cable connection

[saleem]

Hello,Any suggestions please.
I have bought a new house.It is fully replastered and decorated already.I want cable broad band and telephone line laid before carpet is fitted.I do not want cables comming through the wall,they have to come through celler but i can feed cables through celler.Computer is going to be on 3rd floor.I want wireless modem this time.I was thinking best place for wireless modem is under stairs which has door aswell.Also under stairs we have mains electric meter,consumer unit and an alarm box.Would cable modem have any interference with those things.
I would be moving in two months time,Would cable company come and lay cables and switch account and telephone number later when i move in.

 

[nstreet]

I would be moving in two months time,Would cable company come and lay cables and switch account and telephone number later when i move in.

They would probably install now and start charging now, I dont think you will find any that will install and commence the service later. I haven't found a cable or telepehone company yet that likes to do anything other than the easiest route for the incomer, without charging extra, on a domestic install.

 

[RetiredCableGuy]

I presume by "cable broadband" you mean Virgin. If so I'm pretty sure they don't supply wireless modems. You would have to get them to hardwire the modem to cupboard under the stairs then buy a wireless router & install it yourself. Make sure you have a mains socket uder the stairs! There should not be any interference with the electric dist board or alarm box, but if your PC is on the 3rd floor, you may have connectivity issues depending on the make up of your house. If you really want Virgin for the speed, I would suggest hardwiring the modem to your PC, which would only need a single black coax run externally and can be neatly concealed. Alternatively, go for ADSL & you can plug a modem into a phone socket next to the pc.

If you want all cables to come through the floor via the cellar I presume you don't want any phone sockets upstairs, or do you have existing sockets up there? When you book your install, make sure you tell the sales rep exactly how many sockets you want, as the installer won't put in extra ones that are not on his job.

As for getting the install done before you move in, I doubt they would go for that. As soon as your install is complete they will begin to bill you.

 

[saleem]

I presume by "cable broadband" you mean Virgin. If so I'm pretty sure they don't supply wireless modems. You would have to get them to hardwire the modem to cupboard under the stairs then buy a wireless router & install it yourself. Make sure you have a mains socket uder the stairs! There should not be any interference with the electric dist board or alarm box, but if your PC is on the 3rd floor, you may have connectivity issues depending on the make up of your house. If you really want Virgin for the speed, I would suggest hardwiring the modem to your PC, which would only need a single black coax run externally and can be neatly concealed. Alternatively, go for ADSL & you can plug a modem into a phone socket next to the pc.

If you want all cables to come through the floor via the cellar I presume you don't want any phone sockets upstairs, or do you have existing sockets up there? When you book your install, make sure you tell the sales rep exactly how many sockets you want, as the installer won't put in extra ones that are not on his job.

As for getting the install done before you move in, I doubt they would go for that. As soon as your install is complete they will begin to bill you.

I have virgin telephone and broadband at my present house .I want to transfer telephone number and broadband account to new address.New house has no existing phone sockets at all.There is no way cables can be taken on third floor under floorboards without chasing through plaster,unless stapled on skirting boards al the way up to third floor.At presant cable is hard wired into bedroom and modem is connected to pc through wall socket.What is ADSL any way.

 

[RetiredCableGuy]

ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is just another type of broadband technology, that works through a BT telephone line.

Sounds like your best bet is to get your cable account transferred and get yourself a wireless router - just make sure you buy one that is for a cable modem, not an ADSL modem/router.

As for the phone, why not get the master socket installed somewhere neatly on the ground floor & buy a wireless digital phone set, whereby the Master set connects to the master socket but the slave set connects to the line wirelessly and only needs a mains connection to charge the battery.

 

[saleem]

ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is just another type of broadband technology, that works through a BT telephone line.

Sounds like your best bet is to get your cable account transferred and get yourself a wireless router - just make sure you buy one that is for a cable modem, not an ADSL modem/router.

As for the phone, why not get the master socket installed somewhere neatly on the ground floor & buy a wireless digital phone set, whereby the Master set connects to the master socket but the slave set connects to the line wirelessly and only needs a mains connection to charge the battery.

Thanks retiredcableguy.
I am doing exactly as you mentioned.I am going to have account transfered to other house.Cable engenier is comming for pre-instlation so we know exactly how much it,s going to cast for instlation.
Another thing i would like to as is if i get telephone line and broad band installed now and later get tv connection.
Would they use splitter on broad band cable or use separate cable.If they use splitter on broad band cable and take two tv connections would it not slowdown the broad band.Thank you.

 

[dave.m]

Another thing i would like to as is if i get telephone line and broad band installed now and later get tv connection.
Would they use splitter on broad band cable or use separate cable.If they use splitter on broad band cable and take two tv connections would it not slowdown the broad band.

They will take a line from the outside box where the cable surfaces, for the TV.
It will have no effect on the speed of your broadband.

 

[RetiredCableGuy]

The coax can indeed be split at the 'drop-box' or enywhere else that is convenient. Splitting the signal does not affect your broadband speed, that is governed by the modem itself & the config file it downloads from the subscriber system everytime it boots up. As long as the engineer compensates for attenuation caused by the splitter by increasing the incoming signal power (which he should do) there will be no connection problems.