Oct 19, 2011 #1 M mary Member Joined May 15, 2008 Messages 507 Reaction score 0 Points 16 telus is my isp and i want to know can i use my own router or modem?
Oct 20, 2011 #2 S sewrobb Member Joined Mar 26, 2008 Messages 100 Reaction score 0 Points 16 That's a Canadian ISP isn't it? I would have thought they would be the same as all the others now in the fact you can only use the modem they supply on their system. That's because they contain a chip that their system recognises. In other words no you can't use someone else's modem. Routers are a different thing. They share the connection between several computers etc on one connection in a house. However if it's a modem/router combined the that same applies as above because that will carry a system chip in it.
That's a Canadian ISP isn't it? I would have thought they would be the same as all the others now in the fact you can only use the modem they supply on their system. That's because they contain a chip that their system recognises. In other words no you can't use someone else's modem. Routers are a different thing. They share the connection between several computers etc on one connection in a house. However if it's a modem/router combined the that same applies as above because that will carry a system chip in it.