Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone service.

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3 phones
are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time stringing
thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: how well does Comcast phone work ? Any caveats or gotchas ?

Thanks,
Bob

On Jul 18, 9:47*am, Bob wrote:
Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone service.

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3 phones
are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time stringing
thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: *how well does Comcast phone work ? *Any caveats or gotchas ?

Thanks,
Bob


I got rid of my land line phone service years ago and I won't be going
back soon.

-C-

Bob wrote in :

Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone
service.

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3
phones are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time
stringing thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: how well does Comcast phone work ? Any caveats or gotchas ?

Thanks,
Bob

When we went to FiOS way back when, they just cut the wire from the old
incoming copper (used to have DSL at the time) wire to the box in the
basement were the landline phones are hooked to, and wired the line from
the FiOS distributor box to it. The FiOS tech was all for "KISS" ...

FiOS works just fine for me ...


--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

On Jul 18, 9:47*am, Bob wrote:
Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone service.

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3 phones
are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time stringing
thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: *how well does Comcast phone work ? *Any caveats or gotchas ?

Thanks,
Bob

I have Comcast, there is no change to the analog side of how your
house phones are wired. Comcast just installs their phone router and
it terminates to your previous main feed which they cut, the other
side of their router simply hooks to the cable, the other side of the
cut main feed (from the pole) they just tape up. The sound quality is
excellent but you have to get used to the 2 or 3 seconds it takes to
get a dial tone, unlike the old all-analog lines. I did not have to
change anything, even the alarm system auto-dialer still works, as
well as the sump pump auto-dialer.

Bob wrote:
Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone service.

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3 phones
are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time stringing
thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: how well does Comcast phone work ? Any caveats or gotchas ?

Thanks,
Bob

I do not presently have Comcast phone service, but I have had it in the
past. In my case they used the existing telephone wiring run to each
phone throughout the house and no new wiring to each phone was required.
They made the connection to their cable modem they installed by simply
running a lead from the modem to an existing phone jack on the wall.
Comcast phone uses VOIP if I am not mistaken. At least that is how my
phone was handled.

Again I am not plugging Comcast services, but they did work fine for me
when I had them.

On Jul 18, 11:11*am, Han wrote:
Bob wrote :





Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone
service.

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3
phones are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time
stringing thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: *how well does Comcast phone work ? *Any caveats or gotchas ?

Thanks,
Bob

When we went to FiOS way back when, they just cut the wire from the old
incoming copper (used to have DSL at the time) wire to the box in the
basement were the landline phones are hooked to, and wired the line from
the FiOS distributor box to it. *The FiOS tech was all for "KISS" ...

FiOS works just fine for me ...

--
Best regards
Han
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FIOS PHONE WAS THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.

SUCKY SERVICE HOSTILE REPS, unreliable phone service...... endless its
your interior wiring even after road techs noted they reproduced the
problem with y home totally disconnected.

After 3 months of agony thery finally found the trouble a bad router
in my central office which effected all FIOS phone customers.

there was more, a backup battery faiure at 3 months from install. they
tried demanding i pay for a new battery.claimed there was no warranty
on batteries...... meanwhile the box beeped alarm 24 / 7. it took 2
weeks to finally get a new battery. there was more but the final straw
was them turning off my business line when all I asked them was cancel
outgoing call package. They did this twice , the first time a hour,
the second time a couple days. I called the presidents office and got
yelled at, had that number from the earlier problem.

VERIZON FIOS SERVICE SUCKS

bob haller writes:

On Jul 18, 11:11Â*am, Han wrote:
Bob wrote :
Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone
service.

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3
phones are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time
stringing thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: Â*how well does Comcast phone work ? Â*Any caveats or gotchas ?

Thanks,
Bob

When we went to FiOS way back when, they just cut the wire from the old
incoming copper (used to have DSL at the time) wire to the box in the
basement were the landline phones are hooked to, and wired the line from
the FiOS distributor box to it. Â*The FiOS tech was all for "KISS" ...

FiOS works just fine for me ...

--
Best regards
Han

FIOS PHONE WAS THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.

Wow, what a charmed life you must be living.

FIOS here in NJ has been 100% excellent.
The service itself works great and every rep I've talked to
is knowledgeable and polite.

Great job by Verizon.


--
Dan Espen

bob haller wrote in
:

On Jul 18, 11:11*am, Han wrote:
Bob wrote :





Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone
service.

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to
each phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where
the 3 phones are presently wired in the basement, without any new
wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time
stringing thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: *how well does Comcast phone work ? *Any caveats or gotchas ?

Thanks,
Bob

When we went to FiOS way back when, they just cut the wire from the
old incoming copper (used to have DSL at the time) wire to the box in
the basement were the landline phones are hooked to, and wired the
line from the FiOS distributor box to it. *The FiOS tech was all for
"KISS" ...

