A cable set-top box with voice over internet protocol includes a housing;
a coaxial cable input for accepting a coaxial cable containing a video
content signal and a data content signal from a provider, the data
content signal for providing the voice over internet protocol to a
telecommunication's device; a demultiplexer for splitting the video
content signal and the data content signal; a video output for accepting
a video line for transmitting the video content signal to a video device;
and a data output for accepting an audio line for transmitting the data
content signal to a telecommunications device.