[LAU] Phone to computer adaptor

[Brett McCoy]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Bob van der Poel <bob at mellowood.ca> wrote:

> I currently have a "skype" phone connected to USB which works just fine to
> make calls. Only problem is that the cord is short :) and the quality is not
> the greatest.
>
> So, can I connect a regular POTS phone via a USB thing? What are they called
> and do they work with Linux? I assume that the skype phone just acts like a
> soundcard ... same with what I want?

I think you're thinking of MagicJack? They don't work on Linux, sadly.


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