[ale] Serious: Comcast Business vs Residential

[Horkan Smith]

My understanding:

If you need static IPs, yes, you need their modem.

If you don't need static IPs, no, you don't need their modem.

later!
   horkan

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:33:29AM -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:
> How committed am I to their cable modem? I'm working through issues at our office and their modem provides NO features for me. It is a SMC model with no logging. I simply can only see the current status. No static routes, etc. 
> 
> Can I buy my own modem for their business service? 
> 
> > From: "Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 6:32:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Serious: Comcast Business vs Residential
> 
> > On 2015-11-11 15:27, Chris Fowler wrote:
> >> I do not think their business service is VoIP. At our office we have 4 phones.
> >> They all go back to a box that connects to their cable service. I have a
> > > working fax machine on a line and I am sure I've used a modem there on a line.
> 
> > That box is an ATA to provide you an analog line on one side that
> > connects to their VoIP system on the other side. You can do fax over
> > VoIP with an ATA.
> 
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