Sunday, June 20, 2010

Digital Phones vs. Analog Phones ?

I am thinking of getting digital phone service with Comcast, will I still be able to get calls through my USB port ? Also, is there a way a company can tell whether or not I am using either type of phone service ?



Answers:

here we go!!



yes, your digital phone goes thru your modem!



and you still can use your USB for other SIP calls, like skype and yahoo etc.



no, all the company is concered with there broadband phone, not what you go on your USB.its your computer! I use both...



sorry that%26#39;s so long!



Analog. Digital. What’s the Difference?



by Paul Wotel



Analog phone lines. Analog signals. Digital security. Digital PBX. Analog-to-digital adapters. What does it all mean? In the telecom world, understanding analog versus digital isn%26#39;t as simple as comparing one technology to another. It depends on what product—and in some cases, which product feature—you happen to be talking about.



Analog at a glance



As a technology, analog is the process of taking an audio or video signal (in most cases, the human voice) and translating it into electronic pulses. Digital on the other hand is breaking the signal into a binary format where the audio or video data is represented by a series of "1"s and "0"s. Simple enough when it%26#39;s the device—analog or digital phone, fax, modem, or likewise—that does all the converting for you.



Is one technology better than the other? Analog technology has been around for decades. It%26#39;s not that complicated a concept and it%26#39;s fairly inexpensive to use. That%26#39;s why we can buy a $20 telephone or watch a few TV stations with the use of a well-placed antenna. The trouble is, analog signals have size limitations as to how much data they can carry. So with our $20 phones and inexpensive TVs, we only get so much.

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