I have dial-up and one phone line in my studio. Is there something i can do to still have a dial tone while on line?.
2007-08-04 04:18:14 · 7 answers · asked by Brian 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
No.
2007-08-07 15:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by Jag 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the Zoom modems, and maybe others, had a feature called Channel 2 that would let incoming calls break the internet connection. But it required that you have call-waiting on your line. I used that for a while until I got broadband. I don't think it supported dialing out while on line.
If you're in any area served by Verizon or AT&T, by all means get DSL. It starts at only $15 per month and AT&T even has one service for $10/per month, but you have to ask them about it.
2007-08-04 09:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by link 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a tipycal telephone line you cannot use the dialup and phone in the same time beacuase the dial-up connection works like a call, you call a computer and the data is transmited throo that call ... and you cannot make 2 cals in the same time. But you can contact your telephone line provider and ask for a isdn line , this way you can use dial up, voice, fax etc in the same time.
2007-08-04 04:33:20 · answer #3 · answered by savi_dark_raven 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might need two phone lines. One line is for your computer. I did this for several years before I went to a cable.
2007-08-04 04:22:25 · answer #4 · answered by Gary 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not on a conventional phone line. You could do DSL
2007-08-04 04:22:25 · answer #5 · answered by vulcan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look for a program called internet answering machine. I used it before I got DSL.
2007-08-04 04:21:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not that I know of - that's one of the reasons why I dumped it and went cable -- that, and the fact that it was so sloooooow and sometimes shut off in the middle of a download.
2007-08-04 04:21:00 · answer #7 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