NeonFire
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join:2007-10-20
| DSL Installation
I've never had a home broadband connection in my life thanks to the fact that I live in the middle of nowhere but when I move in a few years, I'll probably be moving into an apartment or somewhere non-permanent and I might have to move frequently so I really want to avoid having to have my equipment professionally installed wherever possible.
This is going to sound really stupid, but if I get DSL, it plugs into the phone line, right? So do I just buy the modem and the plan from Aliant or whoever and bring home the modem, plug it in and automatically have internet access or is it more complicated than that? Will I need to have the phone line to the house/apartment upgraded? (Well obviously I can't do that without the landlord's permission anyway).
I also read about Aliant TV... IPTV. Can that be set up yourself the same way without having to go through a more lengthly installation process or am I wishing for too much? |
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Gwai Lo Dan
join:2007-01-24
St Catharines, ON
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| The modem plugs into the phone jack, yes. It may take a few days for the phone company to make the internet on your line "active". Depending on the ISP, you may need to buy/rent a modem, or it may be included in the price. If you buy your own, not provided by your ISP, you would need to enter your userid and password. |
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NeonFire
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join:2007-10-20 | So DSL can be set up without the need to book a time for installation and all that?
What I don't get is if DSL works through a phone line, why isn't it available everywhere dial-up is if it does the same thing? :/ |
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MoreFaxes
join:2002-09-27
United
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It uses the same physical copper wires as "dial up"... ie, PSTN. It however users a different technology at different frequencies. So wires in rural areas do not have this technology available... Bell needs to add a DSLAM in that area to deliver DSL on the physical wires. |
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Robrr
join:2008-04-19
Guelph, ON
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May 17th, @04:17PM
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Dialup works off of an analog connection, the same as your dial tone so if you have dial tone you can get some kind of dialup
However with DSL it works on a digital level, therefore you have to be within a certain range of the DSLAM which is located in a CO in order to get DSL access. |
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NeonFire
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join:2007-10-20 | reply to NeonFire
Also, once you get your DSL modem and the service set up and the username/password entered in the modem's UI, can you bring the modem and filters to someone else's house and use your own internet account with their phone line? |
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Kardinal
431st Air Demo Sqdn
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| said by NeonFire  :Also, once you get your DSL modem and the service set up and the username/password entered in the modem's UI, can you bring the modem and filters to someone else's house and use your own internet account with their phone line? Each line needs to be set up to provide DSL service. There is specific equipment, called a DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer), that has to be attached to a line to allow the broadband to work. If the "someone else's home" has DSL enabled on the line, your modem will work. However, only one modem can work on a line at a time so you would have to unplug theirs to use yours (so a router might be easier, as long as they don't mind sharing).
This is a pretty good high-level explanation of how DSL works from howstuffworks.com -- well worth a read if you are interested.
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NeonFire
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| I'm finding it hard to understand if you mean the other person has to have DSL set up (as in paying for it) or if they just need to be in an area that works with it. Kinda stupid but is the DSLAM physically attached to the line or is it located at the CO? |
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Kardinal
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| said by NeonFire :I'm finding it hard to understand if you mean the other person has to have DSL set up (as in paying for it) or if they just need to be in an area that works with it. Kinda stupid but is the DSLAM physically attached to the line or is it located at the CO? If they aren't paying for it, then the line won't be set up for it. The DSLAM has ports that are attached, one per line, to customers who want to use the service. SLAMs can be located either in the main CO for the area or out in the network to get them closer to customers (pedestals, remote switches, attached to poles, etc).
If a customer isn't paying for DSL, chances are their line won't have a port attached to it. Unlike dialup, a DSL connection is based on equipment that is attached to the customer's line rather than equipment that is connected to vial dialing to it.
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