Switching to Teksavvy - A few questions!

[Shaftasaurus]

Hey folks,

I'm about to switch to TekSavvy. This 60GB cap from Rogers is eating away at my soul. I've never used DSL before, nor have I had much experience with friends/family setting it up, so it's a bit of a new area for me.

Our phone service is currently with Bell, so we have an active phone line.
I understand that each phone jack in the house will need a microfilter, correct?
I heard that the Bell store gives them to you if you ask, fact or fiction? Buying one for each jack in the house will add up, there's quite a few.
Also, do I need different type of filter for the jack that'll be leading to the DSL modem?

I figure I'll grab one of the Thomson SpeedTouch 516s from Infonec, it seems to be pretty popular around here. Was also thinking about grabbing a WRT54GL and using Tomato for MLPPP, getting around throttling and such.

Sorry for the (possibly) dumb questions. I'm thoroughly experienced with most things computer-related, just not DSL

[Brandon]

I heard that the Bell store gives them to you if you ask, fact or fiction? Buying one for each jack in the house will add up, there's quite a few.

I'm with Rogers now, and switching to Bell once my phone line gets switched back to Bell. I went to the Bell store in preparation and asked, and I got a handful of 5 for free (plus asked if I needed more).

[Warlock]

... I understand that each phone jack in the house will need a microfilter, correct? ...

Each jack that has a phone connected. Yes.

... I heard that the Bell store gives them to you if you ask, fact or fiction? ...

Unable to comment. Never tried it.

... Also, do I need different type of filter for the jack that'll be leading to the DSL modem? ...

No filters period.

... I figure I'll grab one of the Thomson SpeedTouch 516s from Infonec, it seems to be pretty popular around here...

Definitely popular. Personally, have not encountered any issues with the last three installed.

... Was also thinking about grabbing a WRT54GL and using Tomato for MLPPP, getting around throttling and such.

May be of some interest,
Article/link,

• Can DD-WRT or Tomato Fix Bad Routing?

[Shaftasaurus]

Thanks Brandon, and thanks Warlock! Now I can't wait to switch

[Warlock]

You're most welcome.

[ephemera]

-Question answered, thanks Warlock -

Just the phone lines. Not the line that you plug your modem into.