HI,
For what it's worth, I also want to keep my home phone but my ISP will only provide voip service which means connecting my phone to their router....I also want to use my own router, (Linksys EA9500) but that does not have voip ports. My ISP router has bridge mode and they don't have any problem if I put their modem in bridge and connect to my own router. However when I do that the voip line drops off even though the bridge connection works perfectly. They really won't get involved once you switch to bridge mode.
I contemplated using a ATA through my Linksys but my ISP won't or can't give me voip settings for the ATA.
I don't know of any other router with voip ports that will connect automatically to ISP settings.
My solution was, Connect ISP router lan port to my router wan port, disable ISP wireless and DCHP and let my own router do the work. I continue to connect my phone to ISP voip port and all works.
My preference would be to have my own router with voip ports that can connect automatically to ISP. If anyone knows of one>>>>>>>
Thanks
Bill