I was doing a phone job and had to replace a faceplate. Put the wrong one on. Killed everyone downstream.... I don't do phones anymore:^( On Thursday 13 April 2006 23:06, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > Actually, Cox telephone is not VoIP, but it is digitized fairly early. As > I understand it they use a proprietary digital voice transport using one of > the subcarrier bands in the coax cable from the CPE AD/DA MUX up to the > fiber headend, then it's transferred to ATM over the HFC SONET ring (same > route as the IP traffic, just higher priority) back to their CO switch. > The run a pretty much standard digital voice network from there out. At no > point does the voice data transfer to IP packets. They are regulated as a > normal telephone carrier, so they provide +90DC power to the CPE, full 911 > support, battery backup at every step, etc... They have to meet the same > NEBS requirements QWest does, so it's a lot more reliable than any VoIP > provider can be. In the almost 8 years I've had Cox phone, they went out > once, for about 4 hours, and that was because some nimrod tech ignored the > "telephone active" tag on my line and put a bad splitter on the line adding > my neighbor's digital cable. In contrast I've lost Cox internet on the same > line for a total of over 60 days in the same 8 years, mostly because they > can't seem to maintain decent signal strength on my line at the CPE > entrance. > > ==Joseph++ > > Gene Holmerud wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:40:02 -0700, Dan Lund > > > > wrote: > >> Just IP. > >> Cox phone is just normal phone service. > > > > Hugh? Are you sure Cox phone is not Voice over IP (VoIP), just like > > Vonage, Lingo, Packet 8, etc.? Sure you use a normal phone, but the > > sound is digitized to IP packets before being put on the cable, or on > > receive, the sound is reconstituted (D-A) before being put on the > > 2-wire to your normal phone. > > > > Gene > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss