sligo

Ballinafad
Ballintogher
Calry
Dromore West
Gurteen
Rosses Point

Tipperary

Ardcroney
Ballinderry
Ballingarry
Ballyporeen
Birdhill
Borrisokane
Cappawhite
Clerihan
Cloughjordan
Donohill
Drangan
Dromin
Emly
Golden
Gortnagowna
Grange
Gurtnahoe
Hollyford
Lattin
Lorrha
Mullinahone
Newcastle Village
Portroe
Puckane
Rathcabbin

Waterford

Ballyduff
Ballymacarbry
Bonmahon
Cappagh
Lemybrien
Rathgormack

Westmeath

Ballinahowen
Castletowngeoghan
Collinstown
Crookedwood
Horseleap
Lismacaffrey
Milltownpass
Moyvore
Multyfarnham
Rathowen

Wexford

Barntown
Beechgrove
Blackwater
Bree
Clonroche
Curracloe
Foulksmills
Hollyfort
Kilmore Quay
Kilmuckridge
Taghmon

Wicklow

Coolboy
Donard
Glenealy
Kilbride
Kiltegan
Shillelagh

91 Responses to “eircom announce another 300+ additional exchanges to be enabled – No timeframe”

  1. It isn’t strictly speaking ‘crap copper’ damien. The runs of copper in many cases are just too long. If you have ribbon development along a road between two towns that are more than 6 miles apart (as we have in most parts of Ireland) it is pretty much inevitable that the reach of DSL will run out somewhere along the way. (A wireless deployment has the same problem, although to a lesser extent.)

    To be fair to eircom, it is very difficult to do much about this. I suppose they could put in subexchanges, but that’s complicated too – there may be a need to run fiber, and the number of extra houses each subexchange will actually serve is relatively small, so the costs per DSL connection will go pretty crazy. At that level of expense you’d nearly be as well thinking about running fiber to homes, which is something that the ESB is as well positioned to do as eircom is.

  2. Sponge Bob says:

    eircom now bang 2mbits to 3 miles and near 60db and 1 mbit to 4 miles and near 70db Antoin, they are much less anal than hithertofore .

  3. vinnyfitz says:

    Great to see Noel Dempsey welcoming all this today. I wonder how did he inspire Eircom to publish this list (with no dates) before the election?

    In other news Dempsey happened to mention in the same press release that he will soon award the contract to wire the forgotten 10%. Bless!

  4. Well, 4 miles as the wire runs, sure. But the wire probably won’t necessarily run straight out the main road, and many houses are going to be a half a mile or so off the road, so the practical distance you can cover is shorter. And there are a lot of places where the distance between towns is a good bit more.

  5. Sponge Bob says:

    Dempsey did not specifically mention the word “wire” did he Vinny ???

  6. eircom – How to make friends and influence your competitors

    You may or may not have heard that eircom recently announced they are going to upgrade a further 300 plus exchanges for broadband. Sounds great doesnÂ’t it? And thatÂ’s on top of the previous 100 exchanges. ThatÂ’s fantastic isnÂ’t it.

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  7. 4Basra says:

    Still no hope in sight in my neck of the woods. I need wireless and since Voda and 3 aren’t covering where I live, I’m counting on O2…!

  8. I work in Abbeyknockmoy is Galway – and this announcement makes me want to almost cry.

    Soon, dear god soon!……………………………

  9. Eugene Mc Ardle says:

    Damien…will you giving a list of exhanges not ”broadband capable” yet or not on either of the update lists?

  10. Alan says:

    Does anyone know how many exchanges remain to be upgraded in Cork. My exchange is the only one in my greater area still un-upgraded.

  11. jamiemurphy says:

    David Cochrane abbeyknockmoy do have a broadband service from airwire.ie
    its wireless but it works as long as u can see the 2 mast on that big hill around that area from your roof

  12. Everyone can say not to blame eircom but why shouldnt we. There full of broken promises, of course its hard to set up broadband services but in the day and age we live in it should all be done. Its not as if there short of money believe you me they have plenty of it. Its a total disgrace, we’re nearly the last in europe to get broadband services. And Ireland is so slow in setting it up, the entire Ireland should be broadband enabled. I live 4 miles away from a town which has broadband and i am not eligible to get it, imagine they cant even extend it a few more miles!! Its a joke.
    Fair play to Eircom – ”The Number one phone service in Ireland” Yeah Whatever

  13. steve says:

    well i have to say i was promised broadband by a rep of theres in january……..that was in 2004….and still has been nothing

    i live in carrigallen

  14. steve says:

    oh also the fact that just about every village/town in a 5 mile radius around carrigallen has broadband

  15. Peter says:

    Yes eircom or gone to the dogs i have been promised broadband for 3 years now! everyone try o2 they have excellent coverage and there speeds are excellent!! go to their website and check are they online in your area!

