Referring my parents to VOIPo

[usa2k]

Wall jacks normally have 4 wires, but use two.
The Uverse wiring could be made separate with a two port jack,
where one set goes to one jack and the other unused set goes to the other.
That way, the unused pair could tie the ATA to the other phones.

THE DANGER is that the ATA won't last long (or work) if you plug it into the
AT&T Uverse Line which I expect has a dial tone. USE THE BETTER WAY!

THE BETTER WAY:
The Uverse line need only go to your DSL modem. If you can completely isolate it from the house phone wiring, then the wall jacks should not have a dial tone. Then you should be able to plug the ATA and other phones into the wall jacks to complete their connections.

By only using VOIPo, and keeping the DSL separate from the house wiring, you won't need any DSL filters either.

[voipinit]

Glad to hear the 502's are behaving. I had to retire my PAP2T about 10 mos. ago and go back to the 502 due to service issues. One of the neat things of the 502 is the ability to change to an alternate server if no response is received from the primary. I noticed that sometime today my ATA switched my line 1 from the Chicago server to Central. Ever since they fixed the firmware it's been a very stable device.