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Originally Posted by port 21
Awesome.
Appreciate your help a hell of a lot mate, put my mind at ease.
One or two more question before i quit bugging you:
How long will the process take? I know it depends on the situation (eg, paved or lawn etc). But on average?
Will my connection be up immediately? Its an independant connection and doesnt rely on phone etc. And im keeping my bt phone and bt internet connection.
Cheers.
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No problem - It is the purpose of the site, after all
I'm trying to remember how long my installation took & I think it was about an hour & a half.
How long it takes for the connection to be up can sometimes vary, depending on the area, as far as I know - however mine was working before the installer left, he made a call on his mobile to arrange the modem to be 'hit' & it was pretty much instant. He will only check that the modem synchs with the signal, though, he won't set it up on your computer.
You won't get access to the full internet, at first, the first time you launch a browser (which must have javascript enabled), & browse to
http://activation.virginmedia.com/
you are taken through a registration process, during which you set up your user name & are allocated a password for email & webspace access. You should have had a 'welcome' letter with a PIN number on it for use during this process - if not, ask the installer.
The above is very much from memory, so if anyone else reading notices any error, please do point it out