Topic 'Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet' in forum 'Bell Canada' - dslreports.com

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:38:37 EDT

decx posted : The point is regardless of who is the receiving provider, the what the loosing provider do after (whether it cancels the account or leave it active but orphaned) has nothing to do with the receiving provider. Bell isn't going to cancel an account because it's ported to Rogers but leave it active because it's ported to Voip.ms. If there is a difference in results it because an oversight happened somewhere. Normally most providers cancel an account upon port out.

Btw, most Voip providers like VoIP.ms don't submit ports to the loosing provider by themselves. They're submitted through the provider's their upstream ILECs like ISP Telecom (for Voip.ms in much of Ontario). So LNP transactions between Bell and the receiving provider would actually be quite substantial.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:00:00 EDT

QuantumPimp posted :

said by despe666:

said by decx:

Why is that? What a losing provider does after a port out is up to the losing provider. All the receiving provider does is submits the port request.

Quite easy to understand actually. There must be an about equal number of Bell->Rogers ports than Rogers->Bell ports. If Bell gives Rogers a hard time, Rogers can give a hard time to Bell in return. Voip.ms does not have that kind of leverage.

Agreed. A while back I worked on VoIP provisioning systems for Tier 1 - Tier 3 service providers world wide. The actual provisioning steps for LNP activations were exclusively a business-to-business agreement. The legal requirement did not specify how to make the process seamless, only the minimum required elements to make LNP functional.

Bell and Rogers, as mid-sized Tier 2 providers in the same market, have probably worked out some of the kinks between themselves.

I'm still confused why Bell doesn't handle the process more gracefully for their own suite of services.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:51:37 EDT

despe666 posted :

said by decx:

Why is that? What a losing provider does after a port out is up to the losing provider. All the receiving provider does is submits the port request.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:58:44 EDT

decx posted :

said by QuantumPimp:

It appears that Rogers has a much better process than VoIP.ms when porting from Bell.

Why is that? What a losing provider does after a port out is up to the losing provider. All the receiving provider does is submits the port request.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:40:28 EDT

QuantumPimp posted : It appears that Rogers has a much better process than VoIP.ms when porting from Bell.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:33:13 EDT

yyzlhr posted : The portion in bold doesn't make any reference to DSL services. What it means is that the customer should contact their old provider to make sure their account is closed.

Perhaps smaller VOIP providers don't do this, I know from experience working for the big guys, the DSL question is always asked and you cannot skip it. Also, when I worked at Rogers, I ported many customers over to Rogers home phone but some wanted to keep Bell internet. All of these customers successfully retained their DSL service without every contacting Bell.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:26:02 EDT

QuantumPimp posted : What you're suggesting is consistent with my first hand experience but VoIP.ms, for example, says the following:

Requirements

Some important requirements you need to know before starting a port request:

Make sure to provide the exact information as it is on the losing carrier's Customer Service Record. This is usually your Service Address. Please note that the service address CAN be different from your billing address. Billing addresses will usually get rejected if it's not the same as your Service Address. If you are not sure of what is the correct service information, please contact your current service provider to obtain the Customer Service Record before proceeding.

During a regular porting process your number will be working with the losing provider, which means you need to also make sure your number is active and not scheduled for cancellation, until the port gets completed.

If you decide to port your number, you will have to make sure that your balance covers the porting fee. Otherwise, our staff will not start the process until the balance is in a positive standing after you have submitted the port order.

It is the customer's responsibility to contact the losing provider after the number has been completely ported to VoIP.ms in order to request to have the number or other services disconnected from them.

Unless I am missing a crucial step documented elsewhere on their site, nowhere do they collect information about other services to be retained by the losing provider. In fact, the bold text appears to assume the default is to retain other services.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:39:39 EDT

yyzlhr posted :

said by Glen1:

If you have DSL whether it is with Bell or an independent provider like Teksavvy, the onus is on you to notify your provider that you are disconnecting your land line. If with Bell, your dry loop fee would be waived and with other providers you are charged a nominal fee but it is up to you to tell them. You are lucky it wasn't cut off right away when you shut down the telephone service. The port might have been outside and left in place until it was assigned to a new customer. The telephone line or dry loop number is used as an "identifier" to the dsl service and needs to be there. It isn't necessary to keep the internet up but it helps to prevent it from being removed in "error".

