What are the differences between analog and digital lines?
Analog lines are standard lines you receive from your phone company when you order lines for your home or small business. These lines can interface with your business phone system and remain analog, or they can be converted to digital signals by your phone system. If you can connect a standard phone, like the type you could inexpensively purchase at Radio Shack, you have analog lines or your phone system has analog lines. If you are at your office and you have feature phones with special buttons, your office system is likely digital. Autodialers can be connected to these systems through the use of analog breakout ports on your phone system. Many larger businesses now have T1 type digital lines coming directly into their phone systems. T1 Autodialers may be able to connect directly to these lines (only if they are dedicated to the dialer), but if you plan to connect your autodailer through your phone system, you’ll need to use the analog breakout ports of your phone system.
