[blu] broadband phones?

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 02:54:15PM -0500, David Kramer wrote:
> - I need phones throughout the house, and most of these systems are 
> designed for only one phone.  I can do all the wiring if they say it will 
> work, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

There's no particular reason why it won't work. For electrical
outlet reasons, we run all our VOIP adapters on people's desks
-- this also lets them take them home or travelling -- but they
certainly operate through normal office wiring. Ask the VOIP
company about supplied REN -- ringer equivalence numbers -- and
you can load up with up to that REN-load of phones.

> - I have DSL, not cable.  It's my understanding that I can't drop my 
> current POTS phone line, because then my DSL won't work.
> 
> Am I right?

That depends on your DSL provider and the underlying phone
company. Most ILECs don't want to sell you a line without
dialtone, but you may be able to argue them down to a minimal
service line.

-dsr-