I would like to use my PC (running XP) to emulate a traditional phone
and hook up to a PSTN landline.  The computer has a modem with a
standard phone rj-ll jack.  Is there a free or very cheap piece of
software that would allow me to do this?

IOW, I want my landline to ring my computer, not my phone handset.  I
want to use my computer and headset to dial out over my landline.

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Request for Question Clarification by aht-ga on 10 Nov 2006 21:59 PST

dougbates-ga:

In order to do this, you will need to have a voice-capable modem; do
you know if your modem is voice-capable, versus data-only or
data-fax-only?

If you indeed have a voice-capable modem, then there are indeed
several different software packages available that would allow you to
use your computer as a phone.

Regards,

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Question by dougbates-ga on 11 Nov 2006 08:31 PST

Good clairification question.  It's just a data/fax modem.  However, I
see that data/fax/voice/speakerphone modems are reasonably priced and
easy to install, so I wouldn't mind swapping it out.