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1.5 years
Posted by jp (more from jp) on Wed, 23 Feb 2005 04:19:32
In Reply to: Have you given up your land line ? ....., bj, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:06:37
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We switched our phone service from Verizon to Onestar, and Onestar ceased to do business in Maine, so we were without traditional phone service. Rather the send Verizon my business, I bought a base for my cellphone and got an extra cell phone and number. The base is from cellsocket and lets the phones in the house use the cell phone to send and receive calls.
My wife and I don't talk on the phone as much as SUV drivers, so we don't worry about using up our minutes.
I have a broadband wireless internet connection. This lets me visit Saabnet and do other internet social or work activities.
I bought a network adaptor for my series2 Tivo, and that uses the broadband connection for its data needs. If someone has a directv tivo, there hasn't been a way to do it, but I guess now you can run PPP between your computer and the directv tivo via the serial port as a way to bypass the modem.
I have directtv satellite service and don't use PPV, so that doesn't dial out.
I also use VOIP over the broadband connection and hope to drop the extra cell phone this summer when I get some local VOIP numbers. Should broadband or power go out, I'll just use my normal portable cell phone in the base.
Posts in this Thread:
- Have you given up your land line ? ....., bj, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:06:37
- No, I use it for DSL, Schu, Wed, 23 Feb 2005 05:49:51
- 1.5 years, jp, Wed, 23 Feb 2005 04:19:32 <-- Viewing This Message
- Yes, but problem with TIVO, NYSaab, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:18:15
- Will be cutting it off very soon., KR88900T, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:01:52
- Re: Have you given up your land line ? ....., mb25, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:51:32
- Re: Yes... 4 years ....., AlexP, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:59:35
- Yep, Camm , Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:25:22
- Almost....., Mike Lynch , Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:47:14
- Yes for over a year now. If you need one Vonage, NickR, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:44:49
- That's the trend, more so for singles or couples with.., TKC, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:37:28
- Re: yes, t_mokes, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:15:51
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