We had Comcast for years. Just got rid of them finally last week. Went to AT&T U-Verse. Less expensive too. Could you keep your internet service if you didn't have to pay for a phone? That is what this device allows you to do.

That said TA...my Mom swears by this product

http://www.magicjack.com/plus-v05/

magicJack is a device that plugs into a USB (Not USB3) port on the user's computer and that has a standard RJ-11 phone jack into which any standard phone can be plugged. This allows the user to make unlimited phone calls to almost any phone in the U.S. and Canada. It is a computer peripheral that, in combination with telephony service from the related YMAX Corporation, provides Internet-based telephone service (VoIP) to the United States and Canada. In 2011 the company introduced magicJack Plus, which no longer requires a computer.

The magicJack device works exclusively with the company's captive landlĂ­ne supplier and CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), YMAX. Voicemail is stored on the magicJack servers and is delĂ­vered via email. Downloadable feature upgrades for the magicJack USB dongle are available from third-party software companies.


I've never used it, but my folks do all the time.

Raf

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