Can i use my home phone (rj11) plugged in my computer modem to make VOIP calls (through a VOIP provider)?

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   Jennifer on Feb 15, 2012

   You need to have a voice modem, fxo adapter, or telephony board to be able to plug your phone into your computer. Without knowing what you have I am going to guess that the answer is probably no and that you would need to purchase something else to allow you to do this.
   http://www.nch.com.au/ivm/modems.html

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   MK on Feb 15, 2012

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   carles_2 on Feb 15, 2012

   Nope!

   VoIP uses specific phones which are like small computers that gets an IP address, codify voice into a standart protocol, and sends the data over a connection like ADSL, SHDSL, … An analog phone can’t be used for VoIP.

   There are also some "phones" which require the computer to be on and with a software that sends the call data to the VoIP provider and a device that converts voice into data, I guess that it is the cheapest way to make calls over VoIP available now.

   Hope that helps.

   Best regards,
   Carles

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