Phone blocker

[Robert Meyer]

Well, if you really wanted to mess with the phones...

You could have the incoming line from the house connect only to the modem in
the computer and then have the rest of the house tied in on the 'phone'
connection on the modem.  When the modem is on, the rest of the phones would be
cut out.  I've never heard of the devices that you mention but I'm sure they
are not terribly difficult to design.

Cheers!

Bob
--- Asheville Joe <josephj at main.nc.us> wrote:
> Hi.  This is a little off topic, but I hope someone knows about it.
> 
> I share a dial up line for Internet with a couple of voice users who 
> occasionally pick up the phone and knock me offline.  In the past, I saw 
> a device that you could plug into any phone jack in the house that could 
> tell if the phone was in use elsewhere in the house and block access to 
> the line.  Does anyone know what it's called or where to get it?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Joe
> 


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