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Default Who says I'm 'low tech'...

On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 8:18:30 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 10:44:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
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On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 1:31:17 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400,
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On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400,
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On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H
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I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can
hear the ring and answer it on my home phone.

Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the
telephone!

Yippee.

You guys should have told me about that years ago!

How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone
base?
Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home
phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards
that I do not understand)


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I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most
modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone.
Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If
you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also
useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc.


That is still "docked" in the data sense. If you are more than 10
meters from the house phone, it is a paperweight.

As long as everyone has their own phone that is OK but if you are home
alone and don't have a phone you are Amish.
I suppose you can back that up with VOIP but at that point, why bother
with the cell interface?


If you don't have a cell phone you are correct, but this day who doesn't? If you are home, you can use your "home" cordless phone to make and receive calls. If you are away, you have your cell phone with you.

For some that may not make sense, but for many (most?), it works great. We only keep out landline for the home alarm reporting service. One day I'll get an internet phone service and get rid of the TW bundled phone. It's just not that much money or big of a deal to make it worth it right now.


So this thing responds to any cell it is mated with (more than one)?
How does it decide which one to use with an outgoing call?


You can pick which one using the buttons on the phone.
 
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