I connect to Broadband through a...?

[MikeyB]

Originally Posted by David25

My trusty old friend, Terry the modem

Terry? Thats a silly name for a modem.... Surely Malcolm the Modem is much better :pp

[macuser_e7]

STB for me. I went for that as I already had DTV and was desperate for a working BB connection as BT couldn't fix the fault on my DSL.

Beings as I already had crossover cable and my Mac had an ethernet port ready and waiting I was up and running within 45 minutes of calling NTL.

I now have an Airport basestation connected to the STB and share the connection between my Mac and my wife's XP PC.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by David25

My trusty old friend, Terry the modem

"Terry"? LOL, I've still got my Terayon too. Must have had it over 3 years now, maybe 4.

[asdf]

I have the Motorola surfboard, excellent modem. Love it muchly. Shame I'm not gonna have it much long *sniff*

[zovat]

Originally Posted by asdf

I have the Motorola surfboard, excellent modem. Love it muchly. Shame I'm not gonna have it much long *sniff*

I too have the motorola surfboard, had it fo a few years - reliable as can be...

[David25]

Originally Posted by MikeyB

Terry? Thats a silly name for a modem.... Surely Malcolm the Modem is much better :pp

Terry On

http://www2.mycitycable.com/images/tj210-side.jpg

[Halva]

STB here and no complaints until, well, now. And it may not be that.

[browneggsandham]

STB for me

Browneggsandham

[raging bull]

When on 600k STB.

Upgraded to 1Meg model 2000 STB lasted 1 week before changed over to SACM.
STB could not keep pace at 1Meg.
Brian

[Enterian]

Originally Posted by raging bull

When on 600k STB.

Upgraded to 1Meg model 2000 STB lasted 1 week before changed over to SACM.
STB could not keep pace at 1Meg.
Brian

Strange - mine seems to cope okay

[BBKing]

I've had STBs running at 10Mb. 2Mb upstream too, and it seemed to cope.

Anyone out there using a *Samsung* STB for bb? Those are very rare beasts indeed, but I'd be interested in seeing if anyone has one.

[poolking]

I downgraded from 1Mb to 150k BB from work and only just got online about 20 minutes ago, you can certainly tell the difference.

Its going to take some getting used to again.

[raging bull]

Originally Posted by BBKing

I've had STBs running at 10Mb. 2Mb upstream too, and it seemed to cope.

Anyone out there using a *Samsung* STB for bb? Those are very rare beasts indeed, but I'd be interested in seeing if anyone has one.

My problem stemmed from the the fact 'middle light' on STB not stable.
Stable about 20min/hr.
Brian

[Pea-Pod]

STB Pace 1000, I want to throw support at this because it seems to be getting little support so far. I've been on 600k Broadband through set-top-box and have hardly had any downtime on my connection. The few times it has stopped, all I have to do is switch off the STB for 30 secs, restart PC and everythings fine again. I only phone tech support in the early stages when I frst registered to iron out a few problems, since then, it's been excellent. Well worth the £24.99 a month. My first ever post on this new Cable Forum.

Originally Posted by Pea-Pod

STB Pace 1000, I want to throw support at this because it seems to be getting little support so far. I've been on 600k Broadband through set-top-box and have hardly had any downtime on my connection. The few times it has stopped, all I have to do is switch off the STB for 30 secs, restart PC and everythings fine again. I only phone tech support in the early stages when I frst registered to iron out a few problems, since then, it's been excellent. Well worth the £24.99 a month. My first ever post on this new Cable Forum.

Welcome to the forum, pea-pod. I'm curious - could you put a number to the few times your STB has needed a re-boot? Clearly it's an acceptable number for you; I'm just curious what you think is 'acceptable'.