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We had the Triple play package with Comcast when we first moved in, and the phone works through the modem that they supplied. When we decided to go with Directv because we have subscribed to it for the past seventeen years up north, we got rid of Comcast TV and phone. We kept the internet and bought an Ooma system for phone. It connects to the modem or router (it's your choice), then we connected it to a phone jack in the wall jack. That activated all the jacks throughout the house. We had an initial problem with intermittent garbled calls when we had it connected directly to the modem, and customer service told us to connect it to the router instead. That solved the problem. One feature it has is, if your cable goes down, your house phone does not work, but the call is routed to your cell phones. It will ring both my wife's and mine, although it hasn't been needed yet. It has been flawless since. It cost $199 directly from Ooma, and the monthly fee is $3.47 for unlimited domestic long distance. We opted for the Premier package with more features and Google voice for $9.95 a month, but they gave it to us for $5.00 amonth for the first year if we paid in full. About a month ago, Ooma went down for about 3 hours because of a network failure but was restored. Don't know how many others have it, but we like it. Might want to ask other users if they like it, they might not be fans.