Need Advice for Phone Purchase - 2 Story House

[rmwlaw]

One quick thing (I'm heading out)

Some phones with answering machine (Like Uniden) don't have the Visual Message Waiting Light feature. (It only works if a message is on the built-in answering machine) I know Uniden without answering machine work for Visual MWI. Both types will have a stutter tone when picked up and a message is waiting.

I will find a great link to the answer about Nid later, or someone will beat me to it!

Thank you for information and willingness to get back to me on the technical info on Nid.

[burris]

I have 6 Uniden Satellite Dect 6 phones wirelessly hooked up to the base. Have no problem with reception anywhere even with 2-3 people on the call.
Also on my phone system, I can utilize the answer machine from any phone as if I were at the base station.
For me this is handy, as I don't use VOIPo VM, but use the VM in the base.

[usa2k]

Thank you for information and willingness to get back to me on the technical info on Nid.

Got back a while ago from my CompTIA Network+ exam.
(A successful test of course)
I am now CompTIA A+ certified and CompTIA Network+ certified.
I have a bunch more to take as I am prepared.



This link is pretty good: http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/20/h...r-phone-jacks/

DSLReports has many forums including the VoIP Chat Forum. I have been a DSLR member since 2003. Its free with basic membership, or $10 lifetime. You can post anonymously too, but sometimes people are more helpful if you join. The VoIP forum and search utility can find plenty of related subjects like: wiring whole house Voip using DSL?

With VoIP there is a whole gamut of easy to technical things to play with. I hope to experiment with a $25 PBX soon!

[rmwlaw]

I have looked at the links you had provided, and although I can see that there are a myriad of threads to tear through, there is 1 very important factor that you need to know. My internet connection is cable based (Broadband from Comcast), not telephone (DSL from AT&T).

Is this still possible since I am using cable for internet, and not DSL from AT&T?

Thanks for guidance.