"robert" <centro.gamma@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 7, 7:49 pm, "Ivor Jones" <i...@despammed.invalid> wrote:[color=green]
>> "Andy Lord" <andy.lord...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> news:1173298761.296597.174070@t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com
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>> > On Mar 7, 6:05 pm, "Ivor Jones" <i...@despammed.invalid>
>> > wrote:
>> > > "robert" <centro.ga...@gmail.com> wrote in message[/color]
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>> > >news:1173289510.493101.3100@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com[/color]
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>> > > > > It uses electricity I believe. The cold fusion
>> > > > > version is due out next week.[/color]
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>> > > > hehehehehhee...... :o)[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > > > apart the fusion, how does the system in a whole work?[/color]
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>> > > > thnaks[/color]
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>> > > The Fritz!Box range as a whole are very good, you can
>> > > have up to 10 SIP accounts and depending on the model
>> > > up to 3 analogue phone sockets. The 7170 is at the
>> > > moment only available in Annex B for Germany, it can't
>> > > be used in the UK where we require Annex A equipment.
>> > > The top of the range at the moment as far as the UK
>> > > market goes is the 7140, but it only has 2 phone ports
>> > > and I require 3, so I am awaiting the 7170 for the UK,
>> > > but I'm told it won't be until next year sometime :-([/color]
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>> > I'd have thought that the 7050, with 3 phone ports, was
>> > the 'top of the range'. What are the advantages of the
>> > 7140 over the 7050?[/color]
>>
>> Differences largely as follows:
>>
>> 7050 - 2 LAN ports, 1 USB (computer) port, 3 phone ports (1 of which is
>> wired rather than an RJ11 socket). It also has a port that can connect to
>> an ISDN line.
>>
>> 7140 - 4 LAN ports and the USB port is a host for connecting a printer or
>> external hard drive rather than a computer. Only 2 phone ports, no ISDN.
>>
>> 7170 (not available in Annex A as yet) - 4 LAN ports, 3 phone ports, ISDN
>> port, USB host port - in other words the best of both the above, which is
>> why I'm waiting..!
>>
>> Ivor[/color]
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> in case i need just a phone adapter, with 3 analogic ports, the 7050
> would be the right one?
>[/color]

Absolutely. Do remember though that if you are on cable, you will have to
use one of the LAN ports as a WAN port instead on any of the FritzBoxes.

It functions adequately for what I want although you do need to wire in the
third socket.