jacour
join:2001-12-11
Ypsilanti, MI
 ·Comcast
| [CDV] Digital Phone - Can a Comcast Tech Answer this?
When I moved to this residence, I moved my Comcast Digital Phone service. No problem. Then I started working from home and needed two lines, one for my office voice line and one for the FAX, so I ordered Digital Voice (I tiger now). Also no problem.
Today I received a notice that Comcast is going to discontinue the Digital Phone service in this area, but I am told that I cannot get a second EMTA at the same address to switch over my third line to Digital Voice.
Is there any way around this or do I have to go with a different carrier that can provide a POTS line? I really, really dislike SBC and would prefer to slash my wrists or use two orange juice cans with a piece of string rather than give SBC $30 a month. |
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synapse
join:2006-01-30
Seattle, WA
·Comcast
| There is a work around but you will have to talk somebody into creating a second profile for your house. Kinda like you were to rent out a room and the tenant wanted CDV, and you already had CDV in the house. One drawback is that the second eMTA will not be able to backfeed into you whole house wiring. It would work, but it would only be available at the eMTA... |
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jacour
join:2001-12-11
Ypsilanti, MI
·Comcast
| reply to jacour
Thanks for the answer. I don't know that this would be a problem since my first eMTA is physically located in my home office and is not connected into the house wiring. Can they just split the cable in the basement and hook the second eMTA into the telephone network interface without disrupting the existing installation? |
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FanaticGamer
join:2006-10-16
Jacksonville, FL | In our area for people with more than 2 Lines Migrating to CDV, Commercial Accounts is taking care of them.
-FG |
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JoelC707
join:2002-07-09
Tucson, AZ
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While it is true that you couldn't backfeed two eMTA's into the house wiring, that does not mean it will not work and the second phone would only be at the second eMTA. All you have to do is wire the eMTA's into the main distribution point as separate lines just like SBC or whoever else would do if you ordered more than one line. If that distribution point is the NID on the outside of the house, then all that needs to be done is the lines rerouted to a central location and a 66-block installed and properly punched down. |
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