Hooking up digital phone?

Question

we are having our cable provider hook up our digital phone service on saturday. I understand it runs through the cable modem. The telehphone jack is directly across our living room from the computer( about ten feet). Will they have to run a cable across our living room or do we have to keep the phone next to the computer and run the phone cord to the phone jack or what not? We would like to use a cordless phone that has about a two foot cord to plug in, so keeping it by the computer would be kinda difficult. How does running through the computer modem and the jack in the wall work at the same time being so far apart?

Answer 1

you will have the main (base) phone near your computer because the cable goes thru the modem....!

the main base phone has a build-in router/firewall...!

having a corded base phone is wise, just in case....then you will have extension-phones thru our your home....you don't need a plug....just an electrical outlet for the power supply!