012 phone line replacement.

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Aug 22, 2011, at 2:32 PM, Stan Goodman wrote:
>
> Is tbere a checkbox somewhere in the settings of your "superbox" that
> allows you to permit or forbid provider provisioning? That exists in
> VoIP adaptors, and I used it the first time my VoIP provider monkeyed
> with my settings. If there isn't such a choice, I think you should
> inform them that you want the right to configure your system yourself,
> failing which you will terminate the connection when you can do so
> without penalty.

Thanks,

There may be, I never actually saw the box. After looking at my specs  
and talking to their techs, they said it was not for me. They were not  
going to turn off provisioning and they were not going to change their  
configs to give me one of my own.

As for canceling without penalty, I never was connected, never signed  
a contract, etc, so it is now a moot point. We'll see if they offer me  
something better. :-)


> My NGN router/modem that I got from Bezeq had "special" settings that
> Dlink sets only for the ones they sell to BEZEQ, that aren't
> comfortable with my network; I changed them, and fortunately BEZEQ
> doesn't care. Personally, the behavior of your new ISP would be a deal
> breaker for me, I don't want people I don't know screwing around  
> with my
> equipment.


Sort of. IMHO if they are giving me VoIP as if it were landline  
service, they have the right to provison the VoIP side of the box  
anyway they want. The network side is a different issue and they were  
polite and told me what they brought was not for me. So the installer  
thanked me for my time and left, having done nothing.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM