Cork city mmds or cable??????????

[erukus]

Hi a friend of mine is living in Cork in an apartment block her neighbours say its chorus they have in the apartment. But I need to know if its cable or mmds before I buy a box for her? How can she tell? also if it mmds is it possible that they switched over to dvb-c in that recent switch over.

[kenmonu]

chorus

hi erukus, i would hold off getting any box at the moment, as we all know nagra 3 is on the way, sooner rather that later id say.

[erukus]

that aside how would i know?

[freck]

If you look under the neighbours receiver you'll see a T or C in the serial number or model number.
T= mmds and C=cable.And if you can see the rooftops you should see a squarial(square antenna) for bringing in the mmds signal,but imo all appartments are mostly wired for cable but I could be wrong.
Hope this helps,
Freck

[daithi]

not sure here but i think ya can recieve chorus cable with an antenna on the roof
if im wrong can someone let me no cheers

[freck]

NTL do it up the country alright but I dunno about Cork tho

[tomhick024]

not sure here but i think ya can recieve chorus cable with an antenna on the roof
if im wrong can someone let me no cheers

No, Chxxus cable not available through ariel, have to have DVB-T box for Chxxus(mmds), even if ariel is supplying whole block of apartments, still use 'T' box.

[alunfennell]

If its in the City / Centre it will be cable / not MMDS Fiber-optic cable most likely carrying Television ,Telephone and Internet.

MMDS is for areas out side Citys and Town's that are not covered by a Cable Network such as Rural Areas = Country Side the signal is defelected from hilltops across the country side.

The only exception to the above is if Your friend lives in suburbia or Satellite Town Close to or near a a Major City then there is a chance its MMDS.

Regards:
Alun

[challah]

i do not think there is one parish in cork city fully covered by cable most have mmds as well, there are many large housing estates with no cable at all just mmds

[daithi]

erukus if ya have a digivox t or that try plugging it in and see if ya get a sihnal if ya dont ya no its the other type box ya need

[Walkinmyshadow]

i do not think there is one parish in cork city fully covered by cable most have mmds as well, there are many large housing estates with no cable at all just mmds

Challah is spot on, in my own suburb there was a complete new housing estate went up during the boom years and you can see mmds ariels on the majority of these houses
Whereas where i live 200mts away its cable.

[challah]

thanks for that walkinmyshadow