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Hello.

I have a complicated question.

I'm considering buying a phone system for my house and I need several analog lines with Caller ID.

1. Phone system I'm looking at does not support CID to analog extensions but I need it.
2. Analog station cards are VERY expensive for the system
3. I would need to get a second cabinet in order to fit the Analog station cards.

I'm wondering if I can solve this problem by.

1. Bypassing the phone system and splitting the analog CO line at the source(D-mark)

I realize that the disadvantages in this setup are:

1. Analog phones can't intercom/transfer with business phones

2. Analog phones can listen in on conversation on digital phones

I think the benefits outweigh the negatives here.

I was wondering if anyone saw any problems or if this kind of stuff is normal?

Is there special equipment needed for this?

Thanks for your help.

This is for construction related items, not inside wiring. Please see my PM to you.

KLD

Look at systems that do what you want, instead of trying to find a way around the system that doesn't do what you want.