If you wanted Virgin Media I take it they would need to run a coax cable from a point in the street to your home? The size of the cable you receive is an important consideration. Consider the distance between the devices you wish to connect before purchasing a cable of that size. The exterior is also UV and water resistant. This quad shielding is what makes this so appealing to the masses. No, any cables within the house can be touched as much as the householder wants to touch them. Are Virgin Media paying you to store their cables in your house? The deal is that you use their cables as opposed to using your own and has nothing at all to do with any legal rights Virgin have to prevent you from touching their equipment while on your property.

The installer had the fibre optic cable in his hand. He said the switch to fibre optic cabling was done last November and it is now virign media’s policy to use fibre optic all the way to the router. Furthermore, the 75-ohm rating makes this the optimal connection for excellent visuals. This rating is also stable throughout the cable’s length.And you should only use wires that you must install yourself if you need to cover a large distance. Then you have no choice except to connect the cables yourself. Gain or Shield Outdoor installation necessitates the use of long-lasting coaxial wires. Any coaxial cable will not suffice. This one from Cable Matters is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.

There is less likelihood of mistake when the cables are pre-installed. As a result, you can be confident that the cables will function properly for you. There are many different types of coaxial cables available. However, there are primarily two types. Coax cables with 75 ohms are preferable for video quality, whereas coax cables with 50 ohms are preferable for data and wireless connectivity. Size Hi. I had virgin media installed to our house last year and wan to move the location of the router 3/4 metres away from where it currently is. This one will annoy you if you’re not very skilled at attaching wires. The cable is designed for “no-tool” installation. Virgin Media fibre is a good service when compared to the competition. The internet connection speeds can be blisteringly fast without any lag.The difference is that BT are having to push out FTTC and more rarely FTTH as they have reached the maximum usable bandwidth that twisted pair cable can provide over long distances (100's meters - a few kilometres). Regrettably, yes. When a coax cable is broken, it weakens the connection; not much, but there will be some issues. Last Words

You could perhaps install conduit under your floor with a draw rope to allow the VM tech to pull the cable through from the omnibox outside to your cabinet.Do they use it just to be different? Has anyone switched to Virgin Media and found it to be faster than their previous ISP? In areas known as HFC, which is the majority of VM's network, it is coax cable which can easily still handle multiple gbps in terms of bandwidth. Slower upstream speed is nothing to do with coaxial cable. The network was originally designed for Analogue Television and adapted for DVB-C and Broadband capability, as inline with many other traditional cable TV networks. Some of VM's newer network segments use Fibre to the home and then coax from outside the wall of the house to set top boxes and HUB using RFoG and Docsis 3.0/3.1. Plenty of bundle options to choose from, from broadband, home phone, TV and mobile plans at a one-stop-shop, making the service competitive. This one may be used outside with ease because to its strong and durable RG6 triple protected exterior. This exterior is water and UV resistant.

Yes. This is a negative aspect of using Virgin Media for your TV. To use Virgin Media, you need to connect to each TV with a coax cable. Without this you can only watch live TV in one location. In addition to viewing your favourite programmes through live TV you can also watch Freeview on a connected TV via Freeview Play, mobile phones and tablets through our mobile app or online via our TV Guide.This cable is compatible with VCRs, TVs, Cable Modems, satellite receivers, and a variety of other devices. It all comes from cable TV using coax cables. The TV suppliers realised that they could use the same cables to supply internet too and it had the ability to reach high speeds, much higher than cheap, thin copper cables used by phone companies. They created a specialised protocol called DOCSIS to be able to handle the duplex traffic required (previously only needing one way traffic to pipe TV channels into your home). Text The difference is that BT are having to push out FTTC and more rarely FTTH as they have reached the maximum usable bandwidth that twisted pair cable can provide over long distances (100's meters - a few kilometres). I've actually got some of the actual F connectors Virgin use, but these are no longer available. Any quality F connector will suffice though. Virgin don't have them magically made expecially for them and they aren't rubbing them with the same snake oil you seem to think they use on their cables Durable coaxial cables are becoming increasingly difficult to find. However, if you want a reliable cable, this is it. Mediabridge never offers false promises!