Re: ADSL for me!

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

G

Get a dedicated analogue line.

J

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 8:50 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] ADSL for me!


This wonderful message is now on the BT site for my exchange:

"Good news - Your exchange will have broadband ADSL by 5th November
2003, and our initial test indicates that it should be possible to
provide broadband ADSL on this telephone line.

Our initial test on your line suggests that you should be able to
have a broadband ADSL service that provides up to 2Mbps download
speed."

But, now that I stopped jumping around the office, I am starting to
think about how the corresponding loss of ISDN could affect me.

I have a full ISDN2e service in the house (not HH or BH) which gives
me 2 lines and, using MSN, 4 numbers. I have a router and software
that can interpret Caller ID and pass it around my network (including
going to the Tivo via xPL). I have a home phone number, business
phone number, fax number and 'control' number. A terminal adapter
takes the digital signal and converts it to POTS. I take the home
POTS port and route it through Comfort and then through Krone blocks
to 5 ordinary phones. I take the business POTS port and route it
through Krone blocks to 5 ordinary phones. I can pick up and transfer
calls between the home and business phones and I can call the home
line from the business line and vice versa as an intercom (no
external call required). My home phone answer machine is handled by
Comfort, my business answer machine and fax is handled by software
running on my HA server.

As I understand it, the normal 'upgrade' process is to rip out ISDN
and go back to analogue for BB. If that is the case I immediately
lose all 4 of my numbers. I can do without the 'control' number as I
will have an always on route into my home network, but I am really
loathe to lose my home, business and fax numbers as many people have
them. I don't really want to buy a fax machine, but I have no
analogue modem so how would I retain my ability to send and receive
faxes. How do I retain the ability to recognise and distribute caller
ID around the network, do I have to buy a Meteor box too?

I know that one option is to get adsl as an additional service, but
that would really be overkill as I would only save the £15 per month
on my current fixed rate dial up and the BB monthly charge would
exceed that.

Has anyone gone through a similar process, if so then what did you
decide upon and how did you retain your pre-BB functionality?




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