Look at the devices for 'splitting' 'broadband' DSL inputs Many Broadband companies in the UK run links from the BT exchanges that allow the original phone, a computer connection, and for an additional fee, an extra phone line, so that would seem to fit the description
JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Koziol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10:41 PM Subject: Re: OT - where to go with a telephone question? > On 27 Dec 2005 at 17:16, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > > A bedridden neighbor has his house wired with three phone lines that > > -- at least in one room -- terminate in a single wall jack . > > Unless it's a double jack - meaning 2 independent jacks, I do not > know of any way that this could be done. All telephone jacks have > only 4 wires, which means 2 lines. > > > He says that the phone company had plugged an adapter into that jack > > that gave him three phone outlets, one for each phone line. He could > > use them for phone, fax and computer modem -- SIMULTANEOUSLY. > > At one time I tried searched for a similar splitter, adapter, but > most people at Radio Shack and elsewhere, looked at me "phunny". > > There are 2-to-3 adapters, with provide line 1, line 2, line 1+2 > jacks. No third line here. Most phone devices use only line 1, > unless it's a 2 line phone. So whatever you plug into to jack uses > only line 1. > > Maybe he never used the 3-rd line. > > Regards, > > Rich > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html > Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
