User's Guide

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Step 2: Connecting your phone
(continued)
C Place a test call
Place a test call from your connected home phone. Make sure to dial the 10-digit
phone number, including area code.
For best results, place the cordless phone base at least twelve (12) inches from the
Wireless Home Internet device.
Important Phone Tips
• Voicemail is included with your service. Dial 1 to set up and access your voicemail.
• If you choose to use an answering machine instead, set it to fewer than four (4)
rings.
• To place phones throughout your home, use a cordless phone system with multiple
handsets. Wall jacks are not used with the Wireless Home Internet device.
• The second Phone port can be used to connect an additional phone or standalone
answering machine. It uses the same phone number as the rst Phone port.
• Your Wireless Home Internet device does not support incoming/outgoing fax
service or home alarm systems.
• Your Wireless Home Internet device does not support rotary or pulse-dialing
phones.
• Details on using voicemail and transferring a landline phone number can be found
on pages 13-14.