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Old 11-10-2009, 11:31   #18
Impz2002
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Re: Virgin Media - how does it all work then?

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Originally Posted by browney View Post
So what are those green boxes that are only about 20inches tall what are those?

also there is a building 1.6miles from me that has virgin media written all over it and it has about 6 satellite dishes (big ones) outside.

What is that building?

The tiny green boxes are BT AFAIK or are Telco cabinets of some sort.


The building you are refering to is a Franchise head end. This is where the UBR's are all connected to and where you will find the equipment that provides all the TV / VOD / Connection to VM's Backhaul for broadband connections. These regional centres are then either fed from Bromley or Langley Super-headends where all the content for TV comes from.


This is as far as i understand it and without any too technical terms

Impz

---------- Post added at 12:31 ---------- Previous post was at 12:29 ----------

I am sure Broadbandings will correct me if i am wrong as he is the man with the real technical knowledge

Impz
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