Is it possible to use your computer as a phone? I have a modem and have used with aol dial up. I think that it is the same concept when the aol uses the modem to dail out and comunicate with the server. i have FOUND prgams like skype and gismo PROJECT but they use my bradband internet to call out. i just want it go through the phoneline pluged into my puter and use the exsisting phone service . This doesn't make sense. You have broadband but you want to use your computer make phone calls through a dialup modem? WHY?

As far as I know, that's not possible. And, again, it MAKES no sense. If you have broadband, then use a service such as Skype or Yahoo Messenger to make phone calls from your PC. a modem cant act as a regular phone? Going thourgh braodband it seems more complicated.....i want tpo do what this guy is trying to do... http://www.ozzu.com/ftopic61857.htmlI use Yahoo Messenger's PC-to-phone feature for making phone calls via my DSL Internet connection. I don't see how this can be more complicated than trying to use a separate dialup connection for PC phone calling. Just install your software (Skype or whatever) and setup the hardware you need. The only additional hardware you'll need will be a mic if you use your regular speakers for listening to incoming phone conversation, or a mic with headphone if you'd rather not use your regular speakers for this.

Besides avoiding unnecessary complexity with trying to use a dialup modem for this, you're very likely to have better QUALITY sound with phone calls made via broadband.

After looking at the link you just posted, I get the impression you may be thinking the other party must be using a computer to receive a phone call made by someone using their computer to make phone calls. This is not the case; you can call any regular phone from your computer via software using a broadband connection.

As I said, I use DSL. Do you have DSL or CABLE?