FYI - All NTL equipment comes with Ethernet connectivity and most with USB also.<br><br>
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2. Re: NTL Cable installation (Eamonn Sullivan)<br> 3. Re: NTL Cable installation (Eamonn Sullivan)<br> 4. Re: NTL Cable installation (tim matthews)<br> 5. un subscribe (richard merrix)<br> 6. Re: un subscribe (tim matthews)
<br> 7. Re: NTL Cable installation (Dominic Forrest)<br> 8. Guardian letter published re more open source information<br> :-) (alan c)<br> 9. Re: Guardian letter published re more open source<br> information :-) (Nik Butler)
<br>10. Re: Guardian letter published re more open source<br> information :-) (Greg Dash)<br>11. Re: New screencast on installing updates (alan c)<br>12. Re: New screencast on installing updates (alan c)<br><br><br>
----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:39:30 +0000<br>From: "David Morley" <<a href="mailto:davmor2@gmail.com">davmor2@gmail.com</a>
><br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation<br>To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:36feaa6c0611090839m792b1388te1a4060886c10001@mail.gmail.com">
36feaa6c0611090839m792b1388te1a4060886c10001@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>On 09/11/06, Gary Kearley <<a href="mailto:gary@kearley.net">gary@kearley.net</a>
> wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never<br>> had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with.<br>><br>Cable is pretty good always on internet. Everything should just work
<br>if not go into System/Admin/Network and enable it. Ntl have an on off<br>track record apparently but I can't comment as I'm on telewest.<br><br><br>--<br>Seek That Thy Might Know<br><br><br><br>------------------------------
<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:41:15 +0000<br>From: "Eamonn Sullivan" <<a href="mailto:eamonn.sullivan@gmail.com">eamonn.sullivan@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation
<br>To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:e40e29dd0611090841g4bab34a0racf7955a688d07da@mail.gmail.com">
e40e29dd0611090841g4bab34a0racf7955a688d07da@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>On 11/9/06, Gary Kearley <<a href="mailto:gary@kearley.net">gary@kearley.net</a>
> wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never<br>> had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with.<br><br>I use Blueyonder, in the London area, which is part of Telewest (now
<br>owned also by NTL). I have not had any problems.<br><br>You won't be able to reuse your current DSL modem. It'll be a cable<br>modem. It shouldn't matter at all. As long as what comes out the<br>*other* end is an ethernet cable, you just plug in and go.
<br><br>If you get something that plugs into your USB port and not your<br>network card, that can be a little more troublesome. I have not had to<br>do this, and will let someone else chime in. I bet, however, that you<br>
can tell NTL that your PC has a network card and they'll give you the<br>right equipment.<br><br>-Eamonn<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:44:46 +0000<br>From: "Eamonn Sullivan" <
<a href="mailto:eamonn.sullivan@gmail.com">eamonn.sullivan@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation<br>To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:e40e29dd0611090844j28b10df9ge414156279fa3d97@mail.gmail.com">e40e29dd0611090844j28b10df9ge414156279fa3d97@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
<br><br>On 11/9/06, David Morley <<a href="mailto:davmor2@gmail.com">davmor2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> On 09/11/06, Gary Kearley <<a href="mailto:gary@kearley.net">gary@kearley.net</a>> wrote:<br>> > Hi,
<br>> ><br>> > I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never<br>> > had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with.<br>> ><br>> Cable is pretty good always on internet. Everything should just work
<br>> if not go into System/Admin/Network and enable it. Ntl have an on off<br>> track record apparently but I can't comment as I'm on telewest.<br><br>Telewest and NTL merged in 2004, if I remember correctly. It's all
<br>part of the telecom industry's plan to simply our lives by reducing<br>choice... :-)<br><br>-Eamonn<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:51:02 +0000<br>From: tim matthews <
<a href="mailto:tim@tui.co.uk">tim@tui.co.uk</a>><br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation<br>To: British Ubuntu Talk <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br>Message-ID: <
<a href="mailto:45535C76.8000100@tui.co.uk">45535C76.8000100@tui.co.uk</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed<br><br>don't cable connections in the UK just use dhcp?<br><br>with homechoice, we used dhcp. but we had to ditch homechoice since the
<br>bandwidth was useless.<br><br>makes life much easier than using pppoa.<br><br>tim<br><br>Gary Kearley wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never<br>> had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with.
