Rogers Homephone + Bell Dry Loop DSL = Problem?

[hOrnizuka]

Hi,

I was on the phone with a Bell tech reponsible for changing my dsl to dry loop. While doing that he told me that it's not a good idea to mix Rogers Homephone and dry loop dsl because they could interfering with each other. He also suggested to me to switch back to Bell for phone service (I refused).

Anybody have any thoughts on this? Is he telling me the truth or trying to get me back to Bell for phone service?

The transition time that i have been told is 10 days. Does it really take that long to make the switch?

TIA!

[Bell Rep]

There will be a problem as the rep stated because dry dsl uses some type of method to get a phone line for you to get dsl so theres your problem

I would think your better off going with Bell home phone to save some technical problems down the road. He wouldnt tell you to go with Bell as they are at war so if he told you that then its the best option

Yes it can take up to 10 business days but normally 5 business days it all varys for different locations

[Dave98]

Digital Rogers Home Phone runs off the cable line. Dry loop DSL runs off the POTS line. I don't think there should be any problem. In fact, it's what I'm running at my house.

The only thing I can think of that needs to be done is that the tech needs to rewire a single phone jack in the house so that DSL will work. Otherwise, the phone jacks in the house are only wired for home phone. This is because when home phone is installed, the home phone modem/gateway is installed that essentially cuts off the phone line from the demarc and feeds their signal through the lines instead. Rewiring the phone jack so that DSL will work should only take a few minutes though.

[Justin C]

Rogers Home Phone and Bell Dry DSL can coexist without any problems. The Rogers guy doesn't know what he's talking about.

[hOrnizuka]

OOOPS... I just realized a big mistake. I talked to a Bell Rep NOT a ROgers rep. hahah sorry guys.

[Dave98]

OOOPS... I just realized a big mistake. I talked to a Bell Rep NOT a ROgers rep. hahah sorry guys.

well that changes the story entirely. Everyone already knows bell techs never know what they're talking about

or he does but he's just outright lying

[crazdefool]

like the others have said.. no problems. rogers works over the cable line and dry loop dsl runs over the phone line..

[Paolo]

like the others have said.. no problems. rogers works over the cable line and dry loop dsl runs over the phone line..

True, thats from outside your house, but as soon as the telephone signals change over from coaxial cable onto your internal home wiring by the Rogers DPS phone modem, you will have a problem. If you have a Dry DSL signal coming into your house, its recommended to terminate your DSL onto the 2nd unused pair of your house's internal wiring ie the black and yellow pair,then run the voice signal on your primary pair the green and red, you dont need to do any step for the phone to work, just to re-tweak the dsl line. its so freaking easy, you can even connect your alarm system to use the rhp too.

I would draw a diagram but why not just get rogers highspeed internet as well?

[hOrnizuka]

True, thats from outside your house, but as soon as the telephone signals change over from coaxial cable onto your internal home wiring by the Rogers DPS phone modem, you will have a problem. If you have a Dry DSL signal coming into your house, its recommended to terminate your DSL onto the 2nd unused pair of your house's internal wiring ie the black and yellow pair,then run the voice signal on your primary pair the green and red, you dont need to do any step for the phone to work, just to re-tweak the dsl line. its so freaking easy, you can even connect your alarm system to use the rhp too.

I would draw a diagram but why not just get rogers highspeed internet as well?

i have signed up one year contract with bell at $29.99/per month (no bandwidth limit). thanks for the explanation!

[Bell Rep]

i have signed up one year contract with bell at $29.99/per month (no bandwidth limit). thanks for the explanation!

How much GB do you download in a month ? I use almost 300GB a month

I have tried to get Bell to give me a deal but they always say they cant give me unlimited bandwidth, I am so wanting to go with Teksavvy but the Bell 30 days notice is holding me back

[LNahid2000]

There shouldn't be any problems. All you need is one phone jack that is connected to Bell's lines. I had Rogers Home Phone installed on Wednesday and made sure that the technician left one jack connected to Bell. I should have Sympatico installed tomorrow. There's no way I'd get Rogers for internet because of BitTorrent throttling, caps, and just general hatred of the company.

When signing up for Sympatico, I was actually told that Sympatico wouldn't work with Rogers Home Phone, but I just told the lady that Rogers would leave a jack with the Bell lines. She had no idea what I was talking about and just said that Rogers might screw things up.

[MasterXan]

i'm using this setup and i have no problems.

before, I was using Bell DSL and Bell landline but later changed to Rogers Homephone and the Rogers tech helped me split one of the phone jacks so one is for Bell DSL and the other is for the Homephone modem thing.

[Gee]

I had Rogers Home Phone installed on Wednesday and made sure that the technician left one jack connected to Bell. I should have Sympatico installed tomorrow. There's no way I'd get Rogers for internet because of BitTorrent throttling, caps, and just general hatred of the company.

But you don't hate them enough to get their phone service.

[LNahid2000]

But you don't hate them enough to get their phone service.

$55 CRTC mandated activation fee with Bell. I'm only in this apartment for 8 months. It's just not worth it.

[tomtong]

The Rogers telemarketting sales told me they have the POTS Home Phone provided as well. Isn't it the easiest way to take it with other DSL provider?

Moreover, I heard that the Bell DSL dryloop also have a dial tone on the line. Would it be the reason why Rogers VOIP (Home Phone) and the Bell DSL cannot co-exist on the same telephone line?