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Is it possible to connect cell phone to a "wired" phone system in my home?
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| Charlie Hoffpauir 2005-08-26, 5:48 pm |
| Is there any way to connect my T-mobile cell phone to a "wired" phone
system? What I want to be able to do is to get rid of my "regular"
phone service (land line), and somehow let my Tivo make it's calls
using my cellular service. Right now, the only reason to keep the land
line is for the Tivo.... anything else can use cell now that I've gone
to satellite internet service.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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| Donald Newcomb 2005-08-26, 11:48 pm |
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"Charlie Hoffpauir" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> Is there any way to connect my T-mobile cell phone to a "wired" phone
> system?
There used to be a gizmo called a Vox2<something> that worked with the Nokia
51XX/61XX series phones. You dropped your phone in the thing like a desk
charger and you could connect a regular phone plug and handset to the base.
Of course, it would not work for FAX and modem connections because the
digital phone signals don't work for those systems.
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Donald Newcomb
DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net
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| John Richards 2005-08-26, 11:48 pm |
| "Donald Newcomb" <DRNewcomb@attglobal.NOT.net> wrote in message news:430fa26a_1@news
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> "Charlie Hoffpauir" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:2jkug1tvbsc2l9e
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> There used to be a gizmo called a Vox2<something> that worked with the Nokia
> 51XX/61XX series phones. You dropped your phone in the thing like a desk
> charger and you could connect a regular phone plug and handset to the base.
> Of course, it would not work for FAX and modem connections because the
> digital phone signals don't work for those systems.
Which means it also would not work for TIVO. I hear that VOIP has the same problem.
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John Richards
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| Joseph 2005-08-26, 11:48 pm |
| On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:37:02 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
<invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
>Is there any way to connect my T-mobile cell phone to a "wired" phone
>system? What I want to be able to do is to get rid of my "regular"
>phone service (land line), and somehow let my Tivo make it's calls
>using my cellular service. Right now, the only reason to keep the land
>line is for the Tivo.... anything else can use cell now that I've gone
>to satellite internet service
CellSocket and Dock-n-talk will let you use your cellular service
through your regular phones. It will not allow you to use it for any
type of "data" service whether that's fax or something else. I highly
doubt it will let you use it as a "phone home" service for cable or
satellite/TiVo.
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| Joseph 2005-08-26, 11:48 pm |
| On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:41:45 -0400, RWM <RWM@RWMann.com> wrote:
>A DECT phone will do this. Google "DECT phone".
A DECT phone will not work in the US. DECT=Digital European Cordless
Telephone.
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>Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
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| Joseph 2005-08-26, 11:48 pm |
| On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:58:43 -0500, "Donald Newcomb"
<DRNewcomb@attglobal.NOT.net> wrote:
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>"Charlie Hoffpauir" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:2jkug1tvbsc2l9e
gq6tq54dhlmqi7mj8ul@
4ax.com...
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>There used to be a gizmo called a Vox2<something> that worked with the Nokia
>51XX/61XX series phones. You dropped your phone in the thing like a desk
>charger and you could connect a regular phone plug and handset to the base.
>Of course, it would not work for FAX and modem connections because the
>digital phone signals don't work for those systems.
AFAICR Vox2 went out of business. A "docking station" that does the
same thing is CellSocket and also Dock-N-Talk does the same and also
works with Bluetooth enabled phones so it's got a lot more
compatibility than CellSocket. CellSocket now only concentrates on
Mot and doesn't do Nokia any longer. I have a Nokia model that I've
been using for the last three years.
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| Charlie Hoffpauir 2005-08-26, 11:48 pm |
| On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:12:53 GMT, "John Richards"
<jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote:
>"Donald Newcomb" <DRNewcomb@attglobal.NOT.net> wrote in message news:430fa26a_1@news
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>Which means it also would not work for TIVO. I hear that VOIP has the same problem.
Darn!. It's really the TIVO capability that I need. Is it that "all"
cell phones won't work or are there some systems/phones that would?
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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| Charlie Hoffpauir 2005-08-26, 11:48 pm |
| On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:57:42 -0700, Joseph <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:37:02 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
><invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
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>CellSocket and Dock-n-talk will let you use your cellular service
>through your regular phones. It will not allow you to use it for any
>type of "data" service whether that's fax or something else. I highly
>doubt it will let you use it as a "phone home" service for cable or
>satellite/TiVo.
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So this means I have to keep the land line... unless there's some way
to get the Tivo to use VOIP over the satellite internet connection....
That doesn't seem likely as I haven't heard of many people using VOIP
and DirecWay.... latency problem.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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| seantcanale@gmail.com 2005-08-26, 11:48 pm |
| Can you share your experiences and satifaction with your CellSocket
over the last 3 years?
Thanks.
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| Joseph 2005-08-27, 2:48 am |
| On 26 Aug 2005 19:10:15 -0700, seantcanale@gmail.com wrote:
>Can you share your experiences and satifaction with your CellSocket
>over the last 3 years?
95% of the time it works as it's supposed to i.e. when the cell phone
is in the dock all you have to do is remove the handset on your
regular phone and listen for a "faux" dial tone. Key in the number
and press # to end your calls and signal to the cell phone to "send"
to the network. When your call is complete you just hang up and your
cell phone resets itself for the next incoming or outgoing call. To
access additional phone features such as answer call waiting, access
"line 2", conference calling, etc. you have to (at least with my
cellphone the Nokia 6310i) manipulate the cell phone rather than flash
the hookswitch of your regular phone. Other models may operate
differently. Occasionally the CellSocket will "forget" and you'll
have to pull the power plug on the back for a few seconds and reset
it. I've only had to do this maybe less than a half dozen times in
three years. I always know where my cellphone is too! It's always in
the dock charging. Oh, and the cellphone when it's in the dock will
not "ring" only your home phones will ring.
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| Joseph 2005-08-27, 2:48 am |
| On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:47:35 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
<invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
> Is it that "all"
>cell phones won't work or are there some systems/phones that would?
All. No data at all will pass.
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| if you're using a new(er) TiVo box with the ethernet/LAN socket and you
use broadband cable internet, you could setup a home network to plug
your TiVo into the router box and it'll "call home" directly over the
internet without having to use dial-up access.
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| mvl_groups_user@yahoo.com 2005-08-30, 5:48 pm |
| Did you consider a vonage line? It will at least save you money over
the phone company.
-MVL
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