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emmie
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Username: Emmie
Post Number: 686
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 10:09 am: | 
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We got one, the Verizon kit, and will be installing it when the service is ready. The kit looks pretty scary...with filters and wires, boxes and stuff. Has anyone had any experience with the self install kits and any tips to offer? The computer has it's own auxillary line, so do I still need the three filters? |
Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 8562
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 10:50 am: |
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The filters are for your other phone lines, so you don't hear noise from the DSL line. |
mim
Citizen
Username: Mim
Post Number: 564
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 10:56 am: |
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I just did this, and found it amazingly easy. The disk leads you through everything (and it will tell you, as Dave did, to put the filters on your PHONE lines, not the computer's line). I am pretty hopeless and had dreaded the process, but I did just fine. (Confession: I did have to call tech support, but they were immediately available and very helpful.) |
Gatica™
Citizen
Username: Katracho
Post Number: 260
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 11:13 am: |
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Emmie, the filters are for the phone extensions that use the same telephone line as your DSL. If you don't use the filters, then you will hear static on the phone line. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 1039
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 1:32 pm: |
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It's a breeze. I did it with ease. The disk does tell you everything.
Like Mim, I also called tech support, just for, well, support! Very helpful.
You can do this; you don't need someone to come to your house. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12384
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 1:41 pm: |
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Therefore, what Dave said is incorrect. It's not to protect your non-DSL line from your DSL line. it's to protect your non-DSL equipment that is on your DSL. In other words, your non-DSL line (which is a redundant term) stays as it was. On your DSL, you add a filter to every phone, answering machine, whatever that is connected to it, except you don't add it to your modem.
I highly recommend getting some sort of home router. It adds firewall protection, and it allows a more than one computer to share the line, should you ever want to. And it will dial out for you so you don't need to use dialing software on your computer.
You need firewall protection because your computer will always be on the net now. There are programs that scan all possible addresses and try to break in. These programs act as robots, working tirelessly day and night, without human intervention.
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emmie
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Username: Emmie
Post Number: 687
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 2:23 pm: |
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Well, there is only one line coming into my computer and that is the only thing on it, so that's a good thing. My other phone line is completely separate and a different number. I feel fortified now with all your info. Thanks for the help. I will let you know how it turns out.
Next step will be the router, but can't do that until DSL is in. |
emmie
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Username: Emmie
Post Number: 689
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 5:08 pm: |
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Oh, one other thing. Verizon told me I can keep my current ISP, is that true? They said something about when I sign on, after install, just click on broadband or something like that. Anyone know about this. I don't want my current ISP highjacked by Verizon. For those of you who did this, were you able to keep your ISP?
I only singed up for Verizon DSL, not Verizon Online. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12392
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 5:13 pm: |
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I'm pretty sure there is no difference between Verizon DSL and Verizon Online. When you are connected to the internet through your DSL, the DSL provider is your ISP. If you mean you want to continue to use AOL, you can still get their content services over DSL. You should downgrade your AOL account to $5 a month, because you won't be using them any more for connectivity (unless you occasionally still use dialup, and even if you do, the hourly charges may not hit $24/month).
You want an ISP mostly for email and the web. AOL provides some extra content (forums, information, etc), but most ISP's don't. Once you're on the net, you can get to nearly any web or email service out there, so why keep another ISP, except for the content?
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goattown
Citizen
Username: Goattown
Post Number: 8
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 6:15 pm: |
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I just installed verizon dsl with the self install kit and it was very easy to follow the directions provided on the CD, but I was not able to create a connection at first. It took hours of troubleshooting and experimenting to figure out the issue (i even replaced the phone jack). My ethernet card was not enabled(first time using a highspeed connection). To fix the problem I had to go to my computer - internet connections and then right click on the ethernet car to enable. |
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