A phone call being plugged to ISDN adapter

[chermesh]

Hi,
Thanks.
Doesn't it mean that an standard phone can't use this option? This sounds like a option for a digital phone, not for an analog one.
Am I right?

Ran

[audiyoda]

ISDN is a digital line so you cannot make a phone call over it.

-Craig

[chermesh]

There are such creatures, digital phones. Call a Phone Co. technician and he'll plug his phone to the digital socket and talk.

Ran

[RJ]

If you have ISDN then you need an ISDN compatible phone. Actually it claims to be possible to make an analog phone work with ISDN. Actually I haven't tested it yet (I have ISDN. . well I think I'm gonna try this soon).

RJ

[audiyoda]

Originally posted by audiyoda
ISDN is a digital line so you cannot make a phone call over it.

That's what I meant -- a standard phone call.

Digital phones are hard to come buy -- you don't just go to BestBuy and pick one up.

-Craig

[WJWheels]

I had an ISDN hookup for a year before 1.5 DSL was available. The modem had two rj11 jacks that any "regular" phone could be plugged into.

[HAL9000]

But could you actually use a regular phone in it? Our phone company warns people not to plug into the digital jack as it will fry their phone or standard modem in their computer.

[WJWheels]

yep.. I did it.. HERE (http://www.globalcons.com/products/eicon/desktop/divataisdnmodem.htm) is the link to the one I have. It was provided by Sprint. I still have it.. if anyone's interested the first $100 takes the entire setup - unit, wiring, interface cable, software, manual, etc...