Uverse/DSL Question

[BrewerGeorge]

How can I tell if my Uverse internet is a "stand-alone" or "dry-loop" setup? I want to turn off my Uverse VoIP phone and port the number to Ooma, but the porting process warned me to make sure it was "stand-alone."

The box looks like this

 

[Cameramonkey]

A dry loop means that you dont already have a POTS line that it is riding on.

dry loop: own pair of wires
standard: runs on your home phone line and you have to install filters on the jacks that dont have the modem on it.

I had Dry DSL a couple years ago because I didnt want a home phone.

Thats sticky... I'd fire up a cable modem service and move your internet to that first. Otherwise you are asking for trouble tinkering with a phone line with data on top of it.