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Do I need an Active phone line for Comcast Internet?

I want to get VoiP, but I would need to cancel my DSL and phone line from Atnt?

  • atnt only offers dsl if u purchase phone line at the same time, so i would need to get comcast (cable internet) and I am gonna use ooma as my VoiP, my question is If i have Cable Internet, how would the ooma scout work when connected to the phone line jack?

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    You don't need a phone line to get AT&T DSL anymore. Check out their website. Its called AT&T DSL Direct. I don't know about Comcast prices, but if they're similar to Time Warners Prices, they are not double that of AT&Ts. They are generally the same. As for your question, I don't know about ooma, but I've used a VOIP service called Packet 8 (similar to vonage) and they give you a box that connects to the DSL/Cable modem, whichever you have, via an ethernet cable. Then you hook up a regular phone to the VOIP box via a regular phone jack. Then bam, you make phone calls.

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First of all Cable internet does not involve anything related to your phone line jack. It is basically a cable from the outside of your house (from the nearest pole) line connected to the inside of your house and attached to a modem. From there the modem is attached to your computer. As far as ooma VOIP, once you purchased it you will receive the ooma hub which is the main device in your house. You can install with or without a telephone line jack (but it will go through your internet router and modem). If you install it through your telephone jack then your locals calls go through your telephone line and any long distance calls go through ooma. The ooma scout has to be installed through the telephone line because this will give you a 2nd line if someone is using Ooma currently.

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I have Voip and I'm using DSL from At&t. Cable would be about twice as much, so it doesn't make sense to get rid of the Combination, of DSL and phone line. You don't have to use the phone line.

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