On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 5:35 PM Michael Galea via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > > On 2022-11-21 17:51, Tom Low-Shang via talk wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 04:13:28PM -0500, Michael Galea via talk wrote: > >> Hi, Bell notified me that they will soon be shutting down my copper > >> telephone service, no options. My DSL to TekSavvy will go with it. Joy. > > > > Have you contacted TekSavvy about it? They do provide service on a dry > > loop at no extra charge. That's how my TekSavvy DSL is setup. > > > I spoke to the sales guy at TekSavvy first. He asked "Are they going to > remove the copper?", which I thought was ominous. > > I spoke to two Bell service reps and one said the copper would stay. The > second went away to tech support (10 minutes!) and then said "Bell > management was committed to a completely fibre based network". I crupt > in to the technical support line and a tech confirmed the bad news, the > copper is being yanked.
Germany has gone to a 100% non-POTS system. > > PS: Thank you to Alex and Mike for confirming that I could run PPPoE > through the Bell modem. > > PPS: Oddly enough, my daughter, a Globe and Mail reporter, is > interviewing the head of the CRTC today. I wish she could ask him why > I'm going to have to pay Bell double the cost of my TekSavvy Internet > and what he expects TekSavvy to do when all the DSL and Cable is gone. > (Hopefully you won't be too insulted with a rhetorical question - - ) Do you really think Bell gives one rat's fart about anything than their profit? (Please note - - - service is somewhat similar(!!!) in their structure - - - yes I am now also a 'Bell' customer - - - so speaking from experience ;-( !! ) --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
