BT phone line & internet access

alstemp

Hi

Can anyone help with this please . . .

I have a BT phoneline installed. However I only use it for my internet access. I keep the internet on 24 hours a day.

I now would like to add an actual phone on this line so I also use the phoneline for my home phone.

How does this work? Do I need to add a "double socket" to my phone line jack so I can plug in the lead for my internet access plus the lead for my phone?

And what happens if someone phoned me while the internet is on? Does the internet access get interrupted? And similarly if I dial out, will my internet access be interruped?

Any advice on what I need to do and type of sockets etc I need to add would be hugely appreciated.

Many thanks

regards

McKneff

someone technical will be along soon but the phone and the internet work
side by side so no, nothing will be interrupted. Do yu have a phone socket elsewhere in the house, just buy a phone and plug it in there. job done.

or this, as you say.

How does this work? Do I need to add a "double socket" to my phone line jack so I can plug in the lead for my internet access plus the lead for my phone?

i am quite happy to be corrected if i am wrong.

Do you know your telephone number?

alstemp

hiii - thanks for your reply. I live in a flat and only have one phone socket so guess I will need to purchase a "double" socket and plug this in my phone jack. And yes I know my phone number.

Good to hear that internet and phone work side by side these days and there won't be any interruptions to my internet access.

But yes if anyone else has any additional technical info that would be welcomed.

Regards

Heinz

No, you plug the ADSL filter into the telephone wall socket and then plug the phone into the phone socket therein (i.e. the left side in either of the pictures below), leaving your internet router/modem plugged into the other (right) side.

McKneff

Heinz is right of course, i wasnt 100% sure but i have just had a look at mine.

Thanks Heinz, even at my age i love learning something new every day.

alstemp

ref "that's the left side in that picture" - I can't see a picturre?

Thanks

alstemp

SORRY - yes I can see the picture now, i clicked on ADSL filter. that makes sense. thanks for your help

McKneff

Just for the record, if you see a word in a different colour in a text its usually a link.

Most posters will say 'you will find it 'here', just click on it. Dont click on mine, there's nothing there:rotfl:

alstemp

Fab, great, thanks everyone :j