The phrase "a normal telephone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a standard or traditional telephone, as opposed to a mobile phone or other advanced communication devices.
Example: "In the past, a normal telephone was the primary means of communication for most households."
Alternatives: "a regular phone" or "a standard telephone".
The text phone number provided was an 0845 number, which obviously costs more to call than a normal telephone number.
Zi has developed a stroke-based system that allows a user to enter traditional Chinese characters using a normal telephone keypad.
Customers get a clunky box that plugs into a normal telephone at one end and a broadband modem at the other; calls are cheaper, but not free.
Just five years ago (ancient times for computing), a 14.4-kilobit modem used with a normal telephone line represented the cutting edge in digital communication; now Internet users with cable or broadband modems can surf more than 100 times faster.
As a solution, Mr. Briere recommends VoIP, or voice over Internet protocol, a service offered by companies like Vonage, Optimum and Skype, that allows you to make and receive calls over the Internet (often with a normal telephone), using the same number all the time.
The MSDC numbers are shorter than a normal telephone number, typically between 5 and 7 digits long.
In addition, a separate provision of Title III, 18 U.S.C. 2511 2)(a)(i), specifically excludes all normal telephone company business practices from the prohibitions of the Act.
That means that, like Skype, users will be able to receive call from, and make calls to, any normal telephone (standard telephone service is often referred to as "POTS").
Traffic on DSL is transmitted over normal telephone lines through a DSL terminal adapter, also known as a DSL modem, which connects a computer or local computer network to the DSL line.
The first uses a normal analog telephone, which is attached to a special converter that sends calls over the Internet.
According to plaintiffs, defendants could have minimized the intrusion into their rights by using an 800 number or asking readers to call in on normal telephone lines which would not have resulted in a profit to the newspapers based on the conduct of the polls themselves.
