
Stewart wrote:
I'm currently fighting with voip.ms setup
I've been on voip.ms since 2015. Although I do have one VoIP phone at my desk, the rest of the house is still analogue phones - I simply put a two-line ATA near where the phone line comes in. Conveniently the wiring was in place so I can send one ATA line to the upstairs phone and the other ATA line to the downstairs phone, but if that hadn't been available a single-line ATA would have provided the same as what I had with Bell. The biggest problem has been getting $SPOUSE to understand that they are different lines, not two phones on the same line. She still yells "It's for you, pick up the phone"... But it's been over seven years, so she'll catch on any day now. I've also put a SIP client on my cell phone, so I can receive calls to the home number on the cell (using either WiFi or cell data). That's really convenient, especially when I'm not at home. --Bob. On 2022-11-22 08:52, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote:
On 21/11/2022 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 haven't received notice yet, but there have been Bell folks going round with door tags in the streets near me, and I suspect I'll hear soon too.
PS: I pay ~$40/Mo for landline, which looks to increase to $52 after the change! Robbers!
Copper service is CRTC rate regulated. Fibre isn't. The head of the CRTC - a former TELUS SVP - knows who his real friends are.
I'm currently fighting with voip.ms setup, as my elderly mum in Scotland can't get the hang of video chats. Everything about doing VOIP yourself seems impossibly complex or requires completely arcane obsolete equipment. I mean, where are the wifi ATA adaptors (that are under $500 each)? I don't have ethernet cable everywhere, and don't want it, frankly, anywhere.
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