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   MP> Yes, it can give you a traditional phone and telephone number.  The   
   MP> "dongle" I have plugs into a power source and has two ports... one is an   
   MP> ethernet jack that I plug into my router, and the other is a phone jack   
   MP> where one can plug in a traditional phone or, in my case, run the line   
   MP> to the home phone jack so that the whole house is wired (if you do this,   
   MP> you have to make sure the old phone box on the outside of the house is   
   MP> disconnected!).   
      
   MP> It also allows me to install an app on a smart phone that gives you   
   MP> "home" phone capability (and free texts) on the smart phone.   
      
   Interesting. I wonder if this is a difference in the respective markets.   
   Cell/smart phone penetrance is so massive here a lot of people, below say 50,   
   have forgotten about the existence of a phone wired to a socket in the house   
   (whether analogue or VoIP). I'm not sure it would make a lot of sense to that   
   segment, who have phone contracts with thousands of free voice minutes each   
   month, to use a tethered connection.    
      
   For me, I don't make 'voice' calls on the landline anymore - just the mobile.   
   It's only used for BBSing.   
      
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