Re: DoorBell Fon and VOIP linksys adapters - can they co-exist?

["BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

First, call Paul at DoorbellFon and talk to him. He will know for sure.
I use these in both my homes and the ring voltage is sent to the
phones - not back to the CO line.  I would expect you'd be fine.  One
note: If you have a lot of phones, then, depending on the kinds of
phones you have, you may need a ring booster. I needed one in this house
(18 phones) and my friend's home (10 phones) but it works OK without it
in my other home with 11phones.  The Viking Ring Booster is what I used
where needed ($150!).



From:cribis
chrisylvania@xxxxxxxxxxx

> I should have done some more work before posting...but I am looking at
> a neat door intercom system for my home.  The DoorBell Fon with the
> brass outdoor station looks absolutely perfect....with one lone
> problem...I don't know if it will blow up my Linksys phone adapter
> used with my VOIP provider.
>
> I am under the impression that the adapter would only be damaged by
> ringing voltage sent from a typical central office, and that the
> DoorBell Fon probably would be fine if I simply plugged in the phone
> adapter to the Doorbel Fon unit and the output to my homes premise
> wiring serving my phone handsets.  But I am not sure if this my
> introduce excess voltage or current that will fry my VOIP adapter.
>
> The only other alternative would be to set up some designated handsets
> for the DoorBell Fon, but that would be little dorky.
>
> Any thoughts or technical links anybody can offer?  Thanks.