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by jrberger Feb 14, 2002 last reply Mar 4, 2002

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How do they work and are they worth the cost since I dont have cable or a second line?
If they are worth it what brand is good.

Thank you
John

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by timthetoolman Feb 14, 2002

Hi,

A better solution if you can afford it and its available in your area is a DSL connection.

That uses your normal phone line and leaves the phone available for use while you're online.

Also the speed is blinding (well, compared to dial-up, anyway...)

Cheers,
Tim.

by jrberger Feb 21, 2002

Hi I am sorry but dsl is not an option for me at this time. I did try it and found that as far as downloading and web surfing it was great. But as for my gaming I found there was no advantage except for the fact that my numbers were double and triple, but the ratio was still the same. example with isp my scores were 2 wins to 1 loss, with dsl they were 4 to 6 wins to 2 to 3 losses. But as far as I am concerned not worth 4 times the money. At least not a this time. I am hoping the ratesdo come down though so it becomes more of an option for me. With child support payments and looking to buy my first house I think you can understand.

by mshavrov Feb 20, 2002

There is no such thing which allow you to use modem and speak on phone at the same time. Phone sharing devices may create priority on which telephone takes a line and disconnect another telephone, etc. A solutions are DSK, as suggested in answer #1,or ISDN. ISDN allows you to have 2 phone lines at the same time and use one for dial-up to Internet and second one to talks, or use both to have 128K dial-up connection. There are another solutions like line splitters but it's very rarity technologies and almost phone companies do not offer it.

Good luck.

by jrberger Feb 21, 2002

no what I meant was the devices that let you know that there is a call coming thru. It uses the call waiting feature of your phone company.

by b_pope Feb 26, 2002

It's a feature called call display & yes they do work, what happens is when your surfing & a phone call comes in, a message will appear on your screen & advise you of the call. It will display the name & number of the caller if the info is available, same as call & name display does on regular phone setup.

It will give you the option of disconnecting from the net & answering the phone right then & their.

The only problem know lies with your phone company & ISP if different. They may or may not have this feature available, & even if they do have it, it might not be available for your location. You'll need to ask them that question.