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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / August 2005Is it possible to connect cell phone to a "wired" phone system in my home?
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/ > 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" [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Charlie Hoffpauir > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ While searching Google a few days ago I saw just what you are looking for. It was a adaptor that hung in place of your regular phone and let you drop your cell into it and use the cell from any extension. Now, I do not remember where I saw it. Suggest you search Google. I think I was searching "Cellphone adaptors for housephone" Good luck Frank A DECT phone will do this. Google "DECT phone". > 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" [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Charlie Hoffpauir > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ >A DECT phone will do this. Google "DECT phone". A DECT phone will not work in the US. DECT=Digital European Cordless Telephone. >> 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" [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> Charlie Hoffpauir >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ - - > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > First FCC approved DECT phone approved Worldwide By Tony Dennis <javascript:__doPostBack('article_body$lnkEmailForm','')>: Friday 01 July 2005, 21:02 ALTHOUGH WE WROTE about it over a week ago, RTX has just claimed a world first for its Du@lphone cordless DECT handset. It's the first DECT phone in the USA, apparently. Plus the company is describing its latest product as the most 'Wi-Fi friendly' cordless there is. Basically US cordless handsets operate at both common Wi-Fi frequencies - 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz. But since the FCC approved a new frequency for DECT back in April [2005], the Dua@lphone works very happily as a combined Wi-Fi and a cordless handset. As the INQ described here ... Hot tub version of Du@lphone imminent <http://www.theinq.com/?article=24121>. We've actually got a price, too. Should be around $149. The guys at RTX are obviously very busy and don't appear to have hired a US webmaster yet. Eventually you should be able to buy one of these gismos from www.dualphone.us or www.cordlessdualphone.com. The company ain't got www.rtx-america.com going yet, either. Can't imagine Santa Clara is short of good html jockeys. µ > 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.  SignatureDonald Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net >> Is there any way to connect my T-mobile cell phone to a "wired" phone >> system? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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. SignatureJohn Richards >>> Is there any way to connect my T-mobile cell phone to a "wired" phone >>> system? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >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/ > Is it that "all" >cell phones won't work or are there some systems/phones that would? All. No data at all will pass. - - >> Is there any way to connect my T-mobile cell phone to a "wired" phone >> system? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >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. - - Can you share your experiences and satifaction with your CellSocket over the last 3 years? Thanks. >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. - - >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. - - >>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" [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >- - > 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/ 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. Did you consider a vonage line? It will at least save you money over the phone company. -MVL |
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