How to change a jack from a line runs through a modem to go back to running through an analog service?
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I currently have have Cox Communcation digital phone service in my home. Meaning I have a modem and all of the phone jacks run to a modem. I need to have one phone jack that will through the old regular analog service. The phone tech I had on the phone has lead me to believe this is easy to do but he could advise me how to do it. Anyone have an idea?
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It might be easy and might not. The only thing you can do is figure out how the wiring to the jacks runs. The cable almost always have at least two pairs of wires, but normally only uses one.
The easiest way would be to hook the old analog service to that second pair, probably the black and yellow wires. Then the wires at the jacks will have one service on one pair of wires and the other service on the other pair. That will let you hook up each jack to whichever service you want.
You can also put a double outlet jack in and have both services at that location.
It could take some work, because lazy installers might not have spliced all four wires together where they go from one jack to the next. The wires might also be spliced together at a central point.
How to keep your phone number when moving internationally?
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We are moving from the US to London. We are hoping to use google voice to keep our original phone numbers so people can call us on our original number and get routed to our new UK number. Has anyone had experience with this? Also, can someone advise us on the best phone plan that would allow us to accept and make call to and from the US?
Answer:
you could port your number to google voice, the only problem with this is that you would not be able to forward your google voice number to a UK phone number.. a way around this would be to buy yourself an obi110 which is the only telephone adapter that works with google voice...
the other thing you can do is look into getting a different VoIP provider... while i would not usually recommend for a main line - the magic jack might be something for you to look into for calls to and from the US when you move to the UK...
How to Buy Disconnected Land Line numbers and redirect to Cell?
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I need someone to tell me how to buy a disconnected land line number and redirect it to my cell. I already have one land line number (thus an account with ATT). I need someone to simplify this in a step-by-step format. All calls will begin and end in the United States.
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Have not heard of this being done.. I would suggest just working with your provider, (AT&T) for a good number.. You can port an existing landline number, but to 'buy' a disconnected number is not possible as far as I know....
How to block a number from calling my home phone?
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I don't know what my phone company is and i don;t know how to get the company. But i have a number that constantly calls me and makes life harder. I just really need to block this number so everything will be easier.
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You need Priority Call Blocking and you can only get it from the phone company, that or change your number. If you don't know who your company is dail 611 on your phone that will get you to the repair dept for that company. You can also have the calls traced by doing *57 after each time they call. This will send the number to the Annoyance call bureau, they will send a letter of harassment and terminated the offenders phone line.
