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Old 09-03-2011, 18:26   #2
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Re: virgin with old ntl cable? little worried

Don't panic. A separate team will check your cable without needing to come into your house a day or two ahead of your installation. They will change it if needed, otherwise they will leave it as is.

Virgin's fibre-optic cable comes as far as a large street cabinet close to your house (probably not the one actually in your street though). From there, it is coaxial cable similar to that used in a TV aerial.

Virgin bangs on about having a fibre optic network, but more accurately it is an HFC (Hybrid Fibre/Coaxial) network because the fibre doesn't come all the way to your house.
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