Can you use a cable jack for Shaw Digitial Phone?
This relates somewhat to a TIP we posted regarding fire alarm communicators. Shaw’s digitial telephone service (as with Rogers “back East”) utilizes bandwidth on their cable television signal. When you order the service, the Shaw/Rogers technician will install a specialized cable modem which he will connect to a cable outlet that is convenient to the main telephone drop. This makes it easy to facilitate connection of all the phone jacks in the premises. Any cable outlet will do. Can you move the service to another location? Yes as long as it’s on the same provider’s backbone (Shaw modem to Shaw outlet, Rogers modem to Rogers outlet). You should be aware that there is limited phone service available in the event of an extended power failure. The onboard battery (within the cable modem) is only designed to provide backup for a period of four to six hours. If you’re using this method as a means to facilitate communication between a fire alarm system and a central monitoring facility, you
