2-line phones

Is it possible to have two phone numbers residing on the same GSM phone? I
would love to be able to combine my work and home number on the same
handset. Is this available?
Steve

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In <[email protected]> on Thu, 02 Dec 2004
12:53:09 GMT, "Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Is it possible to have two phone numbers residing on the same GSM phone? I
>would love to be able to combine my work and home number on the same
>handset. Is this available?

Technically possible, but not available. You can have a 2nd number
permanently forwarded to a 1st number.

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John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

Steven Riegerix wrote:
> Is it possible to have two phone numbers residing on the same GSM phone? I
> would love to be able to combine my work and home number on the same
> handset. Is this available?
> Steve
>

Well I'm not sure this is an answer to your question, but I do have two
numbers attached to my sim card. Before you get excited, its not what
you think. I have my main phone number that everyone has, then I have
another number that almost useless that even Cingular know nothing about.

Just after I rolled my number from T-mobile to Cingular I started to get
calls on my phone that shows "Incoming data call". It also displays the
phone number of the person who was calling and I even tried calling the
number only to get an operator on some business's PBX. The bad news is
whenever I get once of these call I can either let it ring until the
person hangs up or reject the call I can't answer it and it will not
roll to voicemail. A few weeks ago I got lucky when someone tried
calling from a home phone number. When I call it back, I discovered he
was dialing a completely different number from my own. When I got that
number I did some testing of my own. Anytime I dial it a data call rings
on my phone. The number just rings and rings. When I reject the call the
person gets a fast busy.

When I called Cingular and told them what I discovered they didn't know
what to do. They were unable to help me even when I gave them the other
phone number.

So it can be done as I do have two phone numbers attached to my phone,
but other than being annoying when someone dials the other number, it is
totally useless.

In article <[email protected]>,
John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:

> >Is it possible to have two phone numbers residing on the same GSM phone? I
> >would love to be able to combine my work and home number on the same
> >handset. Is this available?
>
> Technically possible, but not available. You can have a 2nd number
> permanently forwarded to a 1st number.

That's probably the best solution, unless you have Nextel which does
allow for two numbers on one phone/account.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Is it possible to have two phone numbers residing on the same GSM phone? I
> would love to be able to combine my work and home number on the same
> handset. Is this available?
> Steve
>
>
>
It's called "Alternate Line Service". As John said, it's possible on
some GSM phones and it has actually been offered in a few places.
Apparently works just like a wired 2-line phone--two numbers, receive
incoming calls on both lines, select the line for outgoing. Totally
different than two NAMS with one forwarded to the other. Someone who
had it awhile back said it had a few problems, especially with roaming
and voice mail(s). I'm surprised they don't push it a bit more--it'd be
perfect for people needing both personal and business numbers on one
phone. Assuming it had seperate voice mail and seperate forwarding
options for each line I'd drop my one-number service in a heartbeat
(PITA if you don't want the public getting your real cell callerid). I
asked Cingular about it a year or so ago--said "it might be offered in
the future" whatever that meant.
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA

Thanks to everyone for your input.
I was just hoping to only carry one phone to handle both numbers. It is a
violation of company policy to use my work cell for personal business. And a
violation of my policy to use my minutes for compnay business. I will wait
for the time when a two line service is available.
Thanks again,
Steve

In article <[email protected]>,
"Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It is a
> violation of company policy to use my work cell for personal business.

Wow. Blue collar, or white?

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In <[email protected]> on Thu, 02 Dec 2004
23:25:20 GMT, "Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Thanks to everyone for your input.
>I was just hoping to only carry one phone to handle both numbers. It is a
>violation of company policy to use my work cell for personal business. And a
>violation of my policy to use my minutes for compnay business. I will wait
>for the time when a two line service is available.

You could simply carry both SIMs, and switch them in one phone as desired.

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

"R.M" <[email protected]> wrote
> Well I'm not sure this is an answer to your question, but I do have two
> numbers attached to my sim card. Before you get excited, its not what
> you think.
> ...
> Just after I rolled my number from T-mobile to Cingular I started to get
> calls on my phone that shows "Incoming data call".

The circuit-switched wireless internet has a phone number associated
with it, even though you can't do much with it. Think of it as a modem
line for your phone. If you're really enterprising you can try to
figure out your second number (does your phone have a "show my
numbers" option? Does a friend's phone so you can swap SIMs and try?).

tg.

Blue collar.
I am a System Tech with SBC.
You would think a phone company would have a little flexibility with phone
use.
Go figure.
Steve

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It is a
>> violation of company policy to use my work cell for personal business.
>
> Wow. Blue collar, or white?
>

I was hoping to be able to answer a ringing phone, no matter if it was work
or my wife. Switching Sim cards would defeat that purpose.
Thanks
Steve

"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <[email protected]> on Thu, 02 Dec 2004
> 23:25:20 GMT, "Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Thanks to everyone for your input.
>>I was just hoping to only carry one phone to handle both numbers. It is a
>>violation of company policy to use my work cell for personal business. And
>>a
>>violation of my policy to use my minutes for compnay business. I will wait
>>for the time when a two line service is available.
>
> You could simply carry both SIMs, and switch them in one phone as desired.
>
> --
> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

In article <%[email protected]>,
"Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Blue collar.
> I am a System Tech with SBC.

man, that didn't used to be blue collar work.

So they give you an SBC phone with pretty much unlimited use, but they
scare you to death by threatening termination if you use it to talk with
your wife???

you dont get a Cingular discount? working for SBC?
"Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...
> Blue collar.
> I am a System Tech with SBC.
> You would think a phone company would have a little flexibility with phone
> use.
> Go figure.
> Steve
>
> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> It is a
> >> violation of company policy to use my work cell for personal business.
> >
> > Wow. Blue collar, or white?
> >
>
>

In article <[email protected]>,
"Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was hoping to be able to answer a ringing phone, no matter if it was work
> or my wife. Switching Sim cards would defeat that purpose.
> Thanks
> Steve

How about something like the Sony T637, a small, light, yet capable
phone. Get two.

In article <%[email protected]>,
"Steven Riegerix" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Blue collar.
> I am a System Tech with SBC.
> You would think a phone company would have a little flexibility with phone
> use.
> Go figure.
> Steve

and dont get caught using the Xerox for personal business?

How anal-retentive. Figures with SBC, and its some of those same folks
get the "promoted" to Cingular.