Is there a Plain Old Telephone System (POTS, ancient phones) device that can allow me to use multiple phone lines at once?

I want something like:
- Pick up phone, you get dial-tone.
- Press 1 for line 1, Press 2 for line 2, etc.
- Another dial-tone presented.

@XerTheSquirrel Sounds like a pbx? You can probably find a soft pbx on ebay pretty cheap

@ari Would it work for dial-up modems, fax machines, and at 36kbps speeds?

@XerTheSquirrel I'm not sure. If I had to guess it'd be good for 56k but I've never done it. It'll obviously depend on how old the system is too.

@XerTheSquirrel I think the main concern would be finding a POTS one? A lot are for IP phones. It may have something to do with the power requirements for ringing?

@ari Ah, I do have a POTS phone via a POTS Simulator which provides ringing, dial-tone, call routing, etc. A TelTone TLS-4 and I want to bring in another as well for more connections.

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