Comment on My ISP has taken total control of my network
kite@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t know if anyone has murmurings this yet, but if you leave a landline that is through your ISP, and connected to the router, you may not be able to use your own router. Spectrum doors not let you, and despite all the research I did before, I did not find that out until after I purchased my own. You can ask them to split the line and use the old router with the phone, and your new router for internet, but there are potential issues with degradation of service involved, as well as the more mundane problems of running into ISP support who are not interested in understanding what you want, and getting the line actually, physically split.
shortestbreath@lemm.ee 1 year ago
In work for them. This is as intended. Its meant to reduce service calls where the customer borks it themselves. I’m not an expert so this may not apply everywhere, but you shouldn’t have a problem using a non-spectrum router without even telling them. I don’t use theirs. You should just be able to go buy it, plug the line in , and turn it on. They don’t need to know. In recommend using your own anyway for many reasons. Yours will be more configurable and you can tell them you don’t need theirs, saving you 7 bucks or whatever a month.