Phone line to Ethernet

Hi! I have an Airport Express, and I was wondering if there was some way or some kind of adapter that would enable me to connect a phone line to the airport express without having to buy an Airport Extreme?
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Quick answer - No.
The Express does not have a built-in modem.
Modem = MOdulator/DEModulator. A device that can encode digital signals from a computer into analog signals that can be transmitted over analog lines, and vice versa.

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  • At a loss with phone line and broadband

    Hi,
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    FEC Errors (Down/Up) 5261636 / 45
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    HEC Errors (Down/Up) nil / 28
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    No I'm suggesting the mod team is preferable to calling India ....
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    Hi smert, 
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  • Phone line dead, over 2 week wait for possible rep...

    Hi there
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    Tootsie wrote:
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    24hours has now passed, and yes - once again no contact.  I cannot face talking to another operator in an Indian call centre who will tell me anything to get off the phone.  BT's complaints procedure is pathetic.  I feel totally helpless in this.  There doesn't seem to be any communication between anyone in the company.  The call centre staff are telling you anything just to get rid of you.  I suspect that I am now being billed on 2 accounts for a service I don't have, and no doubt will be another saga when I eventually get a working phone line.
    I am no further forward to when this work will be getting carried out, and getting more and more frustrated.  Is there any suggestions on where / who I can go to.
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    I suggest you contact the forum mods they should be able to get this problem sorted for you this is a link to them http://bt.custhelp.com/app/contact_email/c/4951
    They normally reply by email or phone directly to you within 3 working days they will take personal ownership of your problem until resolved and will keep you informed of progress
    They are a UK based BT specialist team who have a good record at getting problems solved
    This is a customer to customer self help forum the only BT presence here are the forum moderators
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  • How long does a new phone line take to fit? Patien...

    I ordered a new phone line in April and was given a date of 1st May 2013 for the engineer to call.
    Having booked a day off work for the 1st May I got a text the evening before to advise that extra work was required on the lines outside my home and that they would be in touch soon. On 17th May I got another text to advise that my order for telephone and broadband had been CANCELLED. I phoned and a new order was placed (with a half-hearted apologies for the incorrect cancellation).
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    Text 21st May: BT here. Your phone service is ready for you. You can find a phone's number by calling 17070 from it.
    I did not not have a phione line.
    Text: 30th May. To advise a new number.
    Text: 30th May: Apologies for the delay in booking an appointment. Due to necessary additional engineering work. Next update will be 6th June.
    Text: 5th June: BT here. Just to confirm you've set up online billing with BT, If you didn't please let us know at ... I didn't set anything up as far as I know.
    6th June:  Apologies for the delay in providing your service. No updates. Escalated the lack of infpormation and hope to have more news tomorrow.
    7th June:  Apologies for the delay on your order. I can confirm that we are awaiting the outcome of our escalation with our suppliers and are confident of haveing (sp) and (sp) update for you on 11/6.
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    S

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    They are a UK based BT specialist team who have a good record at getting problems solved
    This is a customer to customer self help forum the only BT presence here are the forum moderators
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  • Phone line cancelled

    I set up a BT landline in my flat along with broadband about 3 months ago - after taking a month or so to finally start working we were quite pleased with the service until a couple of weeks ago when we recieved a letter saying that somebody had requested our number and unless we called within 3 days our account would be cancelled. We duly rang to say we did not want our line cancelled and thought that was the end of it, until 3 days later our phone line and broadband were cancelled. 2 and a half hours later, having spoken to at least 15 different people from numerous departments (all of whom were extremely unhelpful - some even told us we would have to pay a years line rental again!) we were told that our phone line would be up in 3 days and our broadband in 8 - no explanation for why we had to wait so long.
    The phone line came back on in three days but eight days later there was still no broadband - we were told that the engineers couldn't find our postcode (the same postcode on our account and used to re-install the phone line) so it would be three more days. It has now been five and no help has been forthcoming and we are still without the internet. The problem is getting absolutely ridiculous and we are extremely annoyed with the service that we are paying for but not recieving.

    SEB wrote:
    I set up a BT landline in my flat along with broadband about 3 months ago - after taking a month or so to finally start working we were quite pleased with the service until a couple of weeks ago when we recieved a letter saying that somebody had requested our number and unless we called within 3 days our account would be cancelled. We duly rang to say we did not want our line cancelled and thought that was the end of it, until 3 days later our phone line and broadband were cancelled. 2 and a half hours later, having spoken to at least 15 different people from numerous departments (all of whom were extremely unhelpful - some even told us we would have to pay a years line rental again!) we were told that our phone line would be up in 3 days and our broadband in 8 - no explanation for why we had to wait so long.
    The phone line came back on in three days but eight days later there was still no broadband - we were told that the engineers couldn't find our postcode (the same postcode on our account and used to re-install the phone line) so it would be three more days. It has now been five and no help has been forthcoming and we are still without the internet. The problem is getting absolutely ridiculous and we are extremely annoyed with the service that we are paying for but not recieving.
    Hi.
    If you don't mind me saying, this seems extremely weird. What phone number was on the letter to ring ? Was it actually from BT ? I can't say I've ever heard of people being "told" that someone else wants that number and the service would be cancelled if not acted upon.
    There are a lot of unscrupulous people out there, and this sounds like one of them.
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