Instruction: Extract information from the supporting document to answer the given question.

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Question: Does it require a phone line?
Document: This device gives me the option of using the phone line to access the internet if in the event the wireless systems fail.
If you need a phone line on your cpu this is the way to go. I used this for a fax marketing campaign, it did its job. Only thing is that for faxing you will need to find software that will work with it
This modem worked for two days, but now it constantly leaves the phone line off hook with a huge amount of noise. No amount of resetting has helped. At least the seller was good about a quick refund.
I think it's because the modem does not physically grab onto the phone line connecter strong enough. The phone line is fine. If you really depend on making dial-up connections I'd probably have an extra one of these on hand.
This installed fine BUT will not pick up phone line. A Phone works on the line just fine. Using hyperterminal I can send and get responses to AT commands. If I tell it to pick up line you hear only static.
My new HP laptop didn't have anywhere to plug in a phone line (still on dinosaur dial up), so I bought this USB external modem. It was immediately recognized by Windows 7 and works great. A light weight, simple solution at a great price.
I used this product immediately. As soon as I received this product, I plugged the phone line in, then I plugged it into the USB port. I proceeded then to turn on my computer, by the time I logged in, windows had already found and installed the driver.
This modem is somewhat old technology compared to all of the broadband and wifi that is available today. However, there are still a few places outside of urban areas with high speed connections. This phone line modem works perfectly in those situations.Both Amazon and the supplier provided excellent service and the modem was delivered in a timely manner.
I was Leary of buying a usb fax modem. I thought it would never work but guess what? It's so easy and convenient! I can even take it out of the desktop pc and move it to the laptop and back again if I want or let my hubby use it in another room! !It comes with an installation disk too..and phone line! It shipped quickly and arrived safely.
I bought this for a Windows7 64 bit desktop, so I can dial out using the dialer software - and then pick up the phone on the same line. I haven't used it for faxing or connecting to the internet via dial up.When it works, it works fine. The problem is about half the time the machine won't see it. If I unplug it from the USB port and replug then it works, but it's a pain to do that intermittently.Setup went fine - plug and go.
Answer: Hello, yes this does require a phone line hooked up to it to use the fax functions. If you don't want to invest in a perm line I use vonyage. Hope that helps. Also works well on windows 8.1 Pro.