FiOS works just fine for me ...

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

FIOS PHONE WAS THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.

SUCKY SERVICE HOSTILE REPS, unreliable phone service...... endless its
your interior wiring even after road techs noted they reproduced the
problem with y home totally disconnected.

After 3 months of agony thery finally found the trouble a bad router
in my central office which effected all FIOS phone customers.

there was more, a backup battery faiure at 3 months from install. they
tried demanding i pay for a new battery.claimed there was no warranty
on batteries...... meanwhile the box beeped alarm 24 / 7. it took 2
weeks to finally get a new battery. there was more but the final straw
was them turning off my business line when all I asked them was cancel
outgoing call package. They did this twice , the first time a hour,
the second time a couple days. I called the presidents office and got
yelled at, had that number from the earlier problem.

VERIZON FIOS SERVICE SUCKS

Sorry you had to suffer. None of that here in 07410. Very satisfied,
really.


--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

snip....

*I did not have to
change anything, even the alarm system auto-dialer still works, as
well as the sump pump auto-dialer.-


now that sounds interesting...

what is a sump pump auto dialer?

Mark

Bob wrote:
Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone
service.
Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3
phones are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time
stringing thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: how well does Comcast phone work ? Any caveats or gotchas ?


You get a gizmo that plugs into your internet router. There's another jack
on the gizmo, that's where you plug your telephone line. That is, this
second jack is indistinguishable (to the telephones in your house) from the
previous trunk line from the telephone company.

Be aware that a VoIP phone is more likely to go out of service than a
land-line.

"Bob" wrote in message
...
Hello,

So hard trying to get meaningful answers out of their phone reps.

Presently, we have Verizon for our phone service.
Thinking of getting one of the Comcast packages with their phone service.

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each phone
jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3 phones are
presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

New Comcast wiring would be rough, as we had a devil of a time stringing
thru the walls, etc.

How is this handled, please ?

BTW: how well does Comcast phone work ? Any caveats or gotchas ?

Thanks,
Bob

I went from Comcast to Verizon FIOS. Once their line ran into the house, it
connected to all the existing lines in the house.

Having said that, and having had both, I would never touch Comcast again.
With Comcast I had frequent service outages and inept technicians. I have
had no problems with Verizon.

On 7/18/2011 2:40 PM, Mark wrote:
snip....

I did not have to
change anything, even the alarm system auto-dialer still works, as
well as the sump pump auto-dialer.-


now that sounds interesting...

what is a sump pump auto dialer?

Mark

It dials either your cellphone, home phone or an alarm system monitoring
company if the sump pump fails. There are auto dialers
for all sorts of things like heating oil tanks, freeze alarms,
power failure alarms for mission critical equipment, refrigeration
failure alarms and of course burglar alarms. I used to install the
circuit board from a small burglar alarm system in the Generac transfer
switches I installed so it would call an alarm monitoring station
whenever the generator exercised, failed to exercise or set off a
trouble alarm. These days, I would go with an Internet connection
for monitoring a customer's equipment at their home or business because
most people seem to have a broadband Internet connection these days.

TDD

Bob wrote:

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3 phones
are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

Most modern housing has a demarc box outside the house. Bringing the line into
the basement and splitting it there was common on the east coast and on the east
coast. Either way, Comcast will run a line to where your room lines come
together. You don't need new wiring to each room.

On 7/18/2011 8:09 PM, Robert Neville wrote:
wrote:

Now have 3 phones (extensions) hooked up to Verizon now.
The phones are all wired together, in parallel, in the basement.

If we go with Comcast, do we have to have new Comcast wiring to each
phone jack, or would they just pick up the connection where the 3 phones
are presently wired in the basement, without any new wiring.

Most modern housing has a demarc box outside the house. Bringing the line into
the basement and splitting it there was common on the east coast and on the east
coast. Either way, Comcast will run a line to where your room lines come
together. You don't need new wiring to each room.

Ya don't even need to do that- just disconnect (and tape and flag) telco
drop at demarc, and back-feed inside wiring from any convenient phone
outlet. I say tape and flag, because you don't want anybody putting
telco line current across the feed from the VOIP box.

Personally, I have an aversion to Single Point Of Failure technology.
Most areas, local-loop copper is still by far the most reliable. Fiber
or cable for everything means when it goes down, you lose EVERYTHING-
phone, TV, and internet. I'd go stir-crazy in a day, I'd have to
consider it anyway, if they offered it in this neighborhood, since it
would save me 30-40 a month (at least until promo offer ran out), but
right now I have dialtone on one wire, DSL on a separate wire, and satt
dish on roof. Prepaid cell and amplified rabbit ears provide backup for
2 out of 3, and I have a junk laptop and a McDonald's with wifi a mile
away for internet, if needed.

--
aem sends...