ntl sacm

iffy · 26-05-2004, 14:39

ive been on the phone today too ntl ,they are gonna take me stb out and fit a sacm in on monday,,,free of charge,,and give me a free mths rental,,,im gobsmacked,lol,,,,makes a nice change,im doin this cause i heard the stb cant take 1.5mb in only 1mb,,and i think me stb is a bit iffy any way,cant believe it was so easy too do,,took 10 mins on the phone not hrs,

Neil · 26-05-2004, 15:11

Have you made sure you are not entering into a new 12 month contract?

iffy · 26-05-2004, 15:57

yer its a 12mth contract,why whats rong?

paulyoung666 · 26-05-2004, 16:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by iffy

yer its a 12mth contract,why whats rong?

because you will not be able to get out of it easily if you need to

iffy · 26-05-2004, 16:33

i aint worried ,lol,,,so its not a prob,i wont be going no where else for cable,bt is poo,blue yonder is not in my area,and i aint got a home phone for internet connection i use me mobile,,so ntl with just the cable suits me good,,,been with em for 3yrs and all been good,only had a few times when me nets gone so i cant complain

scrotnig · 26-05-2004, 16:36

Glad to hear this is all goping well for you iffy.

If you're in an ex-Cable & Wireless area and want to get paper bills rather than email notifications for the SACM charges, let me know by PM.

LostintheNW · 26-05-2004, 17:26

Is that true that the STB cant taket he 1.5 meg? if so I will need to change to a SCAM but there is no way i am going back on to another 12 month contract with them, been on BB with them for over 3 years and had the tv since NTL took over C&W (was with nynex, and C&W formerly)

SMHarman · 26-05-2004, 17:44

One of the other threads has on here today has dispelled that myth and said the STB with the current software on board will go up to 10 Mb, so a while before it becomes a problem.

iffy · 26-05-2004, 18:07

when is this new bandwith starting?is it soon.

SMHarman · 26-05-2004, 18:11

Late Summer

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=11564

I'm sure Mick'll be along to close this in a minute, tidy person that he is.

dragon · 26-05-2004, 21:29

LOL i misread the title for a mo there i thought it said ntl scam!

opps

bobby · 27-05-2004, 01:07

How the hell do i get a sacm, iv been reading loads of post here about STB possibly not supporting the 1.5 speed increase in the summer.

Will NTL just send out a SACM ?
or do i have to beg them.

27-05-2004, 06:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon

LOL i misread the title for a mo there i thought it said ntl scam!

opps

I misread it too

how naughty it was for me to think it said " scam ".
Thing is, why are they renewing the current stb's if as somebody said, the current ones can handle the 1.5 mb with no problems?
Is it after all a SCAM to get us all back to 12 month contracts?
Perhaps somebody from NTL can enlighten us on the cons of the new format?

etccarmageddon · 27-05-2004, 07:12

I had to sign up for another 12 months when I changed from Set to box to Stand Alone Cable Modem.

As far as I know, it's only the Telewest customers who wont get the speed increase if they're on STB 1mb.

andrew_wallasey · 27-05-2004, 09:50

I am only on a month by month contract for my broadband and I was a new customer. I think it was because of my monthly spend.