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Upc additional point charge?

  • 25-09-2008 6:42am
    #1
    Fresh Pots
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    I currently have a bundle where i don't pay for the additional points but desperatly want to upgrade my broadband so my question is, how much does it cost per additional point per month. Just the point not multiroom! Thanks


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  • #2
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Erm, if you get BB, you won't have to pay for the additional point, just for the BB.


  • #3
    Fresh Pots
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    sorry i don't think i explained it very well, I was just asking how much an additional analogue tv point is per month.


  • #4
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    mad.mike wrote: »
    sorry i don't think i explained it very well, I was just asking how much an additional analogue tv point is per month.

    Well, you could install one yourself, it would cost nothing then, otherwise I think it is €2.50 or €3 I think.

    Also if you ask nicely on the phone when ordering BB, they might do it for free.


  • #5
    abraxas01
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    €3.50 per point, and I think there's a €50 installation charge as well. If you're only getting the additional point to facilitate a second bb connection, would recommend that you just get a wireless router instead.


  • #6
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    From what I gather, UPC do not seem to enforce any restrictions on installing your own cable points, provided that they're plugged into the main cable socket and not connected directly to the line. You should not modify or replace the cable company's socket as you could end up causing interference on the network and expose your TV and equipment to high voltages should there be a spike on the line.

    There is an isolator in the main cable socket provided by UPC (Chorus or NTL). Or, sometimes in the case of the ex Chorus Cork cable network, the isolator may be a seprate device installed where the cable enters your house. It looks like a little silver box.

    The isolator protects you from the network and the network from you.

    UPC charge a multiroom fee if you want digital tv at another point in the house. Or, if you get them to install the sockets they will charge you a call out/installation fee.

    If you do install your own cable, make sure it's high-grade satellite cable e.g. RG6 and not cheap 'brown' coax cable that is used for carrying analogue TV.

    If you use the cheap stuff, it will not work very well with digital tv as it's not sufficiently shielded. You may find your extra cable sockets end up being useless when the network cuts over to 100% digital. This has been the case in quite a lot of pre-cabled homes in Cork.


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