Progress report.

The Bell telephone line got disconnected this past Monday, and as a result our "dry DSL" loop showed an immediate improvement in S/N characteristics. It's been quite rock solid since then.

Which bodes well for our VoIP telephone service that relies on the DSL now.

We've got E911 set up on the account now (painless), so recurring charges tally in at US$3/month + calling fees, plus the CDN$9.10/month for the dry loop itself. Internet access is CDN$34/month w/static IP.

The Siemens DECT/IP sets are not yet widely available over here, so I've gone and added three handsets (total of five now) to our existing conventional DECT 6.0 Vtech system. Really, it could hardly be any better suited. It has dedicated voice-mail access buttons and indicators, and no local answering machine. Perfect for use with voip.ms!

Cheers