"Adrian" <adrian_h_hudson@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, does anyone here have experience of running the FRITZ!Box Fon ATA
> without a standard telephone line. The unit in question is the ATA
> PBX that has no ADSL 'modem'.
>
> Previous threads here indicate that it is possible to operate the
> FRITZ!Box Fon ATA in VoIP only mode and ignore the unit's provision
> for a standard 'phone line.
>
> However, yesterday I located the manual for said ATA on-line @
> http://www.voipsolutions.be/document...ox_Fon_ata.pdf
> It states, on page 12, that a 'phone line is required.
>
> Before I spend nearly GBP90.00 on this unit I want to be sure it will
> work in a VoIP only environment. Happily, I have not had a telephone
> line for nearly for years! :-)
>
> So, does anyone have the FRITZ!Box Fon ATA, do you operate it without
> a 'phone line? Is this a problem? Are you otherwise happy with it?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Adrian

I am currently using it without a phone line as my line is not working (I
have cable broadband).