@ajp thanks for that information. I appreciate it. You can get a fax/telephone combo machine with only one line. You run the line to the machine and you can set the machine to the mode that you want to. For example you can set it to "telephone only" if you're not expecting a fax. If you are expecting a fax then you can set it at "fax only" and it'll go right to the fax machine. Or you can set it to the "telephone/fax" mode and then after a certain amount of rings, If you don't answer the phone, then it will go to the fax machine.