I've got digital phone service now.
Kept my old number
still listed
free long distance
got a great package deal.
They had to do something to the phone jack to make it work, but I really dont know much/if anything about what needs to be done.
I bought my house as a two family, but my tenant left in May, and I'm in the process of converting to a single family. Of course my tenant had a different telephone number, and she terminated her service with Cincinnati Bell when she moved.
I've been too busy to revive the service in her old space, making the entire house covered under one number.
Last week I called Cincinnati Bell, and they were going to charge me $70 an hour (minimum one hour) to have someone come out and do something to my phone jacks. Ok, now I'm pretty stoopid when it comes to wiring, but I do know their ain't much to a phone jack.
Does *anyone* here know what I need to do? Even pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated.
I've been bringing my cordless upstairs with me, but I'd like to be able to have a phone exclusively for the second floor, also be able to hook up my computer.
I've got digital phone service now.
Kept my old number
still listed
free long distance
got a great package deal.
They had to do something to the phone jack to make it work, but I really dont know much/if anything about what needs to be done.
Thanks for the update, greg.
Hmmm
I wonder if there is a Telecommunication Engineer in your neighborhood that you could talk into coming over and taking a look. Hell for all you know he may not only tell you what to do, but for a six pack of Gunnies he may even help you. One condition would be that you can?t tell his wife because she has been asking for a jack on every floor ever since said engineer pull out all the old crap and ran a new wire to the office for DSL.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">While IPT (Internet Protocol Telephones) seems to be the future, there are some significant issues with emergency and 911 calls. The FCC as a directive out that each ITP public phone system be able to identify the calling location during a 911 call just like a traditional TDM system. This new service is called E911 and right now no IPT system can provide it. This is not an easy fix in that ITPs work just like any other Ethernet device without static IP addresses. If you have a medical emergency, pick up your ITP and dial 911, but are not able to tell the operator who you are and exactly where you are. The closest they can trace your call to is your local CO (Central Office) where your ?telephone port? is located. This may be blocks away in populated areas and miles in rural area.Originally posted by cincygreg:
I've got digital phone service now.
Kept my old number
still listed
free long distance
got a great package deal.
They had to do something to the phone jack to make it work, but I really dont know much/if anything about what needs to be done.
Currently the FCC has extended the deadline because no one is compliant, but soon things will be different.
Good luck, I hope you don?t need to call an ambulance to get that hunk of steak out.
Actually, the enhanced 911 system is included.
ENHANCED 911
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greg,
That's marketing bull shit.
"Q: How does the E9-1-1 service provided by Time Warner Cable Digital Phone differ from the E9-1-1 service provided by (ILEC)?
A: There are two ways in which Time Warner Cable Digital Phone?s E9-1-1 differs from what your previous phone company provided. First, the voice enabled cable modem used to provide Digital Phone service is electrically powered and, in the event of a power outage or Time Warner Cable network failure, the ability to access Enhanced 9-1-1 services will not be available. Second, the Digital Phone Terms of Service prohibit you from moving your voice enabled cable modem to a new location. If your modem is moved to another location or address, Enhanced 9-1-1 services will not operate properly because 9-1-1 operators will not be able to accurately identify the caller?s location in an emergency. If you would like to establish service at a new location, you must call Time Warner Cable."
What they are doing is overlaying the VoIP application with a propriety software package that is part of your cable TV service. If they had true E911 service you should be able to unplug your phone take it to any other house that has Time Warner, plug it in and have the same service. You can?t and they even tell you, but their marketing BS such as
?Q: What is the difference between 9-1-1 and E9-1-1?
A: E9-1-1 automatically transmits your address and telephone number to emergency services. With regular 9-1-1 you have to clearly tell the dispatcher your location, which can take valuable time in an emergency. Also, if for some reason your call is disconnected before you?ve finished relaying your information, emergency services will not know where you are located. ?
The key here is ?With regular 9-1-1 you have to clearly telling the dispatcher your location? This is completely untrue. If you have standard phone service the dispatcher has your phone number, address and other information automatically displayed on their console. What they should have said is ?With regular E9-1-1 you have to clearly tell the dispatcher your location? Just like you would with a cell phone.
Additionaly if you have a standard phone it gets it's power from the CO which has UPS and battery backups. If you lose power at your house a standard phone still works, your IPT will not.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't need a bunch of new jacks. I just need to know what to do with the ones I have. When things settle down after the holidays, I'm more than appreciate any directions on how to do this myself.Originally posted by travelinman:
Hmmm
I wonder if there is a Telecommunication Engineer in your neighborhood that you could talk into coming over and taking a look. Hell for all you know he may not only tell you what to do, but for a six pack of Gunnies he may even help you. One condition would be that you can?t tell his wife because she has been asking for a jack on every floor ever since said engineer pull out all the old crap and ran a new wire to the office for DSL.
I'd even make it a 12 pack (warm). I'm not sure, but if we get those jacks to work, I *might* have a bottle of 18yr old whiskey to part with (it was 14 when given to me), but this isn't scotch, just plain old American Berghoff whiskey of Chicago fame - so that may not even appeal to you.
Ok after the holidays.
But for now:
There is a Cincinnati Bell D-MARC (demarcation point) somewhere in your house where their cable stops and you cable starts, probably in your basement. Since the two lines were separate accounts it is more then likely it is at that point where they start.
OK. Well THAT makes sense. The dude on the phone is telling me something needs to change with each individual phone jack, which left me wondering what I was missing.
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