====== What is an ATA? ======
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An **A**nalog **T**elephone **A**dapter (**ATA**) is a device that connects traditional analog telephones, fax machines, and similar customer-premises devices to digital telephone systems or **V**oice **o**ver **IP** (**VoIP**) networks.

[[https://www.grandstream.com/products/gateways-and-atas/analog-telephone-adaptors|See some examples here]]