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Posted by Pat Coghlan on August 18, 2006, 11:33 pm
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Your existing phones are on the same analog loop. If you subscribe to a
VoIP provider, there will still be an analog loop, but it will be
powered by your VoIP TA (terminal adapter), rather than the phone
company. Your analog phones will work as before.
Residential phones with a "hold" feature really don't put the call on
hold, per se. They simply cut off the sound and microphone, but keep
the line "off hook" so the other phone can be picked up.
jeffgreinert@yahoo.com wrote:
> I have a small office, just my wife and I. I'm interested in switching
> from standard phone service to a VoIP provider. I want our phone setup
> to work essentially the same as it does now which is:
>
> * A call comes in on our single line, and both of our phones ring (one
> on her desk, one on mine). Either of us can answer the phone.
> * If I answer and the call is for her, I can put the call on hold and
> she can pick up the call by taking it off of hold on her phone.
>
> My questions:
> 1) Can I do these with your provided equipment and my phones? Does it
> depend on my phone's specifications/capabilities?
>
> 2) Can I do these if I elect to use softphones and not physical phones?
> Does it depend on the softphone's specifications/capabilities?
>
> I need to be able to have both phones ring and be able to somehow move
> a call from one phone to the other.
>
> If it's of any importance, I'm considering BroadVoice VoIP with a
> Linksys RT31P2-NA router w/ 2 phone ports and the eyeBeam softphone,
> which is basically the pro version of the X-Lite softphone.
>
> A final question: When using a softphone, does the call get to the
> computer via the ethernet cable or via a phone cord through the modem
> port?
>
> Thanks for helping a VoIP newbie.
>
> -- Jeff
>
>
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