[PLUG] VoIP question [RESOLVED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 13 Feb 2025, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

> OK so then the Ziply 5th generation modem is basically doing exactly the
> same thing that a Vonage or Ooma box would be doing - it's converting a
> POTS phone into a VoIP phone. So it's essentially a VoIP phone line you
> are paying for.

Ted,

Yep.

> Is Ziply charging you a $15 month fee for the box rental and a second fee
> (maybe $15 maybe something else) for the phone line itself? Or is it just
> 1 fee?

One fee for all.

> What is interest to me on all of this is that my understanding is that the
> ONT itself has a RJ11 port that can act as a "POTS" line.

Could be. While I questioned the techs who installed the fiber and
transitioned the phone I don't recall the topics.

> What it appears to me, is that Ziply is sidestepping the PUC tariffs which
> require $40 for a residential subscriber POTS line by simply designating it
> as a VoIP line and instead of terminating the POTS line on the ONT they are
> terminating it on a "next generation router" that is plugged into the ONT.
> Then they are charging some less-than-$40 fee for the POTS line

> Is that what's going on?

Could be. I didn't question all the details.

Rich