Yes, it can give you a traditional phone and telephone number. The "dongle" I have plugs into a power source and has two ports... one is an ethernet jack that I plug into my router, and the other is a phone jack where one can plug in a traditional phone or, in my case, run the line
to the home phone jack so that the whole house is wired (if you do this, you have to make sure the old phone box on the outside of the house is disconnected!).
It also allows me to install an app on a smart phone that gives you
"home" phone capability (and free texts) on the smart phone.
Forgive my ignorance...what's a POTS line? Is this the same as ananalogue
landline?
Yes. POTS = Plain Old Telephone System/Service.
Some VOIP providers may allow the end user to configure their VOIP protocols some. I have heard that mentioned before and folks who know which ones to tweak seemed to not have troubles like others do. Other providers do not apparently allow the tweaking. I do not see any way to
do it with my Magic Jack, for example. I only use it for voice.
Hi Simon,
You would need a VoIP provider that offers G711a as a codec. Modems
don't seem to work with G729, or at least for me it didn't.
You will also need an analogue telephone adaptor or ATA that will
convert VoIP to analogue, so that the modem can talk over VoIP.
I personally recommend AudioCodes MP series like the MP114.
As a modem I use a courrier 56K V.Everything, serial and managed to get 33600 bps connections to some BBSes.
If you need more info, feel free to ping me.
Interesting. I wonder if this is a difference in the respective markets. Cell/smart phone penetrance is so massive here a lot of people, below say 50, have forgotten about the existence of a phone wired to a socket in the house (whether analogue or VoIP). I'm not sure it would make a lot of sense to that segment, who have phone contracts with thousands of free voice minutes each month, to use a tethered connection.
Most people here don't think of having a home phone any more, either. I am guessing the market is more for people who still want one. I am almost 50, so maybe you are right. :)
Mike
You know, in Spain, ISPs are giving the home phone line for free with their home Internet packages. This way, ltos of people end up having a home phone but it does not actually see much use anymore.
You know, in Spain, ISPs are giving the home phone line for free with their >home Internet packages. This way, ltos of people end up having a home phone but
it does not actually see much use anymore.
Most people here don't think of having a home phone any more, either. I am MP>guessing the market is more for people who still want one. I am almost 50,
Same in Australia but juding by the younger generation (my children) they don't even connect a phone, they are probably right to do this as mostnusicance calls are on a home phone line.
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Same in Australia but juding by the younger generation (my children) they don't even connect a phone, they are probably right to do this as mostnusicance calls are on a home phone line.
I think part of the problem with home lines is that the actual home
phone lacks the blacklisting
capabilities of a smartphone, or even a feature phone. The second time a mexican phones to your
cellphone, you block him. Many fixed home phones lack that option.
So I have a landline, only because my internet was cheaper if I had it. Nothing is plugged into it though, and hasnt been for atleast 5 years. (Ridiculus right?)
Anyway, I got a lot of nusance calls on my mobile now - and my mobile
is not even in my name. But it is the number I use when filling in any form "whats your number". So somebody is selling that info, and
spammers are calling me on it.
They clever, as they are manipulating the caller ID - making calls
appear local, (local city, state or Australia).
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All you can do is use an APP like TrueCallers which helps block mostnuisance calls.
All you can do is use an APP like TrueCallers which helps block mostnuisance calls.
Ahh, thanks for the tip. I've been thinking of looking for something like this (or creating one) - so I'll give it a try.
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