Every IPO one sees in a magazine appears to be headed by a zany 32-year-old who looks as if he just stuck his finger into an electrical socket--POWWWWWW!
The Phone Port adapter plugs into a common electrical wall socket and then connects to any device on your phone line: a plain old phone, a fax machine or even a Caller ID box.
There are networking technologies that use electrical wiring for data networking, and a wall socket can deliver data as well as power with no new wiring needed.