NTL Questions

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a good and warming Christmas and are looking forward
to your New Year celebrations.

John the R-T...

Yes thank you as I hope you are.

Now my questions, a friend of mine has got himself and NTL connection
(well someone has to) and I going round to his to set up email and new

John the R-T...

And why not? I've been with NTL both for dial-up and now 1Mb
Broadband. Apart from the occasional glitch with email servers I've
had no problems.

Stephen Baker...

Thanks John only joking re the above. My local PC World has the router
in stock and I use the ADSL equivalent so setup should be identical to
mine. So I'm of to spend someone else's money for a change.

1, What it the NTL Newserver addy?

John the R-T...

news.cable.ntlworld.com

John the R-T...

settings you require.

Stephen Baker...

Hi John,

I tried that page before all I get is a blank page with " >null " in the
top left corner........

John the R-T...

Grrrrr. Geeze they've changed the page since I posted that.

Off to have another butchersook.

John the R-T...

Right, if NTL are playing silly b*****s try the unofficial
Run by NTL employees it has a lot of useful info.

1a, Does it carry uk.p.ss

John the R-T...

Yes.

2, Is it reliable or should I persuade him to go for NIN?

John the R-T...

I find it quite reliable now. Used to be very dodgy.

3, What is the addy of the NTL SMPT server?

John the R-T...

smtp.ntlworld.com

4, Could anyone recommend a good reliable (cost effective) Cable Modem
wireless router?

John the R-T...

I use a Belkin

Thanks for looking