  16. John says:

    I just got an Eircom line in leitrim Village (not broadband enabled) tried one of those 3G O2 mobile devices were covered on the map on O2 but unsurprisingly it wouldnt pick up 2fm never mind broadband, total rubbish i will be heading back to the store with it asap. false advertising it is and im right in the middle of the village, check out the website at o2.ie for coverage maps…
    Anyone else have this problem?

  17. DEL says:

    how do i go about finding out when and if banagher co offaly is going to become eircom broadband enabled.

  18. Evert Bopp says:

    AFAIK none of the Tipperary exchanges have been enabld yet…

  19. Eamonn (Gowran) says:

    I blame the government. I live in Gowran (just outside Kilkenny) where we have no ADSL, DSL, Wireless and fairly hopeless mobile 3G coverage. Yet in Kilkenny where every house has access to Eircom or Chorus the NDP are busy providing Wireless Broadband!

  20. Ger says:

    Eircom call 2 weeks before xmas 07 proud to say broadband in murroe co limerick cheched line no go, someone in eircom is having a good laugh at the people paying there wages and telling lies also why tell people its broadband ready when the line is not and the exchange is not.
    lies just so people will stay with them.

  21. Nick says:

    Ger,

    The guys on the end of the phone in Eircom are not aware until about the same time as you or I as to if an exchange is working.

    Only few people in Eircom actually know when and exchange will be enabled for sure.

  22. Gary says:

    Who are these people, and what are their email addresses?
    Oooh to have that info!

  23. Nick says:

    Well, Murroe is apparently NOT happening this year! Sheesh!

  24. Gary says:

    Just spoke to Eircom ( a very nice girl actually… for once)
    But sadly her news wasnt so nice.. she said the scheduled upgrade date for Newtown Exchange in meath is no earlier than May 2009!!
    Godammnit!

  25. John says:

    Most of those Tipperary exchanges hav’nt been done and as off today Mullinahone is’nt in the next 3 months.

    Be wary of perlico telling you it is as I was told, and when I checked he was just lying to get me sign a contract for 12 months

  26. Evert Bopp says:

    I know that Ballinderry, Borrisokane, Puckane and Portroe still have not been enabled…

  27. frank says:

    21st of april 2008 just got off the phone with eircom today ,was told the horseleap ,westmeath exchange is to be completed by the end of the month . Finally nomore moving my wireless usb modem [huaweiE220]AAROUND the room trying desperately to find another bar of signal like an eejit tryin to pick up RTE with a bad ariel ,i hope theyre not bullshitting me .
    finally after all these years, tears of joy .

  28. Lynn says:

    Well some of you have been luckier than me in getting information. I rang Eircom this morning to see if Bree was enabled and was told no. When I asked if he could give me an idea of when it was due to be upgraded, I was told he had to wait for the engineers to send him an email and couldn’t contact them himself – great customer service – then he had the nerve to try to get me to take a dial up service. If I wanted to throw my laptop at the wall in frustration I wouldn’t pay them for the privilege.

  29. John says:

    Here’s a letter I got from our local TD.

    Doesn’t hold out much hope, and I’m not going to pay satelite prices:(

    http://www.mullinahone.net/index.php/messageboard?func=view&id=10&catid=1

  30. Pete says:

    I live in Duagh, Co.Kerry and we are situated between Abbeyfeale (7km away) and Listowel (8km away), and both these towns have broadband and all the wireless services as well. I would love to work from home, but because of the very poor signal I get from my Vodamoan (alledged) 3g modem, I have to go to the office every day. Kerry Council told me to contact Eircom, the Eircom rep didn’t have a clue, and the customer services said that ‘each case was individual and they couldn’t give me a timescale.

    Very poor indeed.

