NTL not taking Cable Modems back

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Debsy42

If my memory serves me right, the thinking is that the modem is advertised as free and the customer doesn't pay any rental for it so in effect can't take something off the customer that has been "given" to them (Don't quote me as tucked up in bed and it's late )

Need a bed warmer?

[BBKing]

It's not so much the engineer picking it up (even if you didn't schedule a visit specially), it's the testing and repackaging that would cost more money than it would cost to buy, essentially, a circuit board and a tuner. About as worthwhile as Gillette coming round to pick up and refurbish your old razor blades.

STBs are a different kettle of fish, there it is worthwhile tracking them through installation, removal, collection, refurbishment.

[zoombini]

Are they not useable for some other ISP at all??

Or are they that bad?

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by zoombini

Are they not useable for some other ISP at all??

Or are they that bad?

The only other Cable ISP in the UK is Telewest, but both NTL and Telewest lock their modems to their accounts somehow, probably something to do with the MAC address so I doubt even another NTL user could use a diff. modem.

[NitroNutter]

Originally Posted by DrAwesome

More importantly it will give someone that has a minor disability confidence that they can & are able to work a few hrs a week.

Sorry but I have to take some offence here.
To employ a disabled person would mean they could earn no more than £20 a week for a mondain job that will do little to inspire them. Any more just comes out of benefit and we are on a pretty low deal anyway. So a few hours for £20, wether NTL pay £20 an hour or £20 for the week. There would be no job satisfaction in it for most disabled that could do that and it would just be more like bob a job for a cub scout.

There are many disabled who would be quite capable of retraining in higher education so we can achieve respectable lives and income for ourselves but unfortunatley law states we cannot attend college or university for for more than 16 hours a week. 16 hours a week will not cut it to get the qualifications to demand the income we require to live.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by NitroNutter

16 hours a week will not cut it to get the qualifications to demand the income we require to live.

Is that 16 hours a week attending lectures, or is all study included in that? When I did my Computer Science degree, we were expected to attend lectures for 12 hours a week, but expected to do another 28 hours study a week.

[NitroNutter]

Originally Posted by scastle

Is that 16 hours a week attending lectures, or is all study included in that? When I did my Computer Science degree, we were expected to attend lectures for 12 hours a week, but expected to do another 28 hours study a week.

That is the maximum time you can spend in official tution, which probably includes the lectures.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by NitroNutter

That is the maximum time you can spend in official tution, which probably includes the lectures.

Have a look at the Open University, they are great, you can take the courses at your own pace and work toward numerous qualifications. Have a look at their site. www.open.ac.uk

You can start a course and do as little as 8 hours a week, they supply all the books and for a 30 point course (8 hours a week) you'd probably only have the equivalent of 30 min a week tutorials.

[dilli-theclaw]

I threw my terayon away today - they've had long enough to come get it or send out a jiffy bag for me to send it back.

[tkiely]

Left three mths ago, phoned five times to ask for bag, none has arrived.

They sent Wescot in for the STBs two weeks before my contract had ended but just dont want the modem.

Want a laugh? it still works!!!!!!!!!!!!

Want a bigger laugh?

ntl's 1 meg is slower than my ADSL 512!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

it's worth 6 years fees to be able to post that!

[akridine]

NTL's cable modems are useless on networks other than NTL because of the MAC address is registered with ntl.

they arent collecting modems coz it costs a minimum of £250 to get an engineer out

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by akridine

NTL's cable modems are useless on networks other than NTL because of the MAC address is registered with ntl.

they arent collecting modems coz it costs a minimum of £250 to get an engineer out

£250

Originally Posted by akridine

NTL's cable modems are useless on networks other than NTL because of the MAC address is registered with ntl.

How would that make them useless on another network ?

[Racingdick]

Each modem has a unique mac number. NTL control what mac address's are allowed on the network. No acount no mac address on the network

[jtwn]

Would getting another modem (off ebay for instance) then try register the mac address with ntl make it work?