update:
well kiddies i got a new modem i now have the 250 and a new connector on my coax.
for all the non believers that stated it was my pc, my fault, etc etc i thought i would let you know ye of little faith that it was
A the modem itself - the NTL engineer asked what speed i pay for i said 10mb he instantly stated new modem and gave reasons that the 120 has been a problem NTL were supposed to have some update in november before the 10mb softlaunch and they didnt but the 10mb still went ahead, and as pointed out on other parts of this site the 2 firmware updates have caused more problems than they have fixed for some people and i was one of the unlucky ones. also the 120 modem is apparently also known to have a dodgy ethernet on it and a it happens i use ethernet but it would not have been so much a problem if i were on USB but given the choice ethernet v USB i prefer USB and NTL advise you to use that if you have it.
B the coax - my coax at the join was off at a tangent thus also causing the issues i had as the engineer touched the coax the modem went off and regarding the 120 modem requirinf X amount of time to reboot apparently the SYNCH and RDY lights can be ON but you cant connect ie error 404 again a known fault on the 120 modem.
so thankyou for your faith - some people have nothing better to do than go on forums and call everyone else a liar as they happen to have perfectly running connections themselves but remember you non believers what goes around comes around
anyways i am happy now my net is now stable and cooking on gas
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