  31. Bjoern says:

    I live in Tralee Mounthawk Co,Kerry and my area is still not connected ..so what are the eirecom dudes doing……Thats a mess im german and i had 16 a mbit Adsl line for 40 euro a month at home ….i have here now 3g broadband and this is pure crap dont spend money for that .

  32. John says:

    Those 3G mobile broadband things are hopless i got tid of my O2 one, my friend tried the 3 one but was actually worse even slower, it’s all a con to descirbe those things as broadband.

  33. Alan says:

    I live in Leamlara co cork. My local exchange is ballincurrig. All the other exchanges to the north south east and west of me are broadband enabled. basically i live in a no broadband enclave. bit like lesotho in south africa. I can get wireless from carrigtwohill but its expensive 40euro per month and slow. It can be a bit unreliable too. I stopped enquiring from eircom about 18 months ago. most of the customer service reps haven’t a clue and the rest just lie to ya. I hate eircom – i really do.

  34. Leon Quinn says:

    Damien, was pointed here from Boards.ie.

    Can I ask where you found the list of exchanges so I can try to keep up to date with any new developments?

    Couldn’t get any info from the Eircom site or sales reps.

  35. Damien says:

    Eircom gave them to me.

  36. Leon Quinn says:

    Are you shagging them or something, I couldn’t get that info!?

  37. Damien says:

    Yeah but guess who ranks highly for “broadband ireland” and the many variations?

  38. Leon Quinn says:

    Ok, I’ll sign up for broadband with you then, do you cover Leitrim..?

    For what its worth, I rank highly for “broadband moan”!!

  39. Well, Murroe still has not happened… at least we have two wireless providers now!

    Soon, I am told… sooon…. 🙂

  40. John says:

    I live in Old Court East near Lisgoold in Co. Cork. I’ve tried everything including satellite toget broadband access, no joy to date. Does anyone know if its possible to get broadband in this God forsaken area

  41. Damien B says:

    It would be very interesting to see what percentage of these exchanges have actually been upgraded – I know quite a few of the Donegal exchanges listed haven’t been.

  42. Nick Whittome says:

    I agree…. I am willing to bet that the percentage is low, and this was simply another Eircom farce.

    Eircom are quite simply, the single worst company I have ever had to deal with.

  43. Leon Quinn says:

    Agree with Nick but I now have to sell my soul and get a landline in, mobile coverage is too bad here. I hate myself! If they give me any hassle I’m gonna loose it!

  44. Evert Bopp says:

    The 6 locations in Tipp that I know have still not been enabled.
    Not that I expected them to…

  45. Nick Whittome says:

    To quote a friend…..

    “A couple of weeks ago I met the guy in Eircom that was in charge of broadband rollout”. “He lived in Dublin, and even HE could not get broadband”.

    I do not know how true that statement is…. but if it is, we are all doomed.

    Digiweb are building a seriously good Wireless network, it has to be said. Right now, I am happy with my wireless provider out here in the sticks…. so I am lucky in that regard.

  46. Pete says:

    Still no news for the Duagh upgrade, and Eircom still have no timescale in place. My brother who lives down the road from me has just had to return his 3 mobile internet modem to the shop, as the signal is not strong enough to work here.

    I wish someone would just give us a timescale as to when to get a decent service. Satellite is too expensive, and many of the wireless providers unfortunately charge a large fee for site survey which is something I just cannot afford.

    Hopefully, digiweb or one of the other free to air providers will read this and visit us here in Duagh…. maybe…..

  47. John says:

    Mullinahone still not enabled, it just looks like rural Ireland is being left behind like the Americans asking us if we had telephones years ago, now its if we had broadband?? and amazed at how backward we are that we don’t have highspeed internet access, we can’t even watch you tube:(

  48. Damien says:

    Imagine if one of you actually did something about this…

  49. Leon Quinn says:

    @ Damien

    Not sure what you mean Damien? are you saying stop moaning about the lack of broadband and go do something about it!?

  50. John says:

    [quote]Imagine if one of you actually did something about this[/quote]

    Please tell how???????????????

    I’ve written to local TD’s, Eircom, Eamonn Ryan

    Tell me where I can buy the equipment and install it myself.

    People are powerless, the goverment will tell you you can get satelite at huge expense compared to our city couisns