|
Posted by Hemant Shah on November 22, 2004, 3:41 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
> Rather than the ability to dial, the question is whether or not you'll be
> able to connect and pass data both ways. My gut feeling is it won't work,
> but that's just a guess based on my own knowledge of voip and the complete
> lack of any QOS protocols over the public Internet. Any device that needs
> to pass TONES (modem tones/fax tones) over a VOIP connection is going to
> be facing a tough challenge.
>
> How *sure* are you of this phone line "requirement"? I cannot answer for
> DISH, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that with DirecTV the
> phone line is *NOT* mandatory.
This is just another way they want to make money. Dish network support
person told me that I DO NOT have to connect the phone line to the receiver
but then I have to pay $5.00 per month per receiver. He told me why I needed
to pay, but I cannot remember it now, it had nothing to do with Pay per
view. He said that if the receiver cannot connect to their system over the
phone line, I will get big black square in the middle of my screen unless
I connect phone line or pay them $5.00 per month per receiver.
He also told me that few customers did not have problem using Vonage with
Dish receiver, I have to change the setting in the receiver so that it dials
*99 before dialing out.
I have not tried it yet.
>
> Yes indeed, DTV will really push for it but cannot force you nor make it a
> condition of service nor surcharge you for any receivers which are not
> connected to a phone line. However, what they absolutely *CAN* do is deny
> you the ability to order PPV events through your receiver. In this
> situation you have to either place PPV orders verbally over the phone ($5
> surcharge per order) or else order them over the Internet (no surcharge).
>
>
>>
>>Folks,
>>
>> I am considering gettting VOIP service at home (probably vonage), I also
>> have 2 dish network receivers (one is a DVR) at home and they are connected
>> to a land line. Dish network said that I have to have the receivera connected
>> to the phone line, otherwise I have to pay extra per month per receiver (I
>> think it is $5 per month per receiver).
>>
>> Will the satellite receiver be able to dial out over VOIP?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
--
Hemant Shah /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign
E-mail: NoJunkMailshah@xnet.com \ / ---------------------
X against HTML mail
TO REPLY, REMOVE NoJunkMail / \ and postings
FROM MY E-MAIL ADDRESS.
-----------------[DO NOT SEND UNSOLICITED BULK E-MAIL]------------------
I haven't lost my mind, Above opinions are mine only.
it's backed up on tape somewhere. Others can have their own.
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML site map