<br>><br>> Would it be possible for someone who has NTL cable to describe, with<br>> pictures if at all possible, the install and kit.<br>><br>> IE I'm going to order the 3 for ?30 offer they have, so with the one
<br>> cable entering the building, what connections will NTL supply (ie for<br>> telly and phone and Internet, and what do I need to buy to have a<br>> broadband wifi router with Ethernet switch?<br>><br>> Is there anyway to use my current dsl router? (bt voyager 2100) (I doubt
<br>> this)<br>><br>> sorry for the basic and silly question, but I just don't know.<br>><br>> Thanks<br>><br>> Gary<br>><br>><br>><br>><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>
Message: 5<br>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:36:46 +0000<br>From: richard merrix <<a href="mailto:merrix.motf@hotmail.co.uk">merrix.motf@hotmail.co.uk</a>><br>Subject: [ubuntu-uk] un subscribe<br>To: <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">
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<br><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><br>richard merrix wrote:<br>> hi, i dont wanna do this n e more as i only want emails from my
<br>> friends can i please unsubscibe<br>><br>><br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail.<br>> <<a href="http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d">
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<a href="mailto:dominic.forrest@ntlworld.com">dominic.forrest@ntlworld.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation<br>To: British Ubuntu Talk <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:45537348.609@ntlworld.com">45537348.609@ntlworld.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed<br><br><br>Hi,<br> I should declare an interest here as I work for ntl:Telewest. The
<br>cable installation is fairly straightforward:<br><br> A Coaxial cable will be run to your house and "split" so that two<br>seperate cables are run to:<br> a) Your STB for the TV<br> b) Your cable modem
<br> A seperate twisted pair cable is run in to provide a "standard"<br>telephone connection<br><br>The Cable modem has both Ethernet and USB ports - personally I always<br>recommend people to use Ethernet. IP addresses are supplied by DHCP so
<br>all you need to do is plug it in and off you go!<br><br>For WI-FI/Router you need a router whose upstream is Ethernet (to plug<br>into the cable modem) - many are available from all the usual names.<br><br><br>Dom<br>
<br>Gary Kearley wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never<br>> had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with.<br>><br>> Would it be possible for someone who has NTL cable to describe, with
<br>> pictures if at all possible, the install and kit.<br>><br>> IE I'm going to order the 3 for ?30 offer they have, so with the one<br>> cable entering the building, what connections will NTL supply (ie for
<br>> telly and phone and Internet, and what do I need to buy to have a<br>> broadband wifi router with Ethernet switch?<br>><br>> Is there anyway to use my current dsl router? (bt voyager 2100) (I doubt<br>> this)
<br>><br>> sorry for the basic and silly question, but I just don't know.<br>><br>> Thanks<br>><br>> Gary<br>><br>><br>><br>><br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 8
<br>Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:48:55 +0000<br>From: alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>><br>Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Guardian letter published re more open source<br> information :-)
<br>To: British Ubuntu Talk <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:45537817.6010505@candt.waitrose.com">45537817.6010505@candt.waitrose.com</a>
><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252<br><br>I am joyful to say that my letter to the Guardian Technology section<br>asking for more about Open Source has been published! Today Open<br>Source, tomorrow, Ubuntu.
<br><br>9th Nov 2006<br><a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/11/09/this_weeks_letters_in_full.html#more">http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/11/09/this_weeks_letters_in_full.html#more
</a><br>'GOOGLE?S OPEN SOURCE MAN'<br><br>The paper version is abridged, but reads well.<br>:-)<br>--<br>alan cocks<br>Linux registered user #360648<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 9<br>Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:00:07 +0000
<br>From: Nik Butler <<a href="mailto:nik@butlershouse.co.uk">nik@butlershouse.co.uk</a>><br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guardian letter published re more open source<br> information :-)<br>To: British Ubuntu Talk <
<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:45537AB7.3010907@butlershouse.co.uk">45537AB7.3010907@butlershouse.co.uk</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
<br><br>alan c wrote:<br>> The paper version is abridged, but reads well.<br>> :-)<br>><br>Fabboooooo!<br><br>Speaking as a times reader Id like to add that as a Goal to our plan.<br>We should be contacting more of the press and the Beeb and telling them
<br>more about open source events and activities.<br><br><br>Cheers<br><br>Nik<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 10<br>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 19:01:21 +0000<br>From: "Greg Dash" <
<a href="mailto:greg.dash1@gmail.com">greg.dash1@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guardian letter published re more open source<br> information :-)<br>To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">
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<br><br>thats awesome that your letter got published, you make a good point, Open<br>Source is't just a hobby thing anymore, nor was it 10 years ago, but hey,<br>everyone has lag! :P<br><br>On 09/11/06, alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">
aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> I am joyful to say that my letter to the Guardian Technology section<br>> asking for more about Open Source has been published! Today Open<br>> Source, tomorrow, Ubuntu.
