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ntlworld High
Speed is NTL's cable modem service, available now in
Northern Ireland and Tallaght. The service offers a
massive up to 512Kbps stream (compared to 128Kbps from
CableNet). The downstream capacity is 128kbps. Of course,
as with all cable modem services, you will not get near
this speed as your bandwidth is shared by everyone on
your street. See the general cable modems page for details. NB, unless
otherwise specified, information on this page relates to
the service in Northern Ireland. More specific
information on Tallaght available soon.
What
you get:
Always-on cable modem connection to the internet.
5 POP3 email accounts (yourname@ntlworld.com or yourname@ntlworld.ie )
10MB free webspace
Usenet Newsgroup access.
Pricing.
The following are the installation fees
:
STG£149/IR£240 modem only - customer 'Do It
Yourself' install
STG£169/IR£279 modem + ethernet card - customer 'Do It
Yourself' install
STG£199/IR£355 modem + ethernet card + the installation
of ethernet card into your PC by an approved engineer.
Even if you
install the modem yourself, you must have an NTL engineer
install a cable point near your computer, otherwise they
will not give you the modem.
The service
costs £40 a month in Northern Ireland,
and £50 a month in Tallaght.
System
Requirements:
Windows 95
486 DX2 66 processor (Pentium 100 or above recommended)
16MB RAM (32MB or more recommended)
60MB free hard disk space (150MB or more recommended)
CD-ROM drive
3Com CMX(NI) / Motorolla (ROI) cable modem
10Base-T ethernet card
640 x 480 - 256 colours (or better) monitor
Windows 98
Pentium 90 processor (Pentium 166 or above recommended)
24MB RAM (32MB or more recommended)
60MB free hard disk space (150MB or more recommended)
CD-ROM drive
3Com CMX (NI) / Motorolla (ROI) cable modem
10Base-T ethernet card
640 x 480 - 256 colours (or better) monitor.
The
Cable Modem
The only approved cable modem for the service in
the North is the 3Com CMX modem, and in the Republic is
the Motorolla cable modem. NTL says that other models
will be available soon, although I wouldn't bet when this
will happen! The modem connects to your computer via an
Ethernet network interface card - NTL will supply you
with one for STG£20/IR£39. The cable modems must be
purchased from NTL - you cannot buy them in the shops.
NTL Cable Modems website - NI
NTL Cable Modems website - ROI
www.ntlworld.com ntlWorld ISP site.
www.ntlworld.ie ntlWorld Ireland website.
Rollout
to NTL Republic of Ireland franchises:
On 27th September 2000, NTL began the rollout of
ntlworld High Speed in the Republic of Ireland franchises.
It is currently available in Tallaght and Terenure.
Coolock and Clondalkin are next up. The service costs £50
a month and the modem (model not yet confirmed) costs £240
from NTL. As in the UK a speed of 512kbps is standard. www.ntl.com/ireland/
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