[tinribs]

Hi All,

First post.
I've been an NTL TV customer (along with Broadband and telephone) for several years and have finally decided to switch to Sky (it's cheaper and they have SKY+). Unfortunately I don't want to lose my broadband connection as I've had no problems and the only way I could get broadband from anyone else would be to change to a BT line - unless any broadband ISPs are allowed to use NTL phonelines.

There is a problem unfortunately. I live with my brother who is a dedicated XBOX Live gamer. For this reason he has a seperate NTL line and cable modem. I have since been told that if I cancel the NTL TV service (and hence lose my STB and broadband connection that comes through it) I am not able to have my own cable modem installed instead as NTL only supply one cable modem per house.

Now I am aware that I could share the connection with my brother's modem and it would be simplicity to up his bandwidth (currently 1MB) and connect my PC via a hub/router etc. My brother is paranoid about losing bandwidth and is likely to refuse to agree to any modem sharing solution. Aside from moving house is there any way around this situation?

TIA

Tinribs