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MovedGoalPosts · 28-09-2005, 15:06

Ntl must have changed the rules again. I get BB via the STB. When I first subscribed, I was sent a self install kit - basically a box with a very long ethernet cable, an ethernet to USB adaptor, a CD and a pamphlet showing where to plug the lead to the STB. I didn't ask for self install (as far as I know) that's just what I got.

I suspect the way ntl regard this is the network up to the STB is ntl's to maintain, connections on the customer side are the customers to deal with, much the same as a phone extension point. I'm sure you could get ntl to run a cable to a distant location, but at a price.

Any decent computer shop will be able to supply a long ethernet cable which the householder could run to wherever they wanted. But if there is driling involved, that may not be practical.

Ntl are unlikely to want to provide a separate cable modem, if the STB is capable of doing the job. That just incurs cost for ntl in supply lots more kit.

For long term versatility I too would consider wireless, as suggested, so lappy can be used upstairs or in front of TV. Probablly work out as cheap as getting a long cable routed.

28-09-2005, 15:06	#7
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Re: NTL Broadband - change from set top box to cable modem Ntl must have changed the rules again. I get BB via the STB. When I first subscribed, I was sent a self install kit - basically a box with a very long ethernet cable, an ethernet to USB adaptor, a CD and a pamphlet showing where to plug the lead to the STB. I didn't ask for self install (as far as I know) that's just what I got. I suspect the way ntl regard this is the network up to the STB is ntl's to maintain, connections on the customer side are the customers to deal with, much the same as a phone extension point. I'm sure you could get ntl to run a cable to a distant location, but at a price. Any decent computer shop will be able to supply a long ethernet cable which the householder could run to wherever they wanted. But if there is driling involved, that may not be practical. Ntl are unlikely to want to provide a separate cable modem, if the STB is capable of doing the job. That just incurs cost for ntl in supply lots more kit. For long term versatility I too would consider wireless, as suggested, so lappy can be used upstairs or in front of TV. Probablly work out as cheap as getting a long cable routed.