[DamnMachine]

Add one more to the list. I'm in Camberley, and have been having this problem a while, but its got really bad recently. Three engineer visits over the years ... attenuator added ... attenuator removed ... cable modem changed ... no results.

I now have a new NTL 250 cable modem. The symptoms are the same each time. Ready light goes out, then flashes for a period before coming back on.
Last engineer's visit says signal levels were just fine.

The very strange thing is that a neighbour four doors down the road who also has NTL doesn't have these problems.

Two wacky ideas - any thoughts appreciated?

1. Wireless router - is there any track record of the wireless signal interfering with the signal to the cable modem? Is it even technically possible? They are right next to each other in my set-up, less than an inch apart.

2. Freezing Digital TV. We've noticed an increase in digital TV signal freezing recently. I know it sometimes happens, but we were getting it every five minutes last night, on more channel than one. Does that point to some kind of local cabling problem on my premises which could be causing both?

Of course, being an intermittent problem, the only guaranteed way of preventing it from happening is to have an NTL engineer visit.

\Damn