[BC] Phone System & VOIP Question - A second question.

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

Absolutely. Vonage. You get a box. You plug one end into your Internet
connection (wherever it comes from). You connect the other plug into
your existing telephone wiring AFTER you have disconnected the
outside connection from your so-called data-terminal (the plastic
box on the side of your house). Now, all your phones will work and
all will ring.

BUT Vonage is designed for the home dweller and provides for
only two lines per box. You can't parallel the output of the
boxes, but you could feed them to separate lines of your push-
button phone interface. So, if you need four lines, you need
two Vonage boxes --or you talk to Vonage about expanding
their hardware.

However, remember that Vonage needs power plus a working
Internet connection. If either are down, so is the telephone. This
is not the case with POTS which will work for several days
after all the power sources have been blown up.


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Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Read about my book
http://www.LymanSchool.org


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Keith Hammond" <monsterfm at monsterfm.com>
> Is there a VOIP service that outputs an actual phone line type connection
> that will allow you to plug the box in and use your currently existing phone
> systems (including those expensive multi-caller interfaces for talk
> programming)?
>
> Keith Hammond
> MonsterFM.com / Broadcast Technical Services
>