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larrykelly's avatar
larrykelly
Junior
8 years ago

VOICE: what happens if you hook two phones to the ATA?

a) neither phone will work b) both will work, Hughes just doesn't want you to complicate things c) the second phone will catch fire and burn down your house d) HughesNet will get mad and eat your ...
  • larrykelly's avatar
    larrykelly
    8 years ago
    Liz wrote:

    Hi Larry, 

     

    Thank you for your patience as I sought an answer for you. Looks like we haven't tested connecting two phones to the Phone 1 port using that adapter, but my contact figures it should work. If you have the adapter, I'd give it a shot and if it doesn't work, let me know so I can let the VOIP team know so they're aware.

     

     

    Both phones answer calls, ring loudly, and sound good! Love the twin bell ringing of the "Lucy phone". 

Liz's avatar
Liz
Moderator

Hi Larry!

 

I thought you were going to update us on what would happen if you had two phones plugged in! LOL I was waiting with bated breath.

 

So when I realized you were asking, I doubled checked with our VOIP folks and they confirmed that the Phone line 2 port is disabled in the provisioning file, so it should NOT work. If it does, however, we'd like to know!

 

larrykelly's avatar
larrykelly
Junior
8 years ago

Okay, you'll have to remain in suspense a little longer as I will hook a second phone up tomorrow and report. I will first get out the fire extinguisher and take my dog to the neighbors.

Larry

  • Liz's avatar
    Liz
    Moderator
    8 years ago

    I literally LOL at that. Hopefully nothing will happen. :catvery-happy:

     

    • larrykelly's avatar
      larrykelly
      Junior
      8 years ago

      Okay, the suspense is over. No dail tone on second phone jack. It did provide juice though to light up the phone's dial.

       

      Me and dog are safe. 

    • larrykelly's avatar
      larrykelly
      Junior
      8 years ago

      Okay, "one more thing" as Columbo used to say. As I was really driving at the ramifications of hooking up two phones, what if I ignored the second jack on the ATA and just used a

      connected to the first jack?

      • Liz's avatar
        Liz
        Moderator
        8 years ago

        Great question, Larry! I'm checking on that for you, I'll let you know what I hear back.