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