John,
Thanks for the feedback. All of the points raised in these postings reflect
info that is very hard to gather from the fiber supplier.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 7:24 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: e330 question
>
> We have fios for internet, TV and one of out phone lines. BTW, the fios
> DVR has completely changed how we watch TV. Only downside of having the
> phone on fiber is that in the event of a power outage, phone connection
> depends on their battery backup. They said you get 8-10 hours of use,
> but that time runs down whether or not you use the phone. During the
> first and only power outage, the "low battery" signal starting beeping
> after about 2 hours.
> We lucked out in them not being able to put our business phone line on
> fiber too. At the time of the installation, verizon was not the carrier,
> so they did not "drop the copper" line to the house. Verizon company
> policy is: if they can't transfer all the phone lines to fios during
> the one install visit, they will NOT come back and do it later. At
> first I was arguing with the verizon rep on the phone, the way she was
> shoveling the arrogance out, it sounded like she was smiling. After
> that power outage, we were glad to have one phone line on copper.
>
>
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> Rand E wrote:
>> I have FIOS (fibre optic service). Fibre Optic goes to the house to an
>> interface box. Your old phone wire plugs into this box as does your old
>> coax to your television and internet. This applies to Verizon for sure,
>> and most likely the other fibre optic providers also.
>> Rand E.
>>
>>
>> Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Jim Nichols
>>> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>> I read today that some
>>> installations use a home interface box that picks up power from the
>>> house
>>> power system to power ringers, etc, so maybe my worries are for naught.
>>>
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> For sure the fiber will be terminated in a powered box - it will have an
>>> RJ11 phone jack on it (and a load of other sockets) just like a cable
>>> modem,
>>> and your current phone should work fine.
>>>
>>> br
>>> jez
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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