clonmel cable

sitja

hi guys im new to this and just wondering what type of service chorus gives in clonmel is it mmds or what.. if anyone from clonmel or the surrounding area please let me know.

watty

Welcome to Boards...

I moved your thread to Cable TV

Also Chorus & NTL in Ireland are now UPC.

What do you get when you put your address on the UPC website?

ex Chorus MMDS is about 60+ Digital and approx 11 Analogue.

ex NTL MMDS and all upgraded Cable is at least 100 Digital channels. Upgraded cable has phone & Broadband. They are upgrading the last 20% or so...

No Broadband/Phone on any MMDS.

sitja

sorry if i had it in the wrong place. i am originally from cork and had a freeview box which worked perfect but doesnt work in clonmel. have they some sort of difference up here.

GerardKeating

sitja wrote: »

sorry if i had it in the wrong place. i am originally from cork and had a freeview box which worked perfect but doesnt work in clonmel. have they some sort of difference up here.

Cork is ex-Choris, Clonmel is ex-NTL, they used slightly dfferent broadcasst systems, so a box from one would not work with the other.

BUT, there is no such thing as a legal freview box for MMDS in Ireland. I assume you are talking of some class of illegal or stolen decoder box.

Ring UPC and they will sort you out with a new box.

sitja

oh really. thanks. but was ntl in clonmel true cable or mmds..? a neighbour of mine up there has a chorus box so i assumed it was chorus it also had itd wrote on bottom so assumed it was mmds. thanks for reply.

watty

Really if you want UPC service you need to contact them.

The alternatives are

• 4 Irish Channels free via Aerial (digital launches soon).
• 50 or so TV and 30 or so Radio free (out of 100s of junk) via dish. Once off cost. No Irish TV.
• Sky Pay TV Dish. From €24 or so a month. Includes 4 irish channels (and all the free ones obviously) Subsidized Install and unlike cable/MMDS you own the gear and can cancel after 1 year and still get thhe free channels.

There are NO free cable or MMDS channels. You risk Fine and/or jail if you manage to get any UPC channels "free" or even tell others how to do it. It is not primarily Copyright (civil law) but also "Theft of Service" (criminal law).

sitja

oh really?? and are you also saying they can take back mmds material.. but if a chorus box days itd does this mean mmds..

icdg

GerardKeating wrote: »

Cork is ex-Choris, Clonmel is ex-NTL, they used slightly dfferent broadcasst systems, so a box from one would not work with the other.
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Er, Clonmel was not ex-NTL. It is ex-Chorus, more to be precise ex-Suir-Nore Relays. Suir-Nore operated a cable system in Clonmel prior to 2000 - whether Chorus decided to do their occassional practice of swapping customers to MMDS when they got digital installed I'm not sure.

Adventsparky

But in answer to the question that was asked. It's Cable in the town. As you head out it switches to MMDS.

watty

Since it's ex Chorus take-over of Suir, then any place that had a bad or damaged cable could have MMDS too.

At least that's what they did in Limerick. Now that UPC has taken over a lot of those "in the town" MMDS have had new cable run with good Broadband on it.

sitja

are ye ex technician or what?? where do ye gather so much information..

Adventsparky

Kind of sitja, worked for them, wasn't a tech though :P