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NTL/UPC +landline

daywalker · 2008-12-10 22:21:06

Hi, a friend of mine is wondering about upgrading to broadband, his home does not have a land-line (used to but got rid of it as everyone uses mobiles) they have cable going to the house, do UPC require a land-line in order to get/use the broadband, also is an engineer required to call to the house or is a splitter just…

10-12-2008 10:21pm

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daywalker

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Hi, a friend of mine is wondering about upgrading to broadband, his home does not have a land-line (used to but got rid of it as everyone uses mobiles) they have cable going to the house, do UPC require a land-line in order to get/use the broadband, also is an engineer required to call to the house or is a splitter just used to go from the wall to the upc tv box and modem, not sure myself as i use eircom

thanks, daywalker

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#2 10-12-2008 10:26pm

bonnieprince

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the upc offering comes thru cable and is split and connected to a cable modem from what i know.
hth
bp.

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