1. Fibre Runs to the Cabinet in the street.. then coax from there to ur house.
2. Yes i use a Linksys WRT54G Router it works fantastically
3. Yes.. im constantly getting capped to 5MB tho with the amount i download..
4. Not the first time i have saw a staple cause this.
5. Glad you got it sorted.. Happy Surfing
6. I need to pee
7. Think yourself lucky it wasnt a spider that was earthing the Coax Cable
