Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-10 Thread Gary Kearley
Dominic, Thanks for your email, it is very informative for me, I am used to a normal Sky/BT/DSL ISP solution, but Cable is all new to me. Can I just ask a few more questions? Hi, I should declare an interest here as I work for ntl:Telewest. The cable installation is fairly

[ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Gary Kearley
Hi, I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. Would it be possible for someone who has NTL cable to describe, with pictures if at all possible, the install and kit. IE I'm going to order the 3 for £30 offer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread David Morley
On 09/11/06, Gary Kearley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. Cable is pretty good always on internet. Everything should just work if not go into System/Admin/Network

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 11/9/06, Gary Kearley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. I use Blueyonder, in the London area, which is part of Telewest (now owned also by NTL). I have not had any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 11/9/06, David Morley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 09/11/06, Gary Kearley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. Cable is pretty good always on internet.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread tim matthews
don't cable connections in the UK just use dhcp? with homechoice, we used dhcp. but we had to ditch homechoice since the bandwidth was useless. makes life much easier than using pppoa. tim Gary Kearley wrote: Hi, I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never had

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Dominic Forrest
Hi, I should declare an interest here as I work for ntl:Telewest. The cable installation is fairly straightforward: A Coaxial cable will be run to your house and split so that two seperate cables are run to: a) Your STB for the TV b) Your cable modem A seperate

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Mike Preston
Gary Kearley wrote: Hi, I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. Would it be possible for someone who has NTL cable to describe, with pictures if at all possible, the install and kit. Basicly, it is