[VoIP] Cable questions

[Donald Froula]

Jayson, what ended up being the problem with your DSL
line?

Don

--- Jayson Smith <ratguy at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> After this eventful weekend of lost DSL, dead DSL
> jacks, resurrected DSL
> jacks (we now have DSL and the jack wasn't
> replaced), phone line static,
> some DSL failures after that, etc. we are getting
> disgusted with Bell South.
> We've found we can actually save some money by
> switching to cable for
> broadband and phone service. I have a few questions.
> On the phone side of things, how does this work from
> a technical standpoint?
> Is dialtone being provided by the box they put at
> the house, or does it
> actually connect digitally to a real switch
> somewhere, which provides
> dialtone, ring, busy, etc? Also, if the power goes
> out, what happens? Do you
> get a little battery backup, then dead phones until
> the power comes back? Is
> it possible for a customer to hook the phone
> converter box up to a UPS, or
> is this strictly illegal/impossible/etc? I assume
> sound quality should be
> comparable to ULAW Voip service.
>      About Internet, what kinds of speeds can I
> realistically expect? I
> think our DSL is now 1.5 Mbit down, and a lot less
> than that up. I don't
> know what cable is even claiming. Also, does the
> cable modem typically have
> to be hooked up directly to a PC for initial
> installation/activation/whatever, then hooked up to
> a router, or can it
> usually all be done from the router?
>      One thing I'm dreading is changing E-mail
> addresses with everybody I
> know, do business with, etc. Oh well. Thanks for any
> info.
> Jayson
> 
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