A switching device for providing selective telephone access to
multi-telephone line and data line sources. The device can be
incorporated within a compatible device or configured as a stand-alone,
self-contained device. In the later configuration, it includes a housing,
an input port for receiving multiple telephone or data lines and an
output port for connecting a compatible device, such as a computer modem,
to one of the telephone lines. Switching means are provided for
selectively connected the compatible device to one of the multi-telephone
or data line sources and for selectively blocking access to the
multi-telephone or data line sources. Indicator means are further
provided for identifying which of the multi-telephone or data line
sources are being connected to the compatible device and whether access
is being blocked to the multi-telephone or data line sources.