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From: d.m.p.@pro-party.cts.com (Don Peaslee)
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Subject: Re: Number of devices on 1 line?
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In article <telecom-v09i0188m03@vector.dallas.tx.us>, nobody@cs.buffalo.edu
writes:
> How many devices can a single residential line support? At the moment I have
> 4  telephones, 1 answering machine, and 1 modem on the line. I am about to
> add a second modem and another phone. Is this "safe", and will it work?

I can give you an admittedly non-technical answer.  I have 6 phones, 2 modems,
and an answering machine all on one line and have no problem whatsoever.  I'd
bet that several more devices could be installed prior to my having any
problems.  You should be fine for the next couple of additions.

Don