Alittle more info -
You have to leave your computer on all the time. It runs a small program that controls the device. Don't think you can let your computer "sleep", but you can let the screen power down.
The device is the size of a matchbook. It plugs into a USB port. There is a regular phone jack on the device - you either plug a line into it and then into the wall, making all your outlets in the house active, or you can plug a cordless phone base station into it and have cordless handsets about the house.
Once set up, you use your handsets just as you normally would if you were getting service from the phone company.
The instructions say you should reboot your computer and the device once a month. Since I'm running a mac, that would be alot of rebooting!
The little program that runs is actually a phone application so you could make calls from your computer, kinda like skype - it has 3 panes - one is a keypad so you could make calls, the other is a log of calls and the 3rd is an advertising window. I suspect they will make some revenue in the future by selling ads in this pane. I don't use my computer to make calls, so I minimize this app to the dock (system tray on the PC).
Considering the low price, I was willing to try it for a month or 2. Even if it craps out in that time, it's still cheaper than Charter, Vonage or BellSouth over the same amount of time.
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