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  1. #1
    Chris Hackett
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    Hello,

    Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones on the
    market that support multiple phone lines? I've recently developed a need to
    have a separate phone number for my work and for personal use. I really
    want to avoid carrying two phones if at all possible.

    I currently have service with T-Mobile.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks,
    Chris Hackett





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  2. #2
    nukeleer
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    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?

    > Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones on the
    > market that support multiple phone lines?


    Yep.

    Start at a Nokia 5110 and work your way up from there.

    Every Nokia since has the capability for 2 phone lines.

    You need to talk to your SP though.

    -mark





  3. #3
    Chris Hackett
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?


    "nukeleer" <nukeleer#internode.on.net> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > > Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones on the
    > > market that support multiple phone lines?

    >
    > Yep.
    >
    > Start at a Nokia 5110 and work your way up from there.
    >
    > Every Nokia since has the capability for 2 phone lines.
    >
    > You need to talk to your SP though.
    >
    > -mark
    >
    >

    Thanks for the reply. Do you happen to know if that's documented in the
    user guide? My provider seemed like an obvious place to start looking for
    this information. So I called T-Mobile and asked. I even called two
    different locations, and both of them were pretty clueless about my request.
    They both insisted that they didn't carry any such phone.

    Anyway, thanks again for the info. I'll go look at the User Guides for the
    phones you mention!

    Chris Hackett









  4. #4
    Ivor Jones
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?


    "nukeleer" <nukeleer#internode.on.net> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > > Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones on

    the
    > > market that support multiple phone lines?

    >
    > Yep.
    >
    > Start at a Nokia 5110 and work your way up from there.
    >
    > Every Nokia since has the capability for 2 phone lines.
    >
    > You need to talk to your SP though.


    In the UK only Orange support 2 lines.

    Ivor





  5. #5
    Chris Hackett
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?


    "Ivor Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >
    > "nukeleer" <nukeleer#internode.on.net> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > > Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones on

    > the
    > > > market that support multiple phone lines?

    > >
    > > Yep.
    > >
    > > Start at a Nokia 5110 and work your way up from there.
    > >
    > > Every Nokia since has the capability for 2 phone lines.
    > >
    > > You need to talk to your SP though.

    >
    > In the UK only Orange support 2 lines.
    >
    > Ivor
    >
    >

    I wonder if anyone has recommendations for the US?

    Thanks,
    Chris Hackett





  6. #6
    L David Matheny
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?

    "Chris Hackett" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > Hello,
    >
    > Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones
    > on the market that support multiple phone lines? I've recently
    > developed a need to have a separate phone number for my work
    > and for personal use. I really want to avoid carrying two phones
    > if at all possible.
    >
    > I currently have service with T-Mobile.
    >
    > Any suggestions?
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Chris Hackett
    >

    I think most Nokia's (and probably others) support two phone
    numbers for cases where you have one account up north and
    a different account in (say) Florida during the winter. There's
    not much demand for that these days with all the national plans.
    But I think you have to choose one account or the other. I've
    never heard of a phone that could be active on two lines at the
    same time so that either one could ring in. Has anyone else?





  7. #7
    Ivor Jones
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?


    "L David Matheny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > "Chris Hackett" <[email protected]> wrote in message

    news:[email protected]...
    > > Hello,
    > >
    > > Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones
    > > on the market that support multiple phone lines? I've recently
    > > developed a need to have a separate phone number for my work
    > > and for personal use. I really want to avoid carrying two phones
    > > if at all possible.
    > >
    > > I currently have service with T-Mobile.
    > >
    > > Any suggestions?
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > > Chris Hackett
    > >

    > I think most Nokia's (and probably others) support two phone
    > numbers for cases where you have one account up north and
    > a different account in (say) Florida during the winter. There's
    > not much demand for that these days with all the national plans.
    > But I think you have to choose one account or the other. I've
    > never heard of a phone that could be active on two lines at the
    > same time so that either one could ring in. Has anyone else?


    Yes, it's very popular here in the UK on the Orange network (the only UK
    network to support it). Many people, myself included, have one line for
    business and another for personal calls, both on the same phone. They both
    have their own voicemail so it is possible say to divert the business
    number to voicemail (or another number) while leaving the personal number
    to ring normally. The calls also appear separately on the itemised bill.

    It is a *network* service, not specifically a phone service, although the
    phone does have to support it. All current Nokias do, I can't speak for
    any other makes.

