Wireless phone jacks

[beatle]

I'm thinking about getting a wireless phone jack for my living room. Currently there is only one phone jack on that floor and it's in the kitchen. This means I have to run a phone line across the kitchen doorway which is ghetto as it comes. I did a search on ebay for "wireless phone jack" and came up with several hits, but I'm not sure if these are any good. Furthermore, I'm unsure if there are any limitations using it with a DirecTV box and/or hooking up a phone to the same line.

 

[Kelemvor]

Heh. Just buy a cordless phone.

 

[beatle]

Did you even read my post?

 

[Kelemvor]

Nothing in your posts says why you woudln't get a cordless phone. If you need more than one, get one with multiple handsets. If the jacks is in the kitchen, just hang the phone on the wall where the jack is. Or move the jack up higher if it's near the floor.

 

[beatle]

I need to plug my DirecTV box into a phone line, however the phone line is in my kitchen. A cordless phone won't help here.

 

[IceBlue]

I used the RCA 930 wireless modem jack for my TiVo for 2 years before I went to ethernet.
Make sure the one you select says MODEM on the package, others work with phones only.

Link to Instruction Manual

It worked great for the modem, but there was a noticeable hum in the line when I tested it on a phone.

I still have mine somewhere, we can work out a deal for it through PM's if you're interested.

-IceBlue

 

[beatle]

Any other experiences with these devices? I wouldn't talk on the phone connected to that service, but it would serve as my answering machine. Then again, I'll probably be getting Vonage shortly thereafter, and it comes with voicemail.