On Sep 10, 11:11*am, Metspitzer wrote:
On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:48:11 -0400, Art Todesco
wrote:
On 9/9/2012 12:03 PM, Metspitzer wrote:
We are getting Charter phone added Wednesday. *The faq says:
Number Of Phone Lines
Charter will install up to two separate phone lines and a distinctive
ring for residential customers. *If you need more than two separate
phone lines please contact Charter Business at 1-888-692-8635.
http://www.myaccount.charter.com/cus...?supportarticl....
I really don't need two different phone numbers, but since the second
line is free, I was considering how I may use it.
I currently have 2 cordless phones with 3 handsets each. *One of the
base phones is right where the router (and UPS) is located at the
house. *I am considering putting a single jack for that phone on the
main phone number and then letting the rest of the jacks in the house
be supplied by the second phone number.
I don't know how the phone equipment connects to the phone system.
What would be nice is if the phone guy would just install a jack that
has two ports. *One for each phone number.
I could then plug the base into one jack and that gives the 3 most
important phones the main phone number.
For the second line, I have a base block next to the equipment. *I
could just take a 6' phone cord and jump between the second line and
the new phone jack line 2. *This would make the entire house then be
on the second phone line back feed through the room jack.
Would this work?
If it turned out that I would really want the other base (and the rest
of the house) on the same number, I could just change the jumper and
put all the phones on the main number.
The 2nd line could be connected to you computer as a fax line, maybe.
Some broadband telephone lines don't work as a fax line ... some do.
I have a fax. *The second number would be useful if the fax would work
with it. *I suspect that, although it would work sometimes, it would
not work reliably. *(I am going to try)
Since I do not have long distance on my phone, I have tried to use
Google Voice to send a fax long distance. *Sometimes it would work and
sometimes not. *But what made it worthless was that the times it did
not work, the fax still reported successful. *I had to send a copy of
a driver's license once. *The girl said it sent half of the page.
I was able to talk her into letting me scan it and email it. *She gave
me her email address and it was AOL. *It amazes me the amount of
people that still require a fax. *Email is, more often than not, not
an option.
On the subject of fax, smart phones should have that capability. Being
able to send or receive a fax from a smart phone would add 0 cost of
the phone.
Here I don't have the option of cable, so it's got to be DSL or
satellite for data. *But the telephone company does give you a 'free'
POTS line if you bundle 3 services. *I guess too many people are giving
up their wired lines and they have lots of equipment and copper in the
cables. *But it is real nice for faxing. *Sure, I'd like to send
documents, etc. over email, however, medical people will usually only
accept faxes for 'security reasons'. *So, I have the main number
connected to a 1 line cordless phone (5.8GHz) with 4 handsets scattered
around. *The fax line is connected to my computer which auto answers as
a fax and it is also connected to a 2nd cordless (DECT 6) phone which
allows 2 lines. *I got it free so it was a no brainer to set it up with
both lines. *Besides sending/receiving a fax, the 2nd line could be used
for an outgoing call when the 1st line is busy (on the 2nd cordless
handset, or its wired base handset).
e-mail is too easily spoofed...
not that fax numbers are all that secure either
but obtaining pen register info on outgoing calls
from a phone number and customer phone billing
records is a lot easier than tracing down layer
upon layer of proxies on the internet with connections
supplied by more than one internet service
provider in multiple countries when fraud
occurs...