[ale] VoIP, CATV if fiber-served

[Alex Carver]

I switched my phone to Telnyx. $1.50/month to have the phone line active 
and $0.003/minute per call.

I set up all my phones through Asterisk on a server in the house so I 
could also use digital phones but there's no reason you can't use a 
regular ATA and analog phones. I use a Grandstream HT813 ATA that 
provides both FXS (analog phone handsets) and FXO (analog phone line to 
provider). I use the analog line as an emergency backup to the normal 
VoIP, I set up Asterisk to look for a special prefix on the phone number 
to route calls through the analog FXO port instead of out through the 
VoIP trunk.

Have not seen an ATA that was coax input and RJ11/12 output (FXS), most 
ATAs you can buy are Ethernet to RJ11/12 FXS ports like the Grandstream 
HT501 (one port) and HT502 (two port).

On 2026-03-13 21:33, Ken Cochran via Ale wrote:
> Hey again ALE people :)
> Hopefully not too-OT, y'all have any favorite or non-favorite VoIP
> providers?  I need to find something for the office (1st) & later for
> home.  Ooma looks pretty good but I should look at others too.
> 
> Right now I have nothing but POTS via Spectrum & I just got a sudden
> big price jump & I need to do something else.
> Q: What's the box called that is coax in & RJ-11/14 & Ethernet out?
> Is that an ATA? SIP?
> 
> AT&T is pulling fiber all over town, now available at my house & it's
> been available at the office building for a few years now.
> 
> Hasn't ATT left the cable TV biz? If I were to do ATT fiber, what to
> do about TV?  In my locality, Spectrum is the only cable (TV) co.
> Thanks, -kc
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