Can DSL be used without active phone service?
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Posted by on June 21, 2006, 10:56 pm
Please log in for more thread options I was considering getting DSL and at the same time switching to a Voice Over IP phone service. I read something saying that DSL requires you keep your existing phone number. Is it impossible to use DSL and a VoIP service w/out a standard phone company? Thanks in advance. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Doug McIntyre on June 21, 2006, 10:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options sm4christ@gmail.com writes: Depends on your phone company. Qwest does this (its called Standalone DSL through them). Others are hit or miss. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by on June 21, 2006, 11:01 pm
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Ours is AT&T. I'll check their site again. Doug McIntyre wrote: > sm4christ@gmail.com writes:
> >I was considering getting DSL and at the same time switching to a Voice
> >Over IP phone service. I read something saying that DSL requires you > >keep your existing phone number. Is it impossible to use DSL and a > >VoIP service w/out a standard phone company? Thanks in advance. >
> Depends on your phone company. Qwest does this (its called Standalone > DSL through them). Others are hit or miss. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by DLR on June 22, 2006, 2:08 am
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sm4christ@gmail.com wrote: > Ours is AT&T. I'll check their site again.
> > Doug McIntyre wrote: >> sm4christ@gmail.com writes:
>>> I was considering getting DSL and at the same time switching to a Voice
>>> Over IP phone service. I read something saying that DSL requires you >>> keep your existing phone number. Is it impossible to use DSL and a >>> VoIP service w/out a standard phone company? Thanks in advance. >> Depends on your phone company. Qwest does this (its called Standalone
>> DSL through them). Others are hit or miss. >
Which means you might be SBC, or in the future BellSouth, or whatever.
With all the mergers lately it almost comes down to needing to know the specific CO office before you can know your options. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Bert Hyman on June 21, 2006, 11:01 pm
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sm4christ@gmail.com wrote: > I was considering getting DSL and at the same time switching to a Voice
> Over IP phone service. I read something saying that DSL requires you > keep your existing phone number. Is it impossible to use DSL and a > VoIP service w/out a standard phone company? Thanks in advance. Qwest offers "stand alone DSL" without requiring that you have phone service from them. They charge more for that then they do for their regular customers, but it's probably less than the sum of voice+DSL. Maybe something like that is available in your area. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com | |||||||||||||
>Over IP phone service. I read something saying that DSL requires you
>keep your existing phone number. Is it impossible to use DSL and a
>VoIP service w/out a standard phone company? Thanks in advance.