Current NTL cable modem arrangements?

I asked my brother, who has now inconveniently buggered off for a month,
to order NTL cable Internet/TV for my father.

What was delivered was a digital cable TV receiver box, which has an
Ethernet port on the back. There was no separate cable modem left by the
installer.

Does this digital box include the cable modem? Having connected a router
to it I can't see any sign that it's acting like one.

Daniele

D.M. Procida wrote:
> I asked my brother, who has now inconveniently buggered off for a
> month, to order NTL cable Internet/TV for my father.
>
> What was delivered was a digital cable TV receiver box, which has an
> Ethernet port on the back. There was no separate cable modem left by
> the installer.
>
> Does this digital box include the cable modem? Having connected a
> router to it I can't see any sign that it's acting like one.
>
> Daniele

Have you tried connecting directly to a computer without using a router?
--
Adrian A

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:00:32 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote:

> I asked my brother, who has now inconveniently buggered off for a month,
> to order NTL cable Internet/TV for my father.
>
> What was delivered was a digital cable TV receiver box, which has an
> Ethernet port on the back. There was no separate cable modem left by the
> installer.
>
> Does this digital box include the cable modem? Having connected a router
> to it I can't see any sign that it's acting like one.
>
> Daniele

If your father has the Samsung STB, then yes.. My Internet connection
comes out of my Samsung STB but the installer left a short CAT5 cable
dangling out of the STB when they installed mine.

D.M. Procida formulated on Wednesday :
> I asked my brother, who has now inconveniently buggered off for a month,
> to order NTL cable Internet/TV for my father.
>
> What was delivered was a digital cable TV receiver box, which has an
> Ethernet port on the back. There was no separate cable modem left by the
> installer.
>
> Does this digital box include the cable modem? Having connected a router
> to it I can't see any sign that it's acting like one.
>
> Daniele

The internal modem of the STB may require a cross-over cable....

They're not supposed to be providing any broadband via the STB as the
internal modem cannot cope with the new speeds. Their systems will
still allow an order to be placed, so I hope what's really happened is
that the BB has not been ordered.

Give them a call and request a Stand Alone Broadband Service - SABS in
NTL speak.

"Jono" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> D.M. Procida formulated on Wednesday :
>> I asked my brother, who has now inconveniently buggered off for a month,
>> to order NTL cable Internet/TV for my father.
>>
>> What was delivered was a digital cable TV receiver box, which has an
>> Ethernet port on the back. There was no separate cable modem left by the
>> installer.
>> Does this digital box include the cable modem? Having connected a router
>> to it I can't see any sign that it's acting like one.
>>
>> Daniele
>
> The internal modem of the STB may require a cross-over cable....
>
> They're not supposed to be providing any broadband via the STB as the
> internal modem cannot cope with the new speeds. Their systems will still
> allow an order to be placed, so I hope what's really happened is that the
> BB has not been ordered.
> Give them a call and request a Stand Alone Broadband Service - SABS in NTL
> speak.
>
>
Pace STBs are useless as BB modems, but recent Samsung STB are being used.
My Sisters NTL BB installation done at Christmas is done that way
NTL should have supplied an install pack with codes etc

Steve Terry

Steve Terry expressed precisely :
> "Jono" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> D.M. Procida formulated on Wednesday :
>>> I asked my brother, who has now inconveniently buggered off for a month,
>>> to order NTL cable Internet/TV for my father.
>>>
>>> What was delivered was a digital cable TV receiver box, which has an
>>> Ethernet port on the back. There was no separate cable modem left by the
>>> installer.
>>> Does this digital box include the cable modem? Having connected a router
>>> to it I can't see any sign that it's acting like one.
>>>
>>> Daniele
>>
>> The internal modem of the STB may require a cross-over cable....
>>
>> They're not supposed to be providing any broadband via the STB as the
>> internal modem cannot cope with the new speeds. Their systems will still
>> allow an order to be placed, so I hope what's really happened is that the
>> BB has not been ordered.
>> Give them a call and request a Stand Alone Broadband Service - SABS in NTL
>> speak.
>>
>>
> Pace STBs are useless as BB modems, but recent Samsung STB are being used.
> My Sisters NTL BB installation done at Christmas is done that way
> NTL should have supplied an install pack with codes etc
>
> Steve Terry

.....hope they've sorted the probs with the Samsung boxes then - the
inability to provide TV on demand for one.

I would still prefer a Stand Alone Modem, either way.

Jono wrote:

> ....hope they've sorted the probs with the Samsung boxes then - the
> inability to provide TV on demand for one.

They've been promising that for years, hope you aren't holding your
breath while you wait....

"Jono" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Steve Terry expressed precisely :
>> "Jono" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> D.M. Procida formulated on Wednesday :
<snip>
>> Pace STBs are useless as BB modems, but recent Samsung STB are being
>> used.
>> My Sisters NTL BB installation done at Christmas is done that way
>> NTL should have supplied an install pack with codes etc
>> Steve Terry
>
> ....hope they've sorted the probs with the Samsung boxes then - the
> inability to provide TV on demand for one.
>
Does anyone without their own oil well use PPV?
>
> I would still prefer a Stand Alone Modem, either way.
>
Agreed, but you'll have to argue with NTL to supply you with one instead of
a Samsung STB

At least the Samsung seems to be working so far OK as a BB modem at my
sisters.

Steve Terry

> Jono wrote:
>
>> ....hope they've sorted the probs with the Samsung boxes then - the
>> inability to provide TV on demand for one.

That's very shortsighted of you, I think perhaps it should read:

>>the inability to provide
TV
BROADBAND
QUALITY PHONE TRANSMISSION
CUSTOMER SERVICE
on demand for one.

"Sucuba Dude" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Jono wrote:
>>
>>> ....hope they've sorted the probs with the Samsung boxes then - the
>>> inability to provide TV on demand for one.
>
> That's very shortsighted of you, I think perhaps it should read:
>
>>>the inability to provide
> TV
> BROADBAND
> QUALITY PHONE TRANSMISSION
> CUSTOMER SERVICE
> on demand for one.
>
Customer service i agree with.
But my NTL TV, BB is reliable, and call quality is acceptable

Itemised Billing, you certainly have to watch, it's often up for the booker
prize for fiction

Steve Terry