[SOLVED] New Cable Modem does not have telephone jack (Spectrum)

[fcp4life]

I wanted to upgrade my modem and the one I bought (Motorola MB7621) does not have a telephone line connection on it. Is there a way to use the old modem as a telephone modem? Or an adapter?

 

[Alabalcho]

There is no "standard" gateway-with-telephone-port - each ISP uses its own implementation. If your phone number is tied to Spectrum, you must their gateway to connect.

Another way is to port your phone number to an independent provider like Vonage (and then get their adapter), or move entirely to VoIP and forgo traditional phone sets.

 

[fcp4life]

There is no "standard" gateway-with-telephone-port - each ISP uses its own implementation. If your phone number is tied to Spectrum, you must their gateway to connect.

Another way is to port your phone number to an independent provider like Vonage (and then get their adapter), or move entirely to VoIP and forgo traditional phone sets.

even with a coax splitter?

 

[Alabalcho]

even with a coax splitter?

You can always try, but I suppose you can have only one active cable device in your account.

 

[SamirD]

You can always try, but I suppose you can have only one active cable device in your account.

This will be the problem. Most isps doesn't allow split setups any more, and as afaik, you need to have the spectrum equipment for a phone line.

 

[cryoburner]

You can always try, but I suppose you can have only one active cable device in your account.

I actually have two cable modems provided by my ISP. One is used for phone, and the other for Internet, so it should be possible. A simple cable splitter divides the coax connection between them, and then that in turn gets run through a larger splitter that shares the connection with multiple television boxes throughout the house.

You should probably contact Spectrum about it, as they would likely need to register the new modem to your account anyway.

 

[SamirD]

I actually have two cable modems provided by my ISP. One is used for phone, and the other for Internet, so it should be possible. A simple cable splitter divides the coax connection between them, and then that in turn gets run through a larger splitter that shares the connection with multiple television boxes throughout the house.

You should probably contact Spectrum about it, as they would likely need to register the new modem to your account anyway.

The connections are simple--it's the provisioning at the isp that's the hard part. And it's the part you can't control. I would talk to your isp about this before attempting it as I know most isps don't run dual modems for voice anymore (even if they once did).