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Help me here, guys!
With this type of service can you recieve calls from ANY phone .i.e., they can use thier regular land line ??
YES
Can you recieve faxes?
YES. There are a couple of ways to do this. You could connect a fax machine to your phone line and make the signature number your fax line. Set it to distinctive ring and match your fax to respond to that ring. You are now ready to receive and send faxes. However, this setup does not work for ALL fax machines, but most. Chances are it will work for whatever fax you have, but is not 100%. The other method is to setup a free fax number at
www.k7.net (you will get your own fax number with a 206 area code) then forward your Sunrocket signature number to that number. You can set k7.net up to forward all faxes to your e-mail account for easy viewing and printing (or discarding.)
With this and high speed cable - I would be able to ditch Ma Bell entrely - is that right ??
YES. It still is advisable to have a cell phone, as most people do, just in case. All VOIPs are reliant on your Internet connection to be up and running. If your Internet connection is down for any reason, so is your phone service. Same with your electricity. In addition all VOIPs have occasional outages themselves during which you wouldn't have access to your phone. So, have a cell phone handy for those few occasions and you can ditch Ma Bell. A caveat: If you rely on a home security system the security company may require you to keep at least a cheap outgoing metered phone line.
When someone calls you, do they dial a regular # with area code?
YES
Does the sould quality while talking come anywhere close to a land line phone?
YES, absolutely.
If yes on most of this - WOW ...I am gonna do it!