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					Originally Posted by  MeatPounder
					 
				 
				 my direct tv phones home on it for any pay per view (you would think it could do that through the ethernet conection) 
			
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 I forgot about my DirecTV DVRs. Actually they are also plugged into the line for my alarm system I never order pay per view so the only reason I have their DVRs plugged into the alarm line is so that they don't give me messages all the time that they don't have a dial tone.
I think I pay around $14 above the cost of my DSL to have a line with a dial tone. The line has zero features and no long distance. If it wasn't for my alarm system needing a line I would drop that as well.
So I guess I do sort of have a land line but the only thing plugged into is my alarm, DVRs, and a fax that almost never gets faxes but no phones are plugged into it.