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I already have 4 phones connected, 2 cordless, 1 non cordless powered and one simple phone and have had no problem. The most common problem with connecting too many phones to a VOIP phone adapter is that the ringer in some phones may not work. It would also be a problem if you have 4 people participating in a phone conversation at the same time using 4 different phones. Since most of the times you would use only one phone (2 at most) on each phone conversation, the number of phones connected would not matter.

Further more, at least with Vonage, you can plug in up to 5 phones to a single Vonage adapter as disribed by their manual:

"Like any telephone line, there is a limit to the number of phones you can connect to a single Vonage line. If too many phones are connected, the signal will fade, and not all of the phones will ring when a call comes in. Therefore, we recommend you only connect five phones maximum to a single Vonage line."

Here's the link to the instructions on how to connect a VOIP adapter to the home internal phone wiring:

http://www.vonage.com/help_knowledgeBas ... rticle=649

This applies to all VOIP providers, not just Vonage.

Hope this helps.

Yes, exactly.

I should add it to my list of services

What's my cut gonna be ?

All your phones sound powered except for the one.

Way waaaaaaaaay back in the old days telephones were not externally powered. They ran on the current that came down the line from the telephone companies batteries (yes, I said batteries). This was 48VDC for on-hook. When they wanted your line to ring, they send down 96VAC. This triggered the _mechanical_ bell in the phone to ring. So if you had a lot of phones on the same line then more current was required to ring all of those bells at once.

These voltages are still the same today. In fact, you can take a telephone from 1934 and still plug it into the telephone line in your house and expect it to work. Just today many of the phones are powered externally to offer newer features, such as cordless, call displays, recorders, etc..

Saftey tip: Working on a line when a call comes in can hurt.

My exact conversation with a knock in technician the day of the move (all my jacks were connected already, did that myself, but just played along):

Technician: (after a long speach on what Bell charges and he would chartge)I can connect all your phone service fro cheaper.

Me: Sorry, I'm going with VOIP, no landline connection is needed.

Technician: What's VOIP?

Me: (describing it to him).

Technician: I can do your internal jacks for you.

Me: I can do them myself.

Technician: It will only be $5 per jack.

Me: Are you paying me $5 per jack if I let you install them?

He left.

Yes exactly.. and a lot of them do not even connect them up in the basement or to the NID. I've had to go to peoples houses after guys like this have already been through their house and finish the job.

This does not apply to all 905 area codes. So far I've only had luck calling between Mississauga and Milton with it.

For you all that are interested, there is a good deal that some of our family members currently use, and we'll use it once we move in.

I believe there are a few small catches like you can only talk 30 mins, and then have to hang up and re-dial again (if you need more than 30 mins of talk time), but this is a great deal if you're interested as the rate is for the entire year.

Hope this helps some people!

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Laurie & Dave

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terrikyle, just a warning, most of IP phone services will count incomming calls on the 500 minutes plan (similar to celphones). Doublecheck the conditions. I know for sure Vonage does.

I have quite experience with Vonage setups over Cogeco (there are some incompatibilities, hence rezsetting). If you nedd help, just drop me a line.