DirecTvio and VOIP??
 

Anyone gotten a DirecTivo to work with any of the VOIP services? I'd
love to drop my POTS line, but I have about 9 months left on the
satellite contract. I'm doing an experiment on not letting the Tivo call
in, and I'm up to 60+ days, but I keep worrying that its going to put
its foot down RSN.

So again the question is: Can a VOIP line be used to make the daily
telephone call from a Tivo?

I've been using Vonage without a problem.

"Ben K." wrote in message
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Anyone gotten a DirecTivo to work with any of the VOIP services? I'd
love to drop my POTS line, but I have about 9 months left on the
satellite contract. I'm doing an experiment on not letting the Tivo call
in, and I'm up to 60+ days, but I keep worrying that its going to put
its foot down RSN.

So again the question is: Can a VOIP line be used to make the daily
telephone call from a Tivo?

Whereas On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:18:16 GMT, "Ben K."
scribbled:
, I thus relpy:
Anyone gotten a DirecTivo to work with any of the VOIP services? I'd
love to drop my POTS line, but I have about 9 months left on the
satellite contract. I'm doing an experiment on not letting the Tivo call
in, and I'm up to 60+ days, but I keep worrying that its going to put
its foot down RSN.

So again the question is: Can a VOIP line be used to make the daily
telephone call from a Tivo?

Why not install a network card in the Tivo, and connect it to your
home network?
--
Gary J. Tait . Email is at yahoo.com ; ID:classicsat

The DirecTivo doesn't have drivers for the USB ports, hence no ethernet ;(

Gary Tait wrote:
Whereas On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:18:16 GMT, "Ben K."
scribbled:
, I thus relpy:

Anyone gotten a DirecTivo to work with any of the VOIP services? I'd
love to drop my POTS line, but I have about 9 months left on the
satellite contract. I'm doing an experiment on not letting the Tivo call
in, and I'm up to 60+ days, but I keep worrying that its going to put
its foot down RSN.

So again the question is: Can a VOIP line be used to make the daily
telephone call from a Tivo?


Why not install a network card in the Tivo, and connect it to your
home network?

Wanna bet? Read this link http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y28413446

I even have caller id working on my HDVR2. You just have to know more than
just winblows.

Jerry
"Ben K." wrote in message
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The DirecTivo doesn't have drivers for the USB ports, hence no ethernet ;(

Gary Tait wrote:
Whereas On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:18:16 GMT, "Ben K."
scribbled:
, I thus relpy:

Anyone gotten a DirecTivo to work with any of the VOIP services? I'd
love to drop my POTS line, but I have about 9 months left on the
satellite contract. I'm doing an experiment on not letting the Tivo call
in, and I'm up to 60+ days, but I keep worrying that its going to put
its foot down RSN.

So again the question is: Can a VOIP line be used to make the daily
telephone call from a Tivo?


Why not install a network card in the Tivo, and connect it to your
home network?

Whereas On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:56:00 GMT, "Ben K."
scribbled:
, I thus relpy:
The DirecTivo doesn't have drivers for the USB ports, hence no ethernet ;(


Note I sad IN. You can get an ethernet adaptor you can install inside
your Tivo or DirecTiVo.

Gary Tait wrote:
Whereas On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:18:16 GMT, "Ben K."
scribbled:
, I thus relpy:

Anyone gotten a DirecTivo to work with any of the VOIP services? I'd
love to drop my POTS line, but I have about 9 months left on the
satellite contract. I'm doing an experiment on not letting the Tivo call
in, and I'm up to 60+ days, but I keep worrying that its going to put
its foot down RSN.

So again the question is: Can a VOIP line be used to make the daily
telephone call from a Tivo?


Why not install a network card in the Tivo, and connect it to your
home network?

--
Gary J. Tait . Email is at yahoo.com ; ID:classicsat

"Gary Tait" wrote in message
...
Whereas On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:56:00 GMT, "Ben K."
scribbled:
, I thus relpy:
The DirecTivo doesn't have drivers for the USB ports, hence no ethernet
;(


Note I sad IN. You can get an ethernet adaptor you can install inside
your Tivo or DirecTiVo.

You could provide some details? I have several HDVR2's and I would like to
install an Ethernet adapter inside them. I already have a wired/wireless
home network in place.

"Gary Tait" wrote in message
...
Whereas On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:56:00 GMT, "Ben K."
scribbled:
, I thus relpy:
The DirecTivo doesn't have drivers for the USB ports, hence no ethernet
;(


Note I sad IN. You can get an ethernet adaptor you can install inside
your Tivo or DirecTiVo.

Not a valid statement concerning 2nd Generation DirecTivos. No internal
header, which is where the TivoNet cards for first gen units attach.

This is interesting (pardon my ignorance). I've a lake house (with
cable TV/internet) but no phone (been using cell phone). Been wanting
to install DTV with Tivo but figured it wouldn't work without land
line. Does DTV's computer see a valid phone number matching your
location when your receiver calls in? I've read that you can't
register a DTV system with the cell phone because it doesn't generate
a caller ID to DTV's computer. Does the Vonage system generate caller
ID and verify the physical location of the receiver?



On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 08:18:44 -0400, "Fred"
wrote:

I've been using Vonage without a problem.

"Ben K." wrote in message
.. .
Anyone gotten a DirecTivo to work with any of the VOIP services? I'd
love to drop my POTS line, but I have about 9 months left on the
satellite contract. I'm doing an experiment on not letting the Tivo call
in, and I'm up to 60+ days, but I keep worrying that its going to put
its foot down RSN.

So again the question is: Can a VOIP line be used to make the daily
telephone call from a Tivo?

Does DTV's computer see a valid phone number matching your
location when your receiver calls in?

Yes it does BUT if you do not have pro sports channels like Sunday Ticket or
order PPV, I hear you do not have to have a phone connected at all in practice
because they don't enforce the requirement.

I've read that you can't
register a DTV system with the cell phone because it doesn't generate
a caller ID to DTV's computer. Does the Vonage system generate caller
ID and verify the physical location of the receiver?

Vonage generates Caller ID but it comes back registered to Vonage and not to
your name and because Vonage does not use the same phone number format (area
code + prefix + number) but rather just a 10 digit number that can be located
anywhere (your number can have NYC area code and be working in California),
DirecTV cannot know the physical location of your phone.