Trip down memory lane with T-box

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#262273 14-Jan-2020 09:36

Can I please have a brief idea of how the old/original Vodafone-TelstraClear T-box thingie worked?

Specifically, was it connected to an antenna, or internet via wifi/ethernet cable, or dedicated proprietary/external cable?

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#2391494 14-Jan-2020 09:39

Hi, it operated over the Telstra/Voda HFC network, so required an RG6 coax from the network, it also required an seperate HFC modem that was connected via Ethernet to provide EPG traffic.

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#2391517 14-Jan-2020 10:00

As mentioned above.

Coax into the back of the T Box and also into the Motorola modem. One cable coming from under the house with a splitter on it

Can be separate to the PC/router. Mine is

I can take photos if required, but that won't be until this evening once home

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#2391542 14-Jan-2020 10:37

Thanks for those replies … I have a friend who called to say their old T-box has now gone and want some sort of replacement or TV access, but could not identify what connections were available, viz. wall sockets or bits of cable left over, don't even know if there is a roof antenna 😁

Will visit on weekend and take a look, but was rather hopeful that there was an ethernet cable or port nearby.

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#2391574 14-Jan-2020 11:01

Rickles:

Thanks for those replies … I have a friend who called to say their old T-box has now gone and want some sort of replacement or TV access, but could not identify what connections were available, viz. wall sockets or bits of cable left over, don't even know if there is a roof antenna 😁

Will visit on weekend and take a look, but was rather hopeful that there was an ethernet cable or port nearby.

content is moving to internet. Although Freeview will remain for a while, even that is being broadcast via internet too.

right or wrong, that’s where things are moving too.

I hope your friend has good internet, good wiring and good personal equipment for their house

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#2391918 14-Jan-2020 14:48

The T-box's can be made to run over IP instead of coax. Mine is thanks to some above and beyond assistance from @zollymonsta

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#2392072 14-Jan-2020 16:23

Vodafone told me the the T-Box wasn't supported anymore and when our one dies that is the end of it.

Can it be configured to run without going through the extra modem?

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#2392102 14-Jan-2020 17:31

kiwipawl:

Vodafone told me the the T-Box wasn't supported anymore and when our one dies that is the end of it.

Can it be configured to run without going through the extra modem?

They are kind of unsupported now I gather, but when we moved from a house with HFC to a house with UFB we managed to get our T-Box up and running on IP over UFB. Vodafone had told us this was possible and would happen, but when it came to actually implementing it it turned into a giant SNAFU.

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#2392109 14-Jan-2020 17:58

Lias:

The T-box's can be made to run over IP instead of coax. Mine is thanks to some above and beyond assistance from @zollymonsta

Yes, can run over UFB with a Vodafone Residential broadband connection.

You likely be pushed towards the new Vodafone TV as the T-Box is end of life and will be disabled at some point in the future.

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#2613146 30-Nov-2020 11:15

Hi all,

We still have our old T-box which we don't want to give up as the Voda TV recording options don't suit our needs. We need to be able to keep several of the te recording for long periods which you can't do the the new Voda TV box.

I have noticed recently that some of our programs recorded on the T-box have disappeared. Does anybody know if the are applying the same policy as to the time you can keep them on the T-box as well as the voda TV box?

Cheers Paul

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#2613650 30-Nov-2020 23:58

The old ones run over UDP , the new vodafone tv units run via the streaming kaltura service

2 different platforms

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#2613665 1-Dec-2020 07:05

Apsattv:

The old ones run over UDP , the new vodafone tv units run via the streaming kaltura service

2 different platforms

Hi, not sure if UDP or not, but I think the salient detail is it uses multicast where as the Kaltura service as used by VodaNZ is Unicast.

Cyril

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#2613760 1-Dec-2020 09:25

Try this

udp://@233.18.160.1:5501

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#2614966 2-Dec-2020 20:38

The old T-Box, once the bugs got worked out, was brilliant, the new VTV box is a pale shadow. I have been unable to convince Voda to connect it to fibre as all they want to do is sell me a VTV box not recognising it doesn't do the same things.

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#2615129 2-Dec-2020 21:48

https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/crown-fibre-nothing-telstraclear-launches-100mbits-cable-service-ck-117007

Speaking of memory lane...well, well, well. Funny how they were against the fibre rollout back then, too...and look where it is now (growing) compared to the number of cable users (static and/or declining).

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#2615251 3-Dec-2020 05:31

Flash back to data caps.. UGH.

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