att cable,phone anyone using this?

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by Dollpix

An actual Landline? Well, what do you think the difference is
between a telephone that plugs into a USB port and one that
plugs into Ma Bell's wall jack? The cost, that's it. The cost.

For me it isn't even that much about the cost but the convenience. I can plug my Vonage modem into anything that gives internet and I have my "land line". I could plug my Vonage modem into my laptop and sit at Starbucks taking on a regular phone. (not really sure why I would want to do that)