DSL line question ?

[Lost Soul]

ok heres my question, first off i dont have dsl but a friend of mine is thinking about getting it and he asked me a question and i really couldnt answer it,, btw im running cable my self.

well the question was can you run a regular phone line into a dsl box from your phone company and it still work ? i told him im not sure but i think he would need a heftyer phone line cable,, but im not sure,,

so this is where you guys come in,, can some one tell me the answer to this one ?

thanks

[andrewpayne]

sure it'll work - as long as the local exchange is dsl-enabled.

DSL uses the same copper pair and analogue tech as the phone system. except fibre or cable phones though.

Here in the UK - we have to have a BT line to run our broadband - but the phone works as well for voice.

[Lost Soul]

thanks ill tell him it should work