new telephone help needed

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:56 am

okay got a new phone it has a data port in it!!

what is a data port needed for in a phone?

this was cheap 8 usdollar phone so the only instructions were to tell me how to plug othe phone cord in.

so do any of you know what a data port would be doing in a telephone?

besides being lost!!

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:28 pm

Data Port

Allows the easy connection of other telecommunications devices, such as fax machines or modems.

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rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:00 pm

thanks i thought it was for a fax machine but it did not say fax

i'm old school and i don't have a dataport machine?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:24 pm

Yeah I would not worry about it. Think it's basically a splitter right in the phone, nothing more. May be a voice filter to it and thta's about it. I have one on my phone too. welcome to the world of phones with data ports, the step closer to voice over IP.

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