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bob_builder · 17-09-2004, 17:11

Original NTL areas use DAVIC for TV and EuroDOCSIS for broadband.
Ex-C&W areas use DOCSIS for both.

This is why you cannot use a Samsung STB in an original NTL area and is also why you cannot have broadband though the STB like you can in an Ex-C&W area.

As far as the differences between them, apart from being totally different protocols, there should be no reason why one is any better than the other.

17-09-2004, 17:11	#3
bob_builder Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South-East-Cambridge Services: ntl digital basepack ntl 1M broadband Posts: 1,068	Re: DAVIC and DOCSIS Original NTL areas use DAVIC for TV and EuroDOCSIS for broadband. Ex-C&W areas use DOCSIS for both. This is why you cannot use a Samsung STB in an original NTL area and is also why you cannot have broadband though the STB like you can in an Ex-C&W area. As far as the differences between them, apart from being totally different protocols, there should be no reason why one is any better than the other.