Subj : VOIP
To   : VINCE COEN
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Jan 29 2019 20:09:00

> Currently and because of where the land line connect is I use a set of four
> mobile phones
> linked to the one base station.

> Can I do the same for voip phones and the next uestion is what do I need to
> connect the
> facility up as I do not recall my router having a setting for VOIP but there
> again have not
> gone looking that closely.

Well, here in the US, most of the VOIP services I am aware of either give
you a box or some sort of dongle.  Either includes a network cable
interface, which you run cable from to your router or hub, and a phone line
interface.

In my case, and also at my father's, we are able to then connect a phone
line to that interface, and plug that line into a jack.  You disconnect any
phone connection to the outside world (here, we open the phone box on the
outside of the house and disconnect the jack that leads to the outside
lines or, on older boxes, disconnect the wires with a screw driver) so that
you don't mess anything up.

Once you disconnect the outside lines, and connect the jack from the VOIP box
to the jack in the wall, you can use any phone jack in the house to plug in
a phone and have it run over the VOIP.

In Britain, there may be some regulation or access issues when it comes to
disconnecting from the outside line, so you best check into that before
trying anything.

Otherwise, you can connect the base unit for a portable phone directly to the
VOIP box/dongle.

Mike

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