Can you tell me if this is legit? Siro are in the area putting up boxed and cables on houses. I already have internet and a satelite provided from another provider. I have the old NTL cable as well. I do not want to add another cable to the outside of the house. Also concerned about the general way this was approached with neighbours. Has anyone had ant contact from this company or know anything about them.
Siro want access to put up broadband on the house
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Siro are jointly owned by the ESB and Vodafone, and are wholesale providers of Fibre to the Home broadband. I presume Sky are your TV/broadband providers at the moment. You may find that without Siro, they may not be able to offer you higher broadband speeds in the future.
I also have a family member with a similar arrangement - if you can negotiate a free service, it's a great perk.
Yes - I understand that, they provide the infrastructure, so they could agree a credit system, and let you use whichever service provider you like.
I'm sure you aren't the first person who will have asked them for compensation, in return for letting them run cables across your property, so no doubt they have a solution.
I'm sure you aren't the first person who will have asked them for compensation, in return for letting them run cables across your property, so no doubt they have a solution.
Thanks for all the answers. This might be worth a try but I'm locked into package with Sky for at least another 8 months.
Sorry but you would be very foolish not to allow Siro connect your house. The technology is well ahead of previous versions. And they connect you free of charge. I have no doubt that if you are not connected now while they are doing your area you may have to pay heavily in the future, when you discover that everyone else's broadband is better than yours.
Ah, maybe there's a misunderstanding here - and if it's on my part, then I apologise (and, eh, blame Clubman
)....Is the issue regarding a connection to the home, or is the issue about SIRO wanting to run cables and boxes across the original poster's property, for the benefit of others?
If its simply for connection to the home, then I'm mistaken, there won't be an opportunity to get free / discounted services.
However, if SIRO need to use the original posters property to gain access to other properties, then there should be an opportunity for the original poster to get some benefit, in return for facilitating access.
I'm not 100% what the situation is myself. The neighbours were approached to have the cables and boxes put up on their houses. We are part of a terrace of 6 houses. I haven't been approached yet and wanted to see if the whole thing was legit. I don't think anyone signed up with them. The installer just arrived in an unmarked van and asked for access to their houses to put up the cables and boxes. I tried to find a contact number online for Siro and none exists! It seemed very random and having had people offer to do things like clean guttering I was concerned it might be dodgy.
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Siro install along the terrace, the boxes are distribution points so houses can be connected when service is ordered off Sky, Pure, 3 etc
Some background here
www.indigotg.com
Some background here
SIRO - Indigo
SIRO's project showcases Indigo's (previously operating as 4site) excellence in fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) survey and design.
www.indigotg.com
Great. Thanks. I looked at this website: https://siro.ie/contact-us/ and could not find a number which made me suspicious. I'll give them a call tomorrow and see if they are working in the area.
Great thanks a million.Siro install along the terrace, the boxes are distribution points so houses can be connected when service is ordered off Sky, Pure, 3 etc
Some background here
SIRO - Indigo
SIRO's project showcases Indigo's (previously operating as 4site) excellence in fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) survey and design.
This telephone number is very strange. Not answered by a person. Only voice mail. When I look to speak to opperator it cuts off.
FWIW SIRO ran fibre into my estate a couple of years ago. Houses are all semi-d so it may be different to how they're handing terraced houses, but in our case they run the fibre along existing electricity poles on the road and only request access to your house if you order a connection from one of their providers. At that point somebody would come back out and string a fibre from your house to the nearest electricity pole and connect you into the system.
It seems plausible that for terraced houses where they cannot run fibre to each house individually they're getting ahead by having permission in-place for when somebody else orders. While it's possible it could be a scam, they should only need access to the outside of the house at this stage so it should be obvious if they start asking for permission to root through your sock drawer that something is up.
FWIW I'd agree with the others that the 1000Mb/s speeds offered by SIRO/Eir fibre is fantastic and extremely reliable, so I'd take their arm off to have it available to your house!
It seems plausible that for terraced houses where they cannot run fibre to each house individually they're getting ahead by having permission in-place for when somebody else orders. While it's possible it could be a scam, they should only need access to the outside of the house at this stage so it should be obvious if they start asking for permission to root through your sock drawer that something is up.
FWIW I'd agree with the others that the 1000Mb/s speeds offered by SIRO/Eir fibre is fantastic and extremely reliable, so I'd take their arm off to have it available to your house!
That'd be my view. The network planner might decide that a six house terrace isn't worth any special negotiations and either skip the six or run the fibre as far as your neighbour. They probably won't come back later if you change your mind!
You know that you can get the same speed from Virgin, right?
As the original poster seems to have Virgin's predecessors equipment already (ie NTL's cables), it's reasonable to assume that they've already got the option of fast broadband.
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