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Originally Posted by DeadKenny
THE most important thing is to make sure the installer checks the power levels before he leaves and fixes it if they are up the spout.
Chances are it'll be some contract installer who's only trained to drill holes and connect cables (that's what I got anyway). Maybe call NTL and tell them to send an expert 
In fact, before he leaves make sure you can connect to the net okay and go to the modem's diagnostics page ( http://192.168.100.1, user:root, password:root, for the NTL modems) and check the downstream/upstream levels and make sure they're within tolerance as described here...
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...ps/signal.html
If you don't get it right first time then you'll end up with the hell many of us have for years to come.
Chances are though he'll just want to drill the hole, fix the cable and clear off as quick as possible.
P.S. The installer/engineers won't touch your PC, it's all up to you in that department, and I doubt they'll give you advise on networking (especially the contract hole drillers as they probably know nothing about computers anyway )
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Definitely worth getting the signal levels checked
rogeralpine -
As for connecting other PCs: Yep, you're on your own with that. *Very* easy though.
All you need is a cheap NAT router, & a cat5 network cable for each PC you want to connect to it (has to be straight-through not crossover) [or a wireless card for each PC if you want to go wireless, & get a wireless router]
Good & cheap wired router -
Linksys BEFSR41, wired NAT router with 4 port switch.
Good & cheap wireless router -
Linksys BEFW11S4, wireless-B NAT router, with 4 port switch & wireless B access point.
Good & slightly less cheap wireless router -
Linksys WRT54G, wireless-G NAT router, with 4 port switch & wireless G access point.
All are easy to set-up, & easy to use.