Digital Phone
How it Works
Cable Digital Phone is simple. You pick up the phone, you dial and you talk. You can use the same telephone sets that you’ve been using, and you can use cable TV, the Internet and the phone all at the same time.
The big change is behind the scenes, in the technology. Cable companies use the private, high-speed Internet connections they’ve installed in millions of homes to carry calls. They run the calls over their cable lines and use a cable modem (the device that also connects your PC to the Internet over cable) to activate all your existing telephone wall-jacks for digital phone service.
While the technology behind Cable Digital Phone service is advanced, it works the same way you would expect a traditional phone to work. You dial and answer your phone exactly the same way and you can use the same phones that you use with any landline phone service. For you technology buffs, it converts voice signals from your telephone into a collection of digital “packets” that are converted back into a voice signal at the other end. The person you are calling can be either a traditional or digital phone customer. Either way, he or she will hear your voice in your natural way . This state-of-the-art, next generation technology also means you get crystal clear voice quality.
Cable Digital Phone is the next generation of home telephone service that provides consumers with a choice in home phone service. It allows access to more features and better functionality. The main difference is that digital phone calls travel over a high-speed Internet connection instead of a copper-line wire network. But other than the way calls are carried behind the scenes, you can use Cable Digital Phone service the same way you use traditional phone service.