"Julie P." wrote in message
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If I run a landline phone (as opposed to a cordless phone) through my
digital answering machine, will I still be able to use the phone if the
power goes out in my house?

Answering machine probly won't work, unless its battery powered.

But most phones are are still powered off of the telco line, at least the
last ones I checked.


Is there a limit to the amount of times you can split a phone line?


Just so long as the total number of devices doesn't exceed your telco's
published maximum REN limitation, otherwise they would need to reset at the
CO to insure that all your stations will ring on incoming calls--there are
usually added charges involved here.

You'll know you have too many ringers bridged to the line if some of the
bells only produce a partial or "sick sounding" ring...

Also realize that if you have several extension phones and then everybody in
the household picks up and is trying to listen in at the same time, you will
get a fairly large signal loss--often to the point where the conversation
may not even be audible at some or all of the stations.

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SVL