Do you need a telephone connection if you have cable hook up?

Question

Is a telephone line still needed to connect to the internet if you have cable hookup?

Answer 1

No, you only need a telephone connection if you plan on using a lan line for a phone, otherwise no. The internet connects through a central hub that links the master computer to the cable jack, and the phone line is then obsolete.

Answer 2

No. If you have cable hookup, then you will have a cable modem that the cable is plugged into. From the cable modem, you run a cable (CAT 5 cable, the kind with a connector that looks like a telephone connector at each end) from the cable modem to the PC network adapter card.
You computer gets onto the network from this cable.
A telephone line is not involved.

Answer 3

Nope, it never was needed. In the past most cable companies required you to have a land line connected to your cable box for billing and system upgrades, but no longer. You are required to have a phone number, even a cell number, assotiated with the account so they can contact you though.....

Answer 4

No if you have internet through your cable company there is no need to a phone line to connect to the internet.

Answer 5

Yes and no, it is needed to be plugged into the modem, but isn't used to connect to the internet.

Answer 6

The ehernet jack and the phone hjack are different sizes . You need a modem between the two.

Answer 7

no it doesnt ... the cable goes to the modem ... the modem hooks into ur ethernet port ..

Answer 8

nope.

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

no that's what VOIP is for