Change from ATT to Orbi

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mclink wrote:

I will be changing cable servive ftom ATT Uverse to Comcast Triple Play.....TV / Internet / Phone and need to replace to ATT supplied router. CAN I REPLACE IT WITH ORBI RBK50 SYSTEM (1 ROUTER + 1 SATELLITE) ? AND WILL THE ORBI ROUTER ALLOW LAND LINE PHONE CONNECTION ?

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Orbi RBK50 does not support a POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) line, what we used to call a "2500 set" in Western Electric terminology.  When Comcast provides telephone service, they will supply a modem which provides a telephone jack that you can connect to whatever you want.  I have mine (Spectrum) connected to the base unit of a Panasonic cordless system with six handsets.  Some people connect to the existing telephone wiring in the house.

 

What you want to do is ask Comcast to install a modem/phone only unit, with no router and no WiFi.

That way, the Orbi will provide router functions and WiFi.

 

There is a model of Orbi that bundles a data modem into the unit, but it does not provide telephone service.

You can get a Orbi with a built in cable modem if thats of any interest:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-with-Built-in-Cable-Modem/We-Squeezed-a-Cable-Modem-under-the-hood-of-the-new-Cable-Modem/td-p/1566119

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mclink wrote:

I will be changing cable servive ftom ATT Uverse to Comcast Triple Play.....TV / Internet / Phone and need to replace to ATT supplied router. CAN I REPLACE IT WITH ORBI RBK50 SYSTEM (1 ROUTER + 1 SATELLITE) ? AND WILL THE ORBI ROUTER ALLOW LAND LINE PHONE CONNECTION ?

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