dahauss
join:2002-02-05
Clementon, NJ | reply to dahauss
Re: direct tv tivo with broadvoice
So what do I do in the mean time? broadvoice is the only phone line I have. How do I get direct tv working? |
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boomertsfx
join:2002-07-31
Ashburn, VA
1 edit | You don't need a phone line for directv (unless you want to order PPV). Sure, TiVo will nag you once a day after a month of not being able to dial, but it will still work.
Or you could do what I did and install a TurboNet card and the tivo will phone home over the internet. |
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Neutron1998
join:2004-03-25
Princeton, TX
| That only works on Series 1 directivos. He has a new, series 2 directivo like me. The expansion slot is no more. We have USB ports but tivo and directv haven't activated them yet. You can hack the box to get them activated but that's a different thread altogether. |
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dahauss
join:2002-02-05
Clementon, NJ
| Looks like I am going back to verizon.. is there a cheap phone service for unlimited local and long distance? I just signed up for around $80 for unlimited Local and regional and 5 cents a minute long distance and also DSL service.. totally ditching comcast....
just need to find a better pots plan.. any ideas?
Im still gonna keep my broadvoice line but disconnect my vonage line.. |
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
clubs:
1 edit | reply to boomertsfx
(post got hosed so deleted -SC) |
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
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said by boomertsfx  :
You don't need a phone line for directv (unless you want to order PPV). Sure, TiVo will nag you once a day after a month of not being able to dial, but it will still work.
Or you could do what I did and install a TurboNet card and the tivo will phone home over the internet.
The TiVo side will, but the DirecTV (PPV/access card) side won't.
For a DirecTV DVR ("DirecTiVo") --
- (most) guide updates come via satellite, no phone call required (although the receiver *will* complain after awhile)
- TiVo showcases, etc. are obtained via phone -- this is the ONLY thing a TurboNet will fix
- DirecTV receiver "phones home" by phone
-SC
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themew
@68.190.x.x | Anyone using P8 with a standard Directv receiver?
Does the quick 2400 baud call work when the unit calls home? |
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giasone
join:2004-04-23
Austin, TX
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said by dahauss :
Looks like I am going back to verizon.. is there a cheap phone service for unlimited local and long distance? I just signed up for around $80 for unlimited Local and regional and 5 cents a minute long distance and also DSL service.. totally ditching comcast....
just need to find a better pots plan.. any ideas?
Im still gonna keep my broadvoice line but disconnect my vonage line..
I have DirecTivo and I'm getting ready to deal with this issue because I am planning on dumping SBC once and for all when I get VOIP stabilized.
Right now, it sounds like Vonage has made a change to better support fax/modem. Apparently *99 prepares the line for incoming fax/modem and several people have had successful calls using Vonage. Check out:
»www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic1244.html
Perhaps this is a fix by Vonage, perhaps not -- I have no idea what logic might be in the Motorola TA to resend packets.
The better approach that isn't out there yet is T.38. From what I've read, Broadvox Direct plans on rolling out T.38 with a new ATA device in July (I think).
A short-term solution is to just not use DirectTivo with a phone line and put up with annoyance screen. I've read that some people have gone over a year from their DirecTivo without having it phone home.
The last resort for me would be keeping a POTS line and using VOIP. SBC charges $9.50 for caller ID, $5.00 for privacy manager, $20.00 for long distance in addition to straight service. That's a total of $34.50 in addition to basic phone service. I can do better than $34.50 with a VOIP provider and get a bunch more features. So $27 a month for full VOIP service and ~$20 for basic service for 911 and DirecTivo. Total $47 is still cheaper than my SBC plan for $70 (including fees) that gives me features I want. Now if you're getting a good package with DSL + POTS, then that's a different story. SBC isn't offering anything attractive here in Texas.
What I really hope is that T.38 can be done with the Sipura (does anybody know if this is impossible?), and to have all of the services roll out T.38 as a protocol that can be activated with a code (like *99) and resolve this fax/modem issue once and for all. |
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joako
Premium
join:2000-09-07
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said by roamer1 :
said by boomertsfx :
You don't need a phone line for directv (unless you want to order PPV). Sure, TiVo will nag you once a day after a month of not being able to dial, but it will still work.
Or you could do what I did and install a TurboNet card and the tivo will phone home over the internet.
The TiVo side will, but the DirecTV (PPV/access card) side won't.
For a DirecTV DVR ("DirecTiVo") --
- (most) guide updates come via satellite, no phone call required (although the receiver *will* complain after awhile)
- TiVo showcases, etc. are obtained via phone -- this is the ONLY thing a TurboNet will fix
- DirecTV receiver "phones home" by phone
-SC
You dont need a phoneline, MAYBE for the first time you use it, but thats about it (I cant remember if I had to or not). You need to find "TivoScripts" aka "Sleeper's ISO" which is a bootable CD. It will install a hack so that the tivo wont dial in or nag you, among other things it also installs network drivers so you can use a USB-> ethernet device as well as a hack (which I cant live without) that makes the ->| button skip forward 30 seconds, instead of going to the end.
But you have to open the TiVO and your best bet is to have a 2nd harddrive so you can go back to the first one in case you mess something up. |
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