topic Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler? in Talk

2 phones with phone socket doubler?

omega3 — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:37:51 GMT

Can my new full fibre broadband router support 2 wired phones if I use a phone socket doubler?

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

Highlinder — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:44:42 GMT

@omega3That would have to be plugged into the back of the router.

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

omega3 — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:08:40 GMT

So if I plug I phone socket doubler to the back of the router, I can use 2 phones?

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

Mark39 — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:11:27 GMT

Yes, you can.

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

omega3 — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:38:56 GMT

Many thanks for your answer. If I connect a wired phone to one socket and a cordless phone to the other, will the signal to the cordless phone be deactivated if I pick up the wired phone? In other words, will the cordless phone base stop sending signals to connect to the cordless phone.

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

Mark39 — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:06:50 GMT

@omega3 if you pick up an incoming call on your corded phone the other one will stop ringing. Once answered on a corded phone I don't know if you can continue the call on a cordless phone. You certainly can with two corded phones, but I don't know whether cordless functionality works in the same way.

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

omega3 — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:34:52 GMT

Many thanks for your input. Basically I want the cordless function so that I can hear the phone ring in other parts of the house, but if I have a long chat on the phone, I want to use the corded phone and would not want the cordless phone to continue sending out signal/radiation.

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

Mark39 — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:48:24 GMT

To my knowledge, once a call has been picked up on the corded handset, there would be no signal from the base station to the handset, because no communication between them has been established.

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

omega3 — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:58:37 GMT

Many thanks. Most helpful.

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

KevinWard — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:46:57 GMT

I tried connecting a DECT phone and analog phone to the FON socket and they worked correctly but afterwards I was afraid I might be overloading my router but it would be nice if I could leave them both connected as I am deaf and need the analog phone to hear the phone ring. The manufacturers seem to have forgotten about deafness.

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

TimmyBGood — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:02:36 GMT

@KevinWard wrote:

afterwards I was afraid I might be overloading my router but it would be nice if I could leave them both connected

There shouldn't be any reason not to leave them connected: a DECT phone won't be drawing power from the phone socket.

Re: 2 phones with phone socket doubler?

KevinWard — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:18:45 GMT

Thanks Timmy for taking the trouble to reply. It is much appreciated.