Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Who says I'm 'low tech'...
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! |
#2
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sunday, 30 July 2017 09:02:14 UTC-3, John H wrote:
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! Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number. |
#3
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 07:41:40 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
On Sunday, 30 July 2017 09:02:14 UTC-3, John H wrote: 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! Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number. And they'll be treated the same. |
#4
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H
wrote: 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) |
#6
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On 7/30/17 10:41 AM, True North wrote:
On Sunday, 30 July 2017 09:02:14 UTC-3, John H wrote: 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! Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number. I finally "dumped" my "wired" landline phone here after 15 years, and set up an "internet" phone from the cable supplier. It's OK, but not as good or reliable as the landline phone. I don't use it often. I subscribe to a service that blocks about 90% of spam and robot calls from my cellphone. |
#7
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400,
wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: 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) === 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? |
#8
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:11:28 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 7/30/17 10:41 AM, True North wrote: On Sunday, 30 July 2017 09:02:14 UTC-3, John H wrote: 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! Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number. I finally "dumped" my "wired" landline phone here after 15 years, and set up an "internet" phone from the cable supplier. It's OK, but not as good or reliable as the landline phone. I don't use it often. I subscribe to a service that blocks about 90% of spam and robot calls from my cellphone. I might think of that but my landline is pretty much free as long as I have DSL. Since everything is underground here the POTS lines are pretty much 100% available. I can't say that about Comcast, the only other real choice. They are up on poles with repeaters connected to the grid. Just about anything takes them down. |
#9
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 12:00:05 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: 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) === 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's exactly what it is. We have Panasonic cordless phones, both of our cell phones link up automatically as soon as they are in range, and can be answered with the cordless handsets just as John describes. You can also choose which cell phone to use to make outbound calls. It even rings with the cell phone's ringtone. They are calling it "Link2Cell". |
#10
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 1:31:17 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: 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) === 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. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
New tech for Loogie | General | |||
303 vs UV Tech For Seals? | General | |||
TECH HELP: Prop | Cruising | |||
Tech question...help??? | General |