Well, if you like Linux, and you can get a bluetooth phone (check
supported list), you could setup an Asterisk server with Bluetooth, and
pair the phone up, and take incoming calls via the cell phone, and even
record voice mail, or forward them out via an ITSP to another phone,
etc.
Another option would be to port your landline to something like
www.teliax.com with a pay as you go plan, and forward the calls to your
cell phone, and setup voice mail on it to email you.
Harry
On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 17:52 -0500, Jim Edwards wrote:
> At 12/12/2005 01:38 PM, Wayne Johnson wrote:
>
> >If the cell phone is always clipped to your belt then why do you need to
> >go thru all this? FWIW I did dump the land line & went all cellular a
> >few years ago. I didn't bother with the land line hardware at all &
> >didn't miss them taking up space either.
>
> I have a family cell plan with myself, wife and the p.a. kid. We have had
> the same home number forever. Everyone has the home number including
> school, Dr.s, etc. I don't want to get rid of the number. So I can pay $24
> for the land line or add it to the family plan for $9.99. But it could
> easily get miss-placed (son) or end up in the back of the house when we are
> in front or in front when we are in back. So I thought to just tie in the
> cell to the land system and when we go out of town, we never miss a call.
>
