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Originally Posted by neilgl
..OK, so why can't we have high speed internet over that HFC cable network by using a cable modem in our houses ?
Would it need VM to install some CMTS "cable modem termination systems" in their headend (CMTS are equivalent to DSLAMs) ?
Regards,
neilgl
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...yes it would need a CMTS to be installed in the headend... which they would do .. if BT would let them. (BT Global Services division own the building .. the fibre backbone.. and the last mile coax from the green cabinets.)
On another thread someone posted VM had costed an upgrade for the entire franchise at 3 million pounds and that it was apparently looking more likely than ever to get an upgrade. Hell .. it was claimed for so long that Slough would never see a digital signal down it's cable network .. and look where we are now?
You know, the weirdest thing about all this is that I can think of another ex BT Cable franchise (Washington in Tyne & Wear) that was upgraded during NTL years... but maybe that was an outright purchase rather than a lease ??