@mclink wrote:
I will be changing cable servive ftom ATT Uverse to Comcast Triple Play.....TV / Internet / Phone and need to replace to ATT supplied router. CAN I REPLACE IT WITH ORBI RBK50 SYSTEM (1 ROUTER + 1 SATELLITE) ? AND WILL THE ORBI ROUTER ALLOW LAND LINE PHONE CONNECTION ?
Orbi RBK50 does not support a POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) line, what we used to call a "2500 set" in Western Electric terminology. When Comcast provides telephone service, they will supply a modem which provides a telephone jack that you can connect to whatever you want. I have mine (Spectrum) connected to the base unit of a Panasonic cordless system with six handsets. Some people connect to the existing telephone wiring in the house.
What you want to do is ask Comcast to install a modem/phone only unit, with no router and no WiFi.
That way, the Orbi will provide router functions and WiFi.
There is a model of Orbi that bundles a data modem into the unit, but it does not provide telephone service.
