Abstract: A phone/Internet messaging appliance device suitable for homes or small offices includes a single external port for connecting to an analog telephone line, a broadband filter/splitter, analog voice/fax modem circuitry, broadband modem circuitry, and a control unit for controlling the operation of the device, all of the above components being integrated in a single housing. The device has a solid-state memory capacity, but does not contain any storage device with moving parts such as a tape or a hard disk. Using the broadband modem circuitry, the device sends received voice and fax messages to designated locations on the external packet-switching network for retrieval by the user. Optionally, the device has a network interface for connecting to external PCs or printers on a LAN to store or print the voice and fax messages locally, in which case the device can also serve as a gateway for the LAN.