Hey there,<br><br>I run my own firewall and services via NAT on the big black Home Hub model, haven&#39;t had any issues since I first set it up over 2 years ago. I presume you&#39;d be using dynamic DNS updates as well in case the router&#39;s <br><br>Bell fibre is, as you may know, only as good as the path from your wall to the node, and their traffic shaping is just awful in any case (unless everything you do is via a big multinational corporation&#39;s platform, expect poor bandwidth). Basically par for the course in the kingdom of the big 3.<br><br>Mike Holloway<br><br><br>Sent from ProtonMail mobile<br><br><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>On Nov. 21, 2022, 4:13 p.m., Michael Galea via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote:<blockquote class="protonmail_quote"><br><p dir="ltr">Hi, Bell notified me that they will soon be shutting down my copper<br>
telephone service, no options. My DSL to TekSavvy will go with it. Joy.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I run my own NAT/mail/vpn server firewall and I want to keep it.<br>
Apparently, others have been able connect to Bell by turning on PPPoE<br>
pass through on the Bell (HH4000) modem.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Has anyone on the list gone this route? Is Bell still dreadful, even on<br>
fibre? Am I crazy to look at Rogers?</p>
<p dir="ltr">PS: I pay ~$40/Mo for landline, which looks to increase to $52 after the<br>
change! Robbers!</p>
<p dir="ltr">--<br>
Michael Galea<br>
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