cliveb;332881 Wrote: > Unless things have changed, you'll just get a cable modem. You'll have > to buy your own router. > > I've been on cable broadband (NTL, now Virgin) for several years and as > a general rule it's pretty reliable. But unless you have a specific > problem with your ADSL, I have to ask why you are thinking of changing. > Quality of service from Virgin varies according to your geographic > location. I'm supposedly on a 10Mb conection, but I've never seen > download speeds higher than about 7Mb - it's usually around the 5-6 > mark. And I am led to believe that I'm in a fairly good area! > > Also, cable is even more asymmetric than ADSL: the technology simply > isn't well suited to high upload rates. Upstream on Virgin 10MB is just > 512kb (typically about 400kb in practice), so if you want to do a lot of > uploading, think about that.
It is indeed Vrigin Media and the reason to change is if we move TV services, phoneline, broadband and mobiles over we'll save £70/mth. The chap I spoke to today said they provide the cable modem and a wireless router which is plugged into the modem. He then said it's a DSL router as opposed to an ADSL router. As per the original post my ADSL router is a powerful one and I'm assuming the free Virgin one won't be. If that's the case then my plan is to go cable > cable modem > DSL router Then NAS > ADSL router > SQB But can I use the DSL router as the "internet connection" for the ADSL router to get internet radio? PS thanks for the tips on STM and upload speeds. I'm not a heavy user so that's adequate for me. -- thekirbyfake ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thekirbyfake's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13376 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51550
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