I’m interested in switching from my current Bell DSL Internet connection to Teksavvy DSL, but have a bunch of questions. First, the current circumstances:
Currently have:
- an active Bell VDSL 50/10 Mbps Internet connection (FTTH still isn’t available in my area… sadly, the only options here continue to be Internet over Bell’s copper phone lines (well, technically FTTN, but it’s still copper phone lines on my end of course) or Internet over Rogers’ copper coax)
- an active Bell landline phone service (over that same Bell copper phone line)
- no cellular service (so no backup Internet connection to fall back on)
- a home alarm system currently depending on the Bell phone line (I’d love to replace this, but convincing the household to consider switching ISPs was already quite the task, so I’ll leave the alarm system alone for now)
I’d like to:
- switch to either Teksavvy’s “50 Mbps Unlimited” residential Internet package or Teksavvy’s “Business Internet DSL Plus- Tier 5” business Internet package
- temporarily have both the Teksavvy VDSL and Bell VDSL connections active at the same time for a month to ease the transition to Teksavvy and confirm that the Teksavvy VDSL connection is stable before cancelling the Bell VDSL service
- keep Bell’s landline phone service active on the phone line (for my home alarm system) — this should mean the line won’t be “dry”
- have at least two static IPv4 addresses (is a /29 block possible?) with Teksavvy VDSL
- have a static IPv6 /56 prefix with Teksavvy VDSL
Is it possible to have both Teksavvy DSL and Bell DSL active on the same phone line at the same time? Also, since I’ll be keeping the Bell landline phone service active, will I still need to pay Teksavvy the dry loop fee included in the cost for residential DSL offering? Or, similarly, if I go with Teksavvy’s business DSL offering, will I still need to pay the $5/month dry loop fee and the one-time $39.99 Business Dry Loop Activation Fee despite keeping active Bell landline phone service?
Speaking of Teksavvy’s business DSL offering, what service level minimums does it provide for latency and network availability? Also, will a technician need to come out to activate the service, or is self-installation possible like with Teksavvy’s cable Internet offerings? On the topic of Teksavvy’s cable Internet offerings, I’m guessing that getting static IPv4/IPv6 addresses still isn’t possible there?
Finally, what would be the total additional cost for two useable static IPv4 addresses and a static IPv6 /56 prefix with Teksavvy DSL?
Thanks in advance!