Virgin Broadband - do i have cable/adsl already?

olly300

johnny_c wrote: »

i dont want the TV , and i dont see Virgin listed as being particualarly cheap for broadband only, so i think i'll use the adsl connection to find a new isp..

It's not that simple.

If you have a phone socket with NTL on it it's likely to be a Virgin Media phone line (cable phone) therefore you won't be able to get another ISP on it.

Look in your property for a phone socket that says BT on it. If you don't have one then you have to get one installed new. If you do have one you have to pay to get the line activated. This may cost you more than activating Virgin if you cannot find a special deal.

olly300

johnny_c wrote: »

I dont know if i'll be renting this place forever, so the BT installation cost would be money lost, no?

Yes.

However due to a change in the regulations every time you reconnect or activate a BT line in a different name they have to charge you for it regardless of whether the phone line was there already or not.

johnny_c

Buzby wrote: »

ADSL cannot be provided via a Virgin telephone port - the technology simply isn't there (as BB is provided down the coaxial cable, NOT the telephone socket.

You talk about a modem, but no telephone connection goes near this - a modem only has a a power lead and a co-axial connection (for the cable). This also serves a TV box or Tivo via a splitter.

You can have BB with no other service, but if you want TV, phone service is charged for whether you want it or not.

I am totally confused now.:rotfl:.

i have three things in the house - a modem, a co-axial cable, and a blue telephone type wire..

Is the co-axial for cable tv or internet?

IS the telephone type wire for telephone or internet?

johnny_c

maybe i'll start another thread about which dongle to get instead! and forget all these ISP/modem/BT lines etc..:o

olly300

johnny_c wrote: »

I am totally confused now..

i have three things in the house - a modem, a co-axial cable, and a blue telephone type wire.

Is the co-axial for cable tv or internet?

IS the telephone type wire for telephone or internet?

Right ignore all the boxes.

What does it say on the phone sockets you have in the house?

If it says "NTL" on it, then it means your house is likely to be set up to have cable. This means the phone line is a cable phone and therefore the only ISP you can have is Virgin Media.

If there is another phone socket in the house which says "BT" on it, then you can have any ISP you like.

Now go and look at all the phone sockets and report back what it says on the actual sockets.

johnny_c

thanks!

VIRGIN logo on phone line into house.

VIrgin logo on co-axial cable box into house.

NTL modem.

Bascially I'm trapped into Virgin. aren't i, unless i get a BT line in?

olly300

johnny_c wrote: »

Bascially I'm trapped into Virgin. aren't i, unless i get a BT line in?

Yes you are. :T

diamonds

Cheap BT install from one of thier network users, Talk Talk, post office....

johnny_c

right,,! at least i know now.. i can rest easy...

now to get the best deal feasible!
cheers

johnny_c

diamonds wrote: »

Cheap BT install from one of thier network users, Talk Talk, post office....

What's this?

possible cheap BT line in? Don't confuse me more??!:)