2 line phones

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 22, 2005 Posts: 1

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Not yet a Vonage subscriber, but was wondering if I can continue to use 2 line phones in my home -- one line Vonage and the other my local phone company? I currently have 1 personal line, 1 business line and a dedicated fax line all with local phone company (sbc).
Appreciate any response...thanks

Posts: 1424 · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:19 am Post subject:

The only problem we have seen with 2 line phones is that they can bridge line 2.

That is we saw someone who had a Vonage adapter connected to line 2 of their 2 line phone and POTS connected to their house wiring to line 1. This caused the Vonage dial tone to be available on line 2 all over the house. It is not really a problem as long as you account for it.

Many people have their houses wired with line 1 POTS and line 2 Vonage while waiting for a number transfer.

Posts: 4777 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 4777

Actually, it sounds pretty nifty. The phone is doubling as a phone and an adapter to get the Vonage line onto pair two of the the house wiring.

Posts: 55 · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:11 pm Post subject:

Benmac, I do this now, but it's not all over the house. My 110 block in the attic limits my local telco line to my office where my 2 line phone is and to my living room for my Tivo. I use a Line1/Line2/combined splitter in the office to get Vonage thru the house (Line 1) that I connect to other drops on my 110 block. I connect my 2line phone with the combined port. For grins, I have the line2 on my splitter going to a server with fax turned on.

My 2 line phone lets me conference the 2 lines, but so does Vonage...