phone use while online

No. At least, not in the way you would be used to. The modem call is an actual phone call just as any normal voice call would be.

You can try things such as dialpad.com, netmeeting, cuseeme, or any other audioconferencing or videoconferencing programs that will allow you to talk over the internet but this will have a noticeable effect on any other internet traffic you generate since it will be using your online resources.

By the way, DSL is the technology that allows simultaneous phone calls and internet on the same line because they are both working at different frequencies.

Hope that helps,

My "workaround" is transfering calls to my cell phone. At least until I get dsl. In my area, you dial *72, then the phone you are transfering to.

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