Re: [GTALUG] analog land line phone service in Toronto?
Steve, The bell technician who installed that nightmare took advantage of my blindness by getting permission from a moving help rep that day to install the modem. I had been told, by bell accessibility, that since there was a jack in place that 1. the jack would be used. 2. the technician knew I was blind and 3. the technician would not install anything without showing it first. after three hours of lies I was shown this modem. 1. we plugged my phone in,, cannot see what color the jack is. 2. the connection started to distort and make me dizzy, i. e. aggravating the associated brain injury making such a phone needful. So, after such an experience would you try a second jack? for the record, it is that modem, which apparently also provides Fibe TV and internet. No, the technician did not explain why my phone did not work, he was too busy flirting with the help from my moving company. after doing infrastructure damage to the walls here as well I might add. Nature of your brain injury since you are asking in such a general way? On Sun, 19 Mar 2023, Steve Petrie via talk wrote: Karen, I use Bell Fibe service for which Bell provided a Sagemcom HomeHub 4000 modem, a large white plastic tower device. (I got the Bell technician wall mount my Home Hub 4000 modem). On thes back of the Home Hub 4000 are two (2) green-coloured jacks marked as TEL 1 and TEL 2 (with embossed legend not easy to read). I have an ancient Northern Telecom "Jazz" analog (land line compatible) phone plugged in to the TEL 1 jack on the Home Hub 4000 modem. This ancient analog phone works fine but sometimes it takes a few seconds for the dial tone audio hum to start, when I pick up the phone's handset. You mentioned that "Bell no longer offering analog, only fiberactic which seems to interact with the specialty phone I use due to disability." Two (2) questions occur to me: Q#1: Do you have your specialty phone plugged into the TEL1 jack on a Bell Fibe Home Hub 4000 modem ?? Q#2: Does Bell Canada tech support explain why your specialty phone is not working properly through your Bell Fibe service ?? Steve Petrie apet...@aspetrie.net --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Modems – does it matter?
I strongly suggest you search each model and check the reviews. I can't remember the model, but teksavvy sent me one at the start of the pandemic when I wanted to upgrade to 300M. Different modems have different upper limits of performance. The modem I got was a nightmare and kept dropping out at the worst possible time. I subsequently did some research on it, and there was nothing but horror stories. I had to return it at my expense. On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 11:32 PM Yoshua Wakeham via talk wrote: > Hi all! > > My toddler spilled a cup of water on our TekSavvy modem (Technicolor > TC4350), and now we need a new modem. Welp. TekSavvy sent us the list of > compatible modems. My question is – are there any important considerations > for this decision other than price and (immediate!) availability? I don't > think I've ever actually had to choose my modem, so I don't know what I > don't know. > > Here are the options, all opinions welcome: > >- Technicolor CGA4234DGW WiFi - Firmware must be >CGA4234-P15-13-CA902-c0200r181-191007 >- Hitron CODA-4680 WiFi - Firmware must be 7.1.1.2.2b9 - Teksavvy >sells for $199.95 or $16.66/month for 12 months + $10 shipping. We also >rent for the cost of $8 per month. >- Hitron CODA-45 - Firmware must be 7.2.4.3.1b3 - Teksavvy sells for >$139.95 or $11.66/month for 12 months + $10 shipping. We also rent for the >cost of $6 per month. (Not recommended to be acquired outside Teksavvy due >to firmware) >- Technicolor TC4400 - Firmware must be SR701343-190628-D - (Usually >available at Canada Computers) >- Compal Broadband Networks Inc. (CBN) CD8000 - Firmware must be >7.13.198.12 - (Usually available at Canada Computers) >- Sercomm DM1000 - Firmware must be V1.12.03.011 >- Compal Broadband Networks Inc. (CBN) CH8568 WiFi- Firmware must be >CH8568-7.13.198.53-NOSH > > Thanks! > Yosh > > -- > *Yoshua Wakeham* > yoshwake...@gmail.com > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Modems – does it matter?
