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Originally Posted by Rostock
Yeh, but with a cheap aerial, you wouldn't have sky1, E4, paramount comedy, cartoon network and the many news channels.
I was just wondering though, is this all legal and ok? The thing is, I cant really afford to pay for tv, and I get bad ghosting from the aerial because of some large buildings near me. I extended my broadband line myself anyway, because NTL were gona charge £50, whereas I could buy all the equipment myself for £20, and it's all running fine. So i was thinking about splitting the connection where there is already a joint. Think that would affect my connection?
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1) If you split the coax cable running to the modem, & run one lead to the TV & another to the modem, you still
will not be able to receive Sky One, E4, Paramount, etc etc etc. The only channels you would be likely to receive would be the unencrypted analogue channels: BBC1, BBC2, ITV, C4, C5, & maybe Sky News and ITV News.
2) Doing the above is a violation of ntl's Terms & Conditions. If you screw it up at all, or affect your service or that of others, then ntl are liable to charge you to fix it.
3) Yes it could affect your connection. It could also easily affect your neighbours' connections. Even if you used proper satellite grade coax with properly fitted connectors, you could still affect your & others' connections quite easily as "noise" would travel back up the coax from the TV.