On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:21:55 GMT, Brian A
<no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>If she surfs a lot why not try Skype? Its free and works well
>>Or ever thought about [url]www.1899.co.uk[/url] ??
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>The advantage of having an ATA is that it can connect to your standard
>house phones - no need to have a computer on AND, for an older person,
>in particular, to have to dash to a computer, to answer a call, really
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You can get a little adaptor box from Maplin or a computer fair for
about £20 that will enable you to use any standard phone with Skype.
Yes, you have to have the computer switched on, but it's cheap to try
it out and you're not restricted to a choice of a very few special
phones - any phone that will plug into a standard BT socket will do,
even the base station of a cordless phone, so you can have extensions
anywhere you like.

The adaptor is capable of switching the same phone automatically
between Skype and the BT line, but it is possible to configure it to
stay on one input, so it effectively becomes a simple USB to BT
converter, if you want to use a separate phone for Skype calls.

Rod.