<br>><br>> 9th Nov 2006<br>><br>> <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/11/09/this_weeks_letters_in_full.html#more">http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/11/09/this_weeks_letters_in_full.html#more
</a><br>> 'GOOGLE'S OPEN SOURCE MAN'<br>><br>> The paper version is abridged, but reads well.<br>> :-)<br>> --<br>> alan cocks<br>> Linux registered user #360648<br>><br>> --<br>> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br>> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
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aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates<br>To: <a href="mailto:nik@reducedhackers.com">nik@reducedhackers.com</a>, British Ubuntu Talk<br> <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:45538889.2080100@candt.waitrose.com">45538889.2080100@candt.waitrose.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<br><br>Nicholas Butler wrote:
<br><br>[...]<br><br>> In my mind I feel that we could do with something like a new member<br>> information pack something which at first does not intimidate with a<br>> plethora of things to know but also can serve as a jumping off point
<br>> from FAQs ( these vary in their usefulness ! ) to Wikis ( Which can<br>> become very overwhelming ) and Pod/Screen casts.<br><br>I would appreciate having the files available to burn onto a CD to<br>offer at Computer fairs etc etc when also offering K/Ubuntu CDs.
<br><br>A how-to video/s such as these will jump start more than a newbies<br>knowledge. It adds a very powerful credibility to what they may<br>hopefully already have heard - it is not a distro from Mars, it is for<br>human beings.
<br>--<br>alan cocks<br>Linux registered user #360648<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 12<br>Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:04:37 +0000<br>From: alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">
aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates<br>To: Alan Pope <<a href="mailto:alan@popey.com">alan@popey.com</a>>, British Ubuntu Talk<br> <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:455389D5.4020905@candt.waitrose.com">455389D5.4020905@candt.waitrose.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<br><br>Alan Pope wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:37:25PM +0000, Jonathan Roberts wrote:<br>>> Hey,<br>>><br>>> I've just watched the screen cast and thought it was really good! Don't<br>>> really think you need to make any changes to the splash screen, although
<br>>> with the idea of pretty as a feature being thrown around by Mark<br>>> Shuttleworth and the like maybe it would be a nice extra (although I<br>>> have zero artistic talent myself!).<br>>><br>
><br>> Ok, that's good to hear.<br>><br>>> I know I've said this about the screencasts on this list before, but I<br>>> really think any one making them should post them to<br>>> <a href="http://ubuntuclips.org/">
http://ubuntuclips.org/</a> as well: otherwise I worry we'll be duplicating<br>>> efforts. Just a thought.<br>>><br>><br>> I have mixed feelings about this.<br>><br>> Firstly ubuntuclips state that the videos submitted to them should *not* be full resolution
<br>> videos, but should be clips of part of the screen. Part of this is for readability and<br>> partly for size of download. I am of the opinon that screencasts should (where possible)<br>> show full screen video that allows the viewer to see the entire desktop. Clipping and
<br>> cropping chunks off means they don't see the full deal of what's going on, and the video<br>> maker has to keep moving popup windows and dialogs around to get them in the viewing port.<br>><br>> I also feel that there should be some consistency between the videos, that they should have
<br>> boilerplates at the start and end so that you know what video is what from the preview<br>> dialog, and the video gets a branding.<br><br>very much, yes, it is newbies who are looking, with windows shutters<br>
on the eyelids. When anxious they will try to follow exact<br>instructions. I know, I used to either click yes to everything (note<br>1), or when push came to shove, try to be blindly exact.<br><br>Note 1: Linux cured me of this habit......
<br>--<br>alan cocks<br>Linux registered user #360648<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>--<br>ubuntu-uk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">
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