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Question about C-phones - jw

Posted: Apr 15, 2013

Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me how a C-phone works? Does it take a designated phone line or will it stop working if I get a phone call? I've never used one. Any info on how it works would be greatly appreciated.

my experience - kn

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I used to use one. I'm not positive, but I don't think it would boot you off if you got a call. You're essentially calling a regular phone number, so any calls you got while you were working would either get a busy signal or go to call waiting if you have it. Again, i'm not 100% on this because I only used my land line for the C-phone, but sometimes if I wasn't working I would get telemarketers calling me on that line, so I would think they were calling when I was working too. Hope this helps!

C phone - me

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If you have call waiting, and you are typing, you will only get a loud beep beep or something letting you know someone is calling. You can continue working, it will not disconnect you. You just have to ignore it. If you have bundle cable with caller ID and you have your TV on, you can see who is calling you on the TV and you can just call them back when you're on break if you want. No problems.

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