How-to: Get rid of your traditional phone line
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If you think broadband and traditional phone lines could coexist in your home, or that there’s no way you could keep paying something phone bills, well, get a screwdriver, pliers and wire cutters, this is for you.
“The idea for this one is pretty easy. We’ll visit the ugly box that Ma Bell graciously left on the side of every single building, ever. Inside it, we’ll cut the leash and take control,” wrote Engadget. “Back inside, we’ll hook up our handy VoIP adapter so we can use the existing phone jacks that run all over the house.”
Once you’re done with the instructions, the Ethernet goes to the broadband router, and it’ll be safe to connect the phone jack to a wall outlet inside the house.
But bear in mind that you’ll “be semi-violating this warning label. If you connected it to the wall now, the voltage from the phone line would probably do something bad to it. Before hooking anything up a trip to the telephone companies box is in order.”
Jun 21, 2006 | By Nuno
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