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sabian1982 · 17-10-2007, 20:57

Good evening all, firstly hello, secondly here comes the big question (the initial reason for signing up to this forum - although some sections of the forum look rather interesting so you should be seeing a bit more of me!).

I've just bought a house and in that house (in the top bedroom that is to become the office) is a grey plastic box fixed to the wall which has two connectors sticking out the bottom - the box has the NTL logo on it.

When speaking to the original owner he said that the connection was for broadband and consisted of a coaxial cable that ran up to the bedroom. The problem i have is that i have sky broadband which runs directly through the phone line and although wireless i prefer to use a cable.

Obviously not being fully aware of how the box upstairs is wired (or infact if it would be at all possible), would it be possible to rewire or get an adaptor for the box upstairs that would allow me to connect the computer to the internet; i would then of course need to some how make a connection between the router (where i plug it into the phone line) and the start of the coaxial cable.

Is this possible or does the box (and the way NTL broadband works) tend to run directly outside and direct to the exchange?

Applogies if my explanation is a little confusing...

Cheers

17-10-2007, 20:57	#1
sabian1982 Inactive Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3	What's the NTL box? Good evening all, firstly hello, secondly here comes the big question (the initial reason for signing up to this forum - although some sections of the forum look rather interesting so you should be seeing a bit more of me!). I've just bought a house and in that house (in the top bedroom that is to become the office) is a grey plastic box fixed to the wall which has two connectors sticking out the bottom - the box has the NTL logo on it. When speaking to the original owner he said that the connection was for broadband and consisted of a coaxial cable that ran up to the bedroom. The problem i have is that i have sky broadband which runs directly through the phone line and although wireless i prefer to use a cable. Obviously not being fully aware of how the box upstairs is wired (or infact if it would be at all possible), would it be possible to rewire or get an adaptor for the box upstairs that would allow me to connect the computer to the internet; i would then of course need to some how make a connection between the router (where i plug it into the phone line) and the start of the coaxial cable. Is this possible or does the box (and the way NTL broadband works) tend to run directly outside and direct to the exchange? Applogies if my explanation is a little confusing... Cheers