Hi there, I'm planning on calling Telus tomorrow to switch to Optic from Bell Satellite and I have a few questions that I want to ask before. I found this forum and decided it would be easier to type it out then to ask a rep on the phone again.
1) Does the PVR box or the digital box have a built in splitter for the video? One of my current Bell box's setup is s-video to an HDTV, and a coaxial out to a wall plug which leads to a TV upstairs. Both TVs can play simultaneously with the same content.
Can I still do this with the Telus box or do I have to get another box for the upstairs TV?
2) From what I read, the box can get input from the old coaxial wall plugs? Because I'm pretty sure my house does not have ethernet running through it.
3) I'm also getting the Optik internet and when I talked with a rep earlier, he said I could get the free xbox as well, even though I was not a "new clients who have not signed up for TELUS High Speed Internet in the past 90 days." (We've been with Telus for phone and internet for over 4 years). The guy was saying how they're going to be setting it up as a PVR though and that there would be a monthly charge (5$ I think it was) for using it as such. Can I cancel this later on if I decide I don't need it?
4) How stable is the connection? Does my internet slow down drastically when someones using the TV or vise-versa? There probably won't be over 2 TV streams happening at once.
Thanks in advance.
1) Does the PVR box or the digital box have a built in splitter for the video? One of my current Bell box's setup is s-video to an HDTV, and a coaxial out to a wall plug which leads to a TV upstairs. Both TVs can play simultaneously with the same content.
Can I still do this with the Telus box or do I have to get another box for the upstairs TV?
2) From what I read, the box can get input from the old coaxial wall plugs? Because I'm pretty sure my house does not have ethernet running through it.
3) I'm also getting the Optik internet and when I talked with a rep earlier, he said I could get the free xbox as well, even though I was not a "new clients who have not signed up for TELUS High Speed Internet in the past 90 days." (We've been with Telus for phone and internet for over 4 years). The guy was saying how they're going to be setting it up as a PVR though and that there would be a monthly charge (5$ I think it was) for using it as such. Can I cancel this later on if I decide I don't need it?
4) How stable is the connection? Does my internet slow down drastically when someones using the TV or vise-versa? There probably won't be over 2 TV streams happening at once.
Thanks in advance.