One other item... you can change the land line phone service to metered rate and/or set up "life-line" service, which is pretty darn cheap. s.
> "larynl2" <lar...@...> wrote: > > In a few days we will be dropping dialtone service to our repeater. However, > there is still a desire to somehow dial 911. > > An archive search of the list yielded no relevant advice on how to use an old > cellphone to do this. We have no internet service in the radio room, but > there *may* be free/open wifi available. We just haven't looked for it yet. > > Of course we could run a dedicated full-duplex link to somewhere with > dialtone, but seems like a ton of work... > > If a cellphone (without purchased service) is a feasible solution, which > one(s) are good to use and don't require microsurgery inside? What other > ways are there? > > Laryn K8TVZ >
