• Setting up extension phones is difficult. You can connect a cordless telephone to the adapter and then purchase expansion handsets (about $70 each) for use in other rooms. Or, you can hire an electrician to do some rewiring. Either way, it’s an extra expense.
• 911 calls are difficult or impossible.
• Your home alarm system, TiVo, DirecTV and any other household item that uses a traditional telephone connection might not work.
• If your broadband connection fails or you have a power outage, you will have no telephone service.

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