ah cool...it would be true T1 speed then.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: voice over IP report


> it's over fiber optic lines,  no BPL involved I checked in to that.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:00 PM
> Subject: Re: voice over IP report
>
>
> T1 through the power company...i assume they have bought up some of the
> trunk lines and are not offering this through BPL right?
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: voice over IP report
>
>
> > you're lucky, we had Comcast digital phone for a while and they really
> > offered us a good deal, then they turned around and got us real bad on
the
> > bill and now, all I have them for is internet and when I get in touch
with
> > the local power company about the T1 connections they offer in homes for
> the
> > same price, I'll never have anything to do with Comcast again. I have
> vonage
> > on my private line and it works fine for me, was with voicewing and
still
> > trying to get the number transferred over but other than that, it was
> > alright but now and then no one could hear me and I had to hang up and
> call
> > back, but with vonage I don't have that problem and we may very well get
> rid
> > of the main phone company and just use my vonage line for the hole house
> > down the road since it's a lot cheaper.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 10:49 PM
> > Subject: voice over IP report
> >
> >
> > Hi Phil:
> > Saw your messages on here and on blind-ad as well...
> > anyway, i switched to digital phone service back in june of last year.
> > I am not completely sure if this is considered a VOIP service or not
since
> > it isn't installed the same as your typical voip box...basically there
is
> a
> > separate phone modem as they call it, very similar in size and no doubt
> > operability to the regular high speed internet modem. They install it
> > usually in the basement or where ever your main phone line comes into
the
> > residence.  They connect it directly to the junction box so that all you
> do
> > is just leave your phones connected to their jacks in the house.
> > This particular service is offered through the local high speed
internet,
> > cable TV and now digital phone service company...it all runs on the coax
> > cable originally designed for a TV signal that comes into the house.
> > They use no loss splitters to separate the phone modem line, the
internet
> > line and the cable TV lines at the spot where the main cable comes in...
> > anyway, as i said, i am not quite sure if this would still be considered
a
> > Voice over IP service or not.  The audio quality is better then land
line,
> > and i am extremely picky about audio.  Its louder then regular landline
> > service, however you do get the echo you were refering to sometimes if
you
> > yell at a telemarketer too loudly.  Also, i find on average on long
> distance
> > phone calls, there is less noise on the line compared to tradditional
land
> > lines.  This said though, about once in every 200 phone calls, there is
> some
> > kind of packet loss and one must hang up and redial to fix it...but it
> never
> > happens in the middle of a conversation, its either there from the
> > beginning, or not there at all...and only very seldom at that.
> > The reason we switched was primarily the extreme lower cost of the
service
> > compared to the local telephone provider...we found similar differences
as
> > you did, almost half of the cost from the local telephone provider, and
> more
> > then double the options included in the basic package....not to mention
> > unlimited calling in north america.
> > Also, another plus in our situation was just one bill for cable tv, high
> > speed internet and telephone.
> > No more guessing as to how much the long distance phone bill was going
to
> be
> > and no more paying for star 69 or call waiting or voice mail or any of
the
> > other more then 10 options that were included...which the phone company
> > charges around 7 dollars each for.
> > Oh, and 411 directory assistance was free with the package, we didn't
have
> > to fill out paper work and send it in to the company explaining why we
> > should be most generously granted free 411 privilages...
> > We did check out primess and found that their offers weren't as good as
> the
> > local guys.  Not only that, people who we know that use primess found
the
> > same as you did with regards to the audio quality sounding compressed
and
> > just a little shy of an average sell phone.
> > I absolutely detest what they have done to sell phone audio and refused
to
> > have that kind of audio quality on my line, not to mention subjecting
> others
> > to the same suffering.
> > 73
> > Colin, V A6BKX
> >
>