[ale] Serious: Comcast Business vs Residential

[Alex Carver]

Static vs. dynamic IPs are one thing but the VoIP is entirely another.
I don't know if they would allow your own device for the ATA.  Many
cable providers that I've used or experienced give out two boxes, one
for the ethernet and one for the ATA (in one place I had an Arris for
the ATA to run my phones and an SMC for the ethernet even though both
boxes had dual functionality).

On 2015-11-12 08:42, Horkan Smith wrote:
> My understanding:
> 
> If you need static IPs, yes, you need their modem.
> 
> If you don't need static IPs, no, you don't need their modem.
> 
> later!
>    horkan
> 
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:33:29AM -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:
>> 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. 
>>
>> Can I buy my own modem for their business service? 
>>
>>> From: "Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>
>>> To: ale at ale.org
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 6:32:53 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [ale] Serious: Comcast Business vs Residential
>>
>>> On 2015-11-11 15:27, Chris Fowler wrote:
>>>> I do not think their business service is VoIP. At our office we have 4 phones.
>>>> They all go back to a box that connects to their cable service. I have a
>>>> working fax machine on a line and I am sure I've used a modem there on a line.
>>
>>> That box is an ATA to provide you an analog line on one side that
>>> connects to their VoIP system on the other side. You can do fax over
>>> VoIP with an ATA.
>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ale mailing list
>>> Ale at ale.org
>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing list
>> Ale at ale.org
>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> 
>