Dave wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
Zen83237 wrote:
I was asking last week about getting cable installed for telephone. I
have booked Virgin to do an installation but I gather that the
broadband comes via the tv coax not the paired telephone cable.
I assume therefore that a router connects directly with what ever tv
terminal that they install, not the telephone box.

Sort or - yes it comes via the co-ax cable they install, however it is
not provided by the TV box.

They will provide a cable modem (typically by Cisco at the moment it
seems) with a single ethernet port on it. You can also elect to have
them provide a 4 port wired/wireless router (DLink), or provide your
own. The modem will come with some additional co-ax fly-leads and a F
type two port RF splitter to insert between the cable entry point and
the TV box. Hence allowing a split to the cable modem.

After reading all the above, I am now confused.

We are with BT's Open World with a home hub and we have two computers,
sometimes three, hard wired to the hub and I am thinking of taking the
offer of joining Virgin. We have fibre optic cable just off the
property, so no problem there.

What extras will I need to run up to 3 computers off the cable?

Dave
The fibre does not come into the house. An RF coaxial cable plus three
twisted pairs for phone comes to the house instead.

VM provide the hardware for a single computer or a router as already
stated. Just plug the leads to the computer into the router.
You should not need any extra hardware.

Bob