<p dir="ltr">That's right, Alex. They do some weird VoIP from packetcable labs that is incompatible with normal VoIP ATA's, IMHO. So it would never work.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regarding running a VPN, I was referring to doing so on a home connection. I did not realize that he was doing this on a business line.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Justin</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 12, 2015 10:23 PM, "Alex Carver" <<a href="mailto:agcarver%2Bale@acarver.net">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Static vs. dynamic IPs are one thing but the VoIP is entirely another.<br>
I don't know if they would allow your own device for the ATA. Many<br>
cable providers that I've used or experienced give out two boxes, one<br>
for the ethernet and one for the ATA (in one place I had an Arris for<br>
the ATA to run my phones and an SMC for the ethernet even though both<br>
boxes had dual functionality).<br>
<br>
On 2015-11-12 08:42, Horkan Smith wrote:<br>
> My understanding:<br>
><br>
> If you need static IPs, yes, you need their modem.<br>
><br>
> If you don't need static IPs, no, you don't need their modem.<br>
><br>
> later!<br>
> horkan<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:33:29AM -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:<br>
>> How committed am I to their cable modem? I'm working through issues at our office and their modem provides NO features for me. It is a SMC model with no logging. I simply can only see the current status. No static routes, etc.<br>
>><br>
>> Can I buy my own modem for their business service?<br>
>><br>
>>> From: "Alex Carver" <<a href="mailto:agcarver%2Bale@acarver.net">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>><br>
>>> To: <a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a><br>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 6:32:53 PM<br>
>>> Subject: Re: [ale] Serious: Comcast Business vs Residential<br>
>><br>
>>> On 2015-11-11 15:27, Chris Fowler wrote:<br>
>>>> I do not think their business service is VoIP. At our office we have 4 phones.<br>
>>>> They all go back to a box that connects to their cable service. I have a<br>
>>>> working fax machine on a line and I am sure I've used a modem there on a line.<br>
>><br>
>>> That box is an ATA to provide you an analog line on one side that<br>
>>> connects to their VoIP system on the other side. You can do fax over<br>
>>> VoIP with an ATA.<br>
>><br>
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