Two modems on one line????

[Robert Johnson]

In the US, the rated REN on a POTS is 5.0, a Standard Single Line Phone
with a Mechanical Bell, generally takes 1.0 REN, Modems at least modern
ones, and most modern phones use like .1 REN

Robert



On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 22:48 -0800, Chuck Vose wrote:
> > > In my experience (UK, NZ) the ringing signal generated at the local
> > > exchange is run in series through the attached phone devices - if you
> > > have too many attached simultaneously, it's possible that *none* of them
> > > would ring on an incoming call.
> 
> There's no reason to not try, it won't damage your phones and as
> stated above the worst that will happen is that no phones will ring.
> If you're crafty you may be able to fit both phone cables into one
> RJ-11 plug which would be ideal.
> 
> If you look on the bottom of your phone you will probably find a
> number called the REN. In my phone system my VoIP box states that it's
> good up to 3.0 REN which means I can have any number of low REN phones
> on the network as long as their total REN adds up to less than 3.0. I
> have no idea what the phone company promises but perhaps they can tell
> you if you call.
> 
> -Chuck
>