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Pink06 · 30-08-09, 05:43 PM

Hi, i am currently moving house and the house that I am moving into according to the Virgin website is not a fibre optic area. Outside the new house is all the tell tail signs of it being a cable area with the green boxes next to the road and the small black boxes on the path outside each house.

Does anyone no why i cant get cable broadband and digital cable tv if from what i can see it has been installed in the street??

When I rang them up a lady who didnt seem to know much just kept saying that it is a cable area but couldnt offer me any of the cable services and that they are working on it but couldnt give me any indication when they will be able to offer it to me. Do they have to put different cables in??

Any info would be much appreciated

G77 · 30-08-09, 06:50 PM

test the feed

hantsmale · 30-08-09, 08:43 PM

there might be cable going into the propperty but doesnt mean its digital.
it could be the old anilog wires.
you can still use your internet and if you have a eurovox or something like that you can do a scan and pick up i think its 192 channels there abouts.
you can ask vm if they intend to uprade in that area if not when it goes digital you will lose everything

jimbo · 30-08-09, 09:05 PM

prolly would depend how many in the area is paying and wanting digi i suppose?

hantsmale · 30-08-09, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbo

prolly would depend how many in the area is paying and wanting digi i suppose?

no nothing to do with how many want it ..
not all area's being upgraded

River-Rat · 31-08-09, 03:29 PM

pm me the post code

BL4K3Y · 31-08-09, 03:37 PM

Get the coax cable and touch the end with your tongue, if you get a tingle, it's live. If you want to play it safe, connect the feed to your TV and tune it in. If it's live, you will receive channels 1-5.

Pink06 · 31-08-09, 08:12 PM

Many thanks for all the replies, there are no actual cables going into the house, there just the little black box on the path outside the house which either says CATV or Diamond Cable. This tells me that cable has been installed in the area but its not fiber optic from what they tell me over the phone??

Looking at some of your comments does this mean it will just be analogue that they have installed in the street??

Appreciate all the info.

BL4K3Y · 31-08-09, 08:15 PM

Fibre optic runs through your phone line if i'm not mistaken. It is for people who don't live in a cabled area

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g80878 · 31-08-09, 08:23 PM

In non cable areas virmin still offer a broadband service like tiscali , talk talk etc , Still would need a BT line or local equivalent and they would supply you an ADSL modem and offer you a freeview box.

30-08-09, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pink06 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Virgin Media area?? Hi, i am currently moving house and the house that I am moving into according to the Virgin website is not a fibre optic area. Outside the new house is all the tell tail signs of it being a cable area with the green boxes next to the road and the small black boxes on the path outside each house. Does anyone no why i cant get cable broadband and digital cable tv if from what i can see it has been installed in the street?? When I rang them up a lady who didnt seem to know much just kept saying that it is a cable area but couldnt offer me any of the cable services and that they are working on it but couldnt give me any indication when they will be able to offer it to me. Do they have to put different cables in?? Any info would be much appreciated

30-08-09, 06:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Virgin Media area?? test the feed __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

30-08-09, 08:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
hantsmale Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 357 Thanks: 39 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Virgin Media area?? there might be cable going into the propperty but doesnt mean its digital. it could be the old anilog wires. you can still use your internet and if you have a eurovox or something like that you can do a scan and pick up i think its 192 channels there abouts. you can ask vm if they intend to uprade in that area if not when it goes digital you will lose everything

30-08-09, 09:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
jimbo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,009 Thanks: 254 Thanked 891 Times in 554 Posts	Re: Virgin Media area?? prolly would depend how many in the area is paying and wanting digi i suppose? __________________ i now keep copies of some posts before they are deleted, this is a private matter.

31-08-09, 03:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
River-Rat Ex cable guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,780 Thanks: 62 Thanked 385 Times in 281 Posts	Re: Virgin Media area?? pm me the post code __________________ 1 meter dish with octo lnb, xtrend et9200HD e2 box, 50inch Panasonic vt30. ps3, lg cinema sound

31-08-09, 03:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
BL4K3Y Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colne, Lancashire Posts: 7,004 Thanks: 247 Thanked 1,319 Times in 1,211 Posts	Re: Virgin Media area?? Get the coax cable and touch the end with your tongue, if you get a tingle, it's live. If you want to play it safe, connect the feed to your TV and tune it in. If it's live, you will receive channels 1-5.

31-08-09, 08:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
Pink06 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Virgin Media area?? Many thanks for all the replies, there are no actual cables going into the house, there just the little black box on the path outside the house which either says CATV or Diamond Cable. This tells me that cable has been installed in the area but its not fiber optic from what they tell me over the phone?? Looking at some of your comments does this mean it will just be analogue that they have installed in the street?? Appreciate all the info.

31-08-09, 08:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
BL4K3Y Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colne, Lancashire Posts: 7,004 Thanks: 247 Thanked 1,319 Times in 1,211 Posts	Re: Virgin Media area?? Fibre optic runs through your phone line if i'm not mistaken. It is for people who don't live in a cabled area.

31-08-09, 08:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
g80878 Senior Cable Muppet Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bristol TW / Vermin Posts: 1,669 Thanks: 558 Thanked 726 Times in 575 Posts	Re: Virgin Media area?? In non cable areas virmin still offer a broadband service like tiscali , talk talk etc , Still would need a BT line or local equivalent and they would supply you an ADSL modem and offer you a freeview box.

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