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Old 26-12-2008, 10:19   #6
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Re: Broadband via STB

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Originally Posted by Rob View Post
Broadband via Set Top Box, never had a wireless option.
Not correct. The Telewest version very definitely did have a wireless option. It consisted of Netgear device with heavily modified firmware.

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Originally Posted by gunner45 View Post
I had heard that the broadband performance was limited. Was this due to some technical limitation of the built-in cable modem or the shared cable?
In the NTL Pace boxes the CPU had to service both the Cable Modem and do all the TV stuff so performance was pretty poor due to the CPU.

Later dual CPU TV boxes in NTL were better but then originally had the ethernet port locked to 10Mbits/sec so were useless when 10Meg was introduced.
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