Re: Bell TV now available? in Bell Canada http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21201164 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:08:47 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:08:47 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21207627 anon : IPTV from Bell is branded under Bell Entertainment »entertainment.bell.ca/en/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21207627 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:28:58 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21206024 BryceS : If you have the dish-based service then you can't have any cable installations as Bell will be using the coax to get to your room.
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said by Deadpool See Profile :

said by HoboJ See Profile :

Ok thanks. Only one last question, not sure if anyone can answer. I have cogeco for internet, if bell takes over the coax going into my apartment I can't have cogeco anymore can I?
That question is one for your Building Management. If they've signed an exclusive deal with Bell, then you're correct, no more Cogeco.
My building also had BellTV installed on the roof this year. They use the existing Rogers cabling in the building and just switch the connection from Rogers to Bell equipment. There is no exclusive deal in my building, you have a choice between Rogers or Bell and interestingly very few have switched to Bell. Bell held 2 separate events in the lobby 6 months apart and received very little interest from tenants both times. LookTV failed in my building several years ago due to lack of interest.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21205841 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:48:47 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21204496 HoboJ :
said by Deadpool See Profile :

That question is one for your Building Management. If they've signed an exclusive deal with Bell, then you're correct, no more Cogeco.
Well basic cogeco cable still comes standard so theres no exclusive deals made. Still this sucks, cogeco is the only way I can get decent speeds/unthrottled connection. Hot damn I was so close to finally making my TV useful again too. :( Ohwell thanks for the help everyone.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21204496 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:09:30 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21204112 Kardinal : If it is recently made available, I believe it is the service BryceS See Profile and Deadpool See Profile described, which is the dish-like service delivered to each unit, not VDSL. It would arrive via coax after being delivered to the building via the dish on the roof and distributed by equipment in the basement. You would then have boxes for each TV, as you would in a single family home for TVs fed by the dish on the roof.

As for your Cogeco Internet question, I'm not sure but I would think that only one provider can use the feed to your unit at a time unless there are linesharing methods on coax the way there are on copper pairs for telco networks (separate voice and DSL providers on the same pair).
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said by HoboJ See Profile :

Ok thanks. Only one last question, not sure if anyone can answer. I have cogeco for internet, if bell takes over the coax going into my apartment I can't have cogeco anymore can I?
That question is one for your Building Management. If they've signed an exclusive deal with Bell, then you're correct, no more Cogeco.
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The building is fed by fibre from the CO to an HFC node in your building.

The units in the building are fed by coax to a Motorola box which acts as a modem and telephone and TV splitter.

The outputs of the box look like normal TV coax, internet RJ45 and telephone RJ11 cables.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21203201 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:33:46 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21203165 HoboJ : So my question still stands. Does it get fed via phone, coax or a new line?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21203165 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:28:03 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21201568 makkaoui : I think they are continuing to do that with the buildings that already have fiber.. when i go to that website , in the bottom i see this when i put my postal code..

Internal use: VDSL

you are right though .. i dont think they are adding this type of service to more buildings .. but for the buildings that already have it , they are still provisioning on it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21201568 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:51:02 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21201524 Deadpool :
said by makkaoui See Profile :

This is not IPTV .. something similar though .. its TV over VDSL .. I have it in my condo..
basically there is a COAX that comes our of the Basement (Fiber terminates in the basement) ... the coax cable goes in a motorolla box in my living room .. out of the box comes an ethernet cable for the internet and TV .. its pretty decent .. but i cant get HD on mine.
There is no satellite in this setup .. the TV signal is sent over fiber to the building.
I haven't heard about the TV VDSL service for sometime now and I don't believe new installs are using this either since they have to be fed with fibre.

It's a lot more cost effective to install one larger dish and feed the entire building instead.
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basically there is a COAX that comes our of the Basement (Fiber terminates in the basement) ... the coax cable goes in a motorolla box in my living room .. out of the box comes an ethernet cable for the internet and TV .. its pretty decent .. but i cant get HD on mine.
There is no satellite in this setup .. the TV signal is sent over fiber to the building.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21201499 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:35:17 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21201262 HoboJ :
said by MarkAW See Profile :

I get all four at k8v6m6.
K8V6N6 :) I miscounted, theres 7 apartment buildings within the postal code in reality yet it only lists one which isn't my apartment building. Unless one dish can feed 7 separate buildings?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21201262 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:43:51 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21201249 MarkAW : I get all four at k8v6m6 which is Trenton as well.
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said by BryceS See Profile :

Go here:

»www.connectyourspace.com/

You cannot setup this particular service at a Bell World store.
Ya that service doesn't list my apartment building. Only one out 6 in the postal code k8v6n6. = /]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21201240 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:39:50 EDT Re: Bell TV now available? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21201230 BryceS : Most roof dishes are like 30" wide too.

Amazing a dish so small can feed apartment and condo buildings.
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»www.connectyourspace.com/

You cannot setup this particular service at a Bell World store.
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