It works differently if the customer is porting which the customer did in this situation. The new provider is supposed to ASK whether they have DSL and whether they wish to retain the service. The new provider is supposed to relay this information to the existing provider. I've worked for many providers throughout my career and the systems are setup to ask the rep these questions and you cannot submit the port request without answering those questions.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:10:36 EDT

Paolo posted : i did not know that

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:45:42 EDT

Glen1 posted : If you have DSL whether it is with Bell or an independent provider like Teksavvy, the onus is on you to notify your provider that you are disconnecting your land line. If with Bell, your dry loop fee would be waived and with other providers you are charged a nominal fee but it is up to you to tell them. You are lucky it wasn't cut off right away when you shut down the telephone service. The port might have been outside and left in place until it was assigned to a new customer. The telephone line or dry loop number is used as an "identifier" to the dsl service and needs to be there. It isn't necessary to keep the internet up but it helps to prevent it from being removed in "error".
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Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:16:58 EDT

RMerlin posted :

said by decx:

The grandfather plans are around $80 after tax now. Since there are various truly unlimited plans with higher bandwidth available from independents for less or equal money (even factoring in dry loop fees) why stick with the old Bell HSE/Ultra plans?

Especially since you mention never using over 60 GB - even staying with Bell but switching to a different package could save you over 20$/month (and even more if you were switching provider).

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:15:52 EDT

decx posted : The grandfather plans are around $80 after tax now. Since there are various truly unlimited plans with higher bandwidth available from independents for less or equal money (even factoring in dry loop fees) why stick with the old Bell HSE/Ultra plans?

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:51:11 EDT

yyzlhr posted :

said by QuantumPimp:

said by yyzlhr:

Did you cancel your home phone all together or did you port your number to another provider? If you port your number, the new provider is supposed to inform Bell that you are retaining DSL service.

Never heard that one before. How is the winning provider supposed to know what Bell services are associated with the phone number? It seems Bell should check their own records but inter-departmental politics sometimes prevents the transfer from happening smoothly.

It doesn't, the system tells the sales rep to ASK the customer whether they have DSL and whether they wish to keep it.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:51:38 EDT

jasmo34 posted : I think if you make ANY changes to a Bell grandfathered plan or account, you will lose that 'grandfathered' status.

Bell wants to eliminate unlimited grandfathers! ;)

When/If they hook you back up via a dry loop (should be free), check your account status, and see what plan you are now on.

I would also recommend you at least consider some Indie ISP, like Start.ca or Teksavvy.com; both offer DSL and/or Cable internet services. EBox also offers DSL, in Ontario.

Look at startup costs, monthly costs, speeds, and monthly usage allowances. Some DSL plans have some free 'off-peak downloading', which might allow you to choose a lower usage plan. And check Bell's cncellation requirements, on your "possibly new plan".

uwo.ca... they didn't force this to be converted to "wu.ca"? :)

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:10:25 EDT

bt posted :

said by Paolo:

can one subscribe to bell internet without a bell telephone service? and if so they do not need to pay a dry loop?

Yes, and no.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:20:54 EDT

Dunlop posted : Not sure where you are physically located but I recommend anyone to switch off of Bell and go with a iisp (i.e Teksavvy). You will be forced to pay a dry loop fee (unless you can use cable internet) but it is usually still cheaper and you will have a MUCH larger download limit

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:08:20 EDT

Paolo posted : ive heard of this problem before but aren't bell internet and bell telephone seperate services? can one subscribe to bell internet without a bell telephone service? and if so they do not need to pay a dry loop? or yes?
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Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:07:51 EDT

anon posted : We went with a VOIP company for phone. (Which relies on the Internet. Double whammy)

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:43:51 EDT

QuantumPimp posted :

said by yyzlhr:

Did you cancel your home phone all together or did you port your number to another provider? If you port your number, the new provider is supposed to inform Bell that you are retaining DSL service.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:48:22 EDT

yyzlhr posted : Did you cancel your home phone all together or did you port your number to another provider? If you port your number, the new provider is supposed to inform Bell that you are retaining DSL service.

Re: [Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:38:34 EDT

HiVolt posted : You don't need a phone service for DSL. What Bell failed to do is to convert your line to a dry-loop DSL.

Simple as that.

[Grandfathered Plans] Bell cut my Internet

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:18:18 EDT

anon posted : Hi

Bell cut my Internet service last night (it's the grandfathered unlimited plan, but we barely use that much, usually between 20-60 gigs). We called earlier today and they said they'd cut the Internet because we had cancelled the phone service.

We stopped the phone service with Bell months ago, and when we cancelled, they'd never said anything about the fact we need to have it in order to have Internet.

They said they'll restore it in a few days but this is really annoying because Internet is so vital in this day and age. We were thinking of switching ISP anyway, and this is just more reason.

Is there anything else we can do?
(Can we sue?)