On 2022-11-21 22:30, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:
On 2022-11-21 16:13, 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.
I run my own NAT/mail/vpn server firewall and I want to keep it.
Apparently, others have been able connect to Bell by turning on PPPoE
pass through on the Bell (HH4000) modem.
Has anyone on the list gone this route? Is Bell still dreadful, even
on fibre? Am I crazy to look at Rogers?
PS: I pay ~$40/Mo for landline, which looks to increase to $52 after
the change! Robbers!
If they drop the copper then you will need some kind of VOIP adapter
which is not such a big deal but if you lose power then your VOIP
adapter will not work unless it has some kind of battery backup.
One thing that was a feature of copper lines was that it provided power
to run the phone from the central office or remote so that in the case
of an emergency you would still have service.
A number of years ago I started moving my phone services to a VOIP
provider and now even my home phone is a VOIP service.
If I am spending over $10/month for 3 phone lines I would be surprised.
Ok, I just have to ask.
- Who is the VoIP provider?
- Who assigns you the telephone numbers, and can you transfer an
existing number to them?
- Does your provider support location identification information (I
have heard it called E911)? The only reason I keep a landline is for
emergency dispatch, and that argument gets weaker now that my CO powered
line will be replaced with locally powered gear.
It has been fairly reliable for years but at one point my VOIP provider
was mostly offline for about a week because of a DOS attack.
On the other hand I lost my land line phone from Bell for 2 weeks
because of some idiot with a back hoe.
My next step is to port my mobile number.
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Michael Galea
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