>        In order for you to determine what you have is to contact  your IT
> department or your Tele-communications group on your campus.

Ahh but thats the problem- nobody knows! I get different answers from
different phone and IT people, and everyone seems to be sure they're
right. If I plug the Tivo into a digital phone line... would it just
not work or would it actually do irreversable damage?

On 11/14/05, Christine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>  sagrilarus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>        PBX is indeed a digital phone line.  More importantly, it ships
>    data to the handset, such as voicemail and call information.  This
>    data coming back to the handset is additional power on the phone line
>    that can damage a computer modem.  You may have a Centrex instead --
>    that would be your building being given a dedicated bank of numbers at
>    the local phone company.  Both of these can look just like a
>    plain-old-telephone-system phone.  You need to ask your phone company
>    people if it is safe to plug a modem into the phone line,
>
>        That's not quite right.   I manage a Mitel PBX that has the option
> for both digital and analog  lines.  Generally I use the analog lines  for
> FAX machines, conference phones, and modems and digital lines for office
> phones.  It's important to note that they  are not interchangeable.
>        In order for you to determine what you have is to contact  your IT
> department or your Tele-communications group on your campus.
>        Chris
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