Does the modem still work? Take the modem cover off, bury it into rice, and it will dry out, then try it again. Since the modem is already damaged there is no harm in trying. Water will not leave a sticky residue like, for example, a soft drink. Don On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 23:32, Yoshua Wakeham via talk wrote: > Hi all! > > My toddler spilled a cup of water on our TekSavvy modem (Technicolor > TC4350), and now we need a new modem. Welp. TekSavvy sent us the list of > compatible modems. My question is – are there any important considerations > for this decision other than price and (immediate!) availability? I don't > think I've ever actually had to choose my modem, so I don't know what I > don't know. > > Here are the options, all opinions welcome: > >- Technicolor CGA4234DGW WiFi - Firmware must be >CGA4234-P15-13-CA902-c0200r181-191007 >- Hitron CODA-4680 WiFi - Firmware must be 7.1.1.2.2b9 - Teksavvy >sells for $199.95 or $16.66/month for 12 months + $10 shipping. We also >rent for the cost of $8 per month. >- Hitron CODA-45 - Firmware must be 7.2.4.3.1b3 - Teksavvy sells for >$139.95 or $11.66/month for 12 months + $10 shipping. We also rent for the >cost of $6 per month. (Not recommended to be acquired outside Teksavvy due >to firmware) >- Technicolor TC4400 - Firmware must be SR701343-190628-D - (Usually >available at Canada Computers) >- Compal Broadband Networks Inc. (CBN) CD8000 - Firmware must be >7.13.198.12 - (Usually available at Canada Computers) >- Sercomm DM1000 - Firmware must be V1.12.03.011 >- Compal Broadband Networks Inc. (CBN) CH8568 WiFi- Firmware must be >CH8568-7.13.198.53-NOSH > > Thanks! > Yosh > > -- > *Yoshua Wakeham* > yoshwake...@gmail.com > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
[GTALUG] Modems – does it matter?
Hi all! My toddler spilled a cup of water on our TekSavvy modem (Technicolor TC4350), and now we need a new modem. Welp. TekSavvy sent us the list of compatible modems. My question is – are there any important considerations for this decision other than price and (immediate!) availability? I don't think I've ever actually had to choose my modem, so I don't know what I don't know. Here are the options, all opinions welcome: - Technicolor CGA4234DGW WiFi - Firmware must be CGA4234-P15-13-CA902-c0200r181-191007 - Hitron CODA-4680 WiFi - Firmware must be 7.1.1.2.2b9 - Teksavvy sells for $199.95 or $16.66/month for 12 months + $10 shipping. We also rent for the cost of $8 per month. - Hitron CODA-45 - Firmware must be 7.2.4.3.1b3 - Teksavvy sells for $139.95 or $11.66/month for 12 months + $10 shipping. We also rent for the cost of $6 per month. (Not recommended to be acquired outside Teksavvy due to firmware) - Technicolor TC4400 - Firmware must be SR701343-190628-D - (Usually available at Canada Computers) - Compal Broadband Networks Inc. (CBN) CD8000 - Firmware must be 7.13.198.12 - (Usually available at Canada Computers) - Sercomm DM1000 - Firmware must be V1.12.03.011 - Compal Broadband Networks Inc. (CBN) CH8568 WiFi- Firmware must be CH8568-7.13.198.53-NOSH Thanks! Yosh -- *Yoshua Wakeham* yoshwake...@gmail.com --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] analog land line phone service in Toronto?
Karen, I use Bell Fibe service for which Bell provided a Sagemcom HomeHub 4000 modem, a large white plastic tower device. (I got the Bell technician wall mount my Home Hub 4000 modem). On thes back of the Home Hub 4000 are two (2) green-coloured jacks marked as TEL 1 and TEL 2 (with embossed legend not easy to read). I have an ancient Northern Telecom "Jazz" analog (land line compatible) phone plugged in to the TEL 1 jack on the Home Hub 4000 modem. This ancient analog phone works fine but sometimes it takes a few seconds for the dial tone audio hum to start, when I pick up the phone's handset. You mentioned that "Bell no longer offering analog, only fiberactic which seems to interact with the specialty phone I use due to disability." Two (2) questions occur to me: Q#1: Do you have your specialty phone plugged into the TEL1 jack on a Bell Fibe Home Hub 4000 modem ?? Q#2: Does Bell Canada tech support explain why your specialty phone is not working properly through your Bell Fibe service ?? Steve Petrie apet...@aspetrie.net--- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