    Ivor






  8. #8
    Welshie
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?

    the o2 network supports multiple lines aswell


    "Ivor Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >
    > "L David Matheny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > "Chris Hackett" <[email protected]> wrote in message

    > news:[email protected]...
    > > > Hello,
    > > >
    > > > Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones
    > > > on the market that support multiple phone lines? I've recently
    > > > developed a need to have a separate phone number for my work
    > > > and for personal use. I really want to avoid carrying two phones
    > > > if at all possible.
    > > >
    > > > I currently have service with T-Mobile.
    > > >
    > > > Any suggestions?
    > > >
    > > > Thanks,
    > > > Chris Hackett
    > > >

    > > I think most Nokia's (and probably others) support two phone
    > > numbers for cases where you have one account up north and
    > > a different account in (say) Florida during the winter. There's
    > > not much demand for that these days with all the national plans.
    > > But I think you have to choose one account or the other. I've
    > > never heard of a phone that could be active on two lines at the
    > > same time so that either one could ring in. Has anyone else?

    >
    > Yes, it's very popular here in the UK on the Orange network (the only UK
    > network to support it). Many people, myself included, have one line for
    > business and another for personal calls, both on the same phone. They both
    > have their own voicemail so it is possible say to divert the business
    > number to voicemail (or another number) while leaving the personal number
    > to ring normally. The calls also appear separately on the itemised bill.
    >
    > It is a *network* service, not specifically a phone service, although the
    > phone does have to support it. All current Nokias do, I can't speak for
    > any other makes.
    >
    > Ivor
    >
    >
    >






  9. #9
    Ivor Jones
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?


    "Welshie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > "Ivor Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...


    [snip]

    > > Yes, it's very popular here in the UK on the Orange network (the only

    UK
    > > network to support it). Many people, myself included, have one line

    for
    > > business and another for personal calls, both on the same phone. They

    both
    > > have their own voicemail so it is possible say to divert the business
    > > number to voicemail (or another number) while leaving the personal

    number
    > > to ring normally. The calls also appear separately on the itemised

    bill.
    > >
    > > It is a *network* service, not specifically a phone service, although

    the
    > > phone does have to support it. All current Nokias do, I can't speak

    for
    > > any other makes.
    > >
    > > Ivor


    [Top posting corrected]

    > the o2 network supports multiple lines aswell


    Hmm, where did you get this information..? I am not aware of any network
    other than Orange in the UK supporting Line 2.

    Ivor






  10. #10
    Richard Colton
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?


    "Welshie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > the o2 network supports multiple lines aswell


    Since when? Care to quote a source for this?

    AFAIK, only Orange support a Line 2 function in the UK, and only Vodafone
    support multi-SIM (or whatever they call it) where you can have your number
    on two SIM's at the same time.

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  11. #11
    tuned by RÄZO
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?


    Chris Hackett wrote:
    >> "nukeleer" <nukeleer#internode.on.net> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected]...
    >>>> Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones
    >>>> on the market that support multiple phone lines?
    >>>
    >>> Yep.
    >>>
    >>> Start at a Nokia 5110 and work your way up from there.
    >>>
    >>> Every Nokia since has the capability for 2 phone lines.
    >>>
    >>> You need to talk to your SP though.
    >>>
    >>> -mark
    >>>
    >>>

    >> Thanks for the reply. Do you happen to know if that's documented in
    >> the user guide? My provider seemed like an obvious place to start
    >> looking for this information. So I called T-Mobile and asked. I
    >> even called two different locations, and both of them were pretty
    >> clueless about my request. They both insisted that they didn't carry
    >> any such phone.
    >>
    >> Anyway, thanks again for the info. I'll go look at the User Guides
    >> for the phones you mention!
    >>
    >> Chris Hackett


    No..there's no phone with 2 sim card holders that can be used simultaneously
    AFAIK....what he meant was a service called ALS (alternate line service).
    (similar to OL2 - orange line 2).





  12. #12
    Ivor Jones
    Guest

    Re: Multi-Line Cell Phone?


    "tuned by RÄZO" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    >
    > Chris Hackett wrote:
    > >> "nukeleer" <nukeleer#internode.on.net> wrote in message
    > >> news:[email protected]...
    > >>>> Can anyone tell me if there are any reasonably priced cell phones
    > >>>> on the market that support multiple phone lines?
    > >>>
    > >>> Yep.
    > >>>
    > >>> Start at a Nokia 5110 and work your way up from there.
    > >>>
    > >>> Every Nokia since has the capability for 2 phone lines.
    > >>>
    > >>> You need to talk to your SP though.
    > >>>
    > >>> -mark
    > >>>
    > >>>
    > >> Thanks for the reply. Do you happen to know if that's documented in
    > >> the user guide? My provider seemed like an obvious place to start
    > >> looking for this information. So I called T-Mobile and asked. I
    > >> even called two different locations, and both of them were pretty
    > >> clueless about my request. They both insisted that they didn't carry
    > >> any such phone.
    > >>
    > >> Anyway, thanks again for the info. I'll go look at the User Guides
    > >> for the phones you mention!
    > >>
    > >> Chris Hackett

    >
    > No..there's no phone with 2 sim card holders that can be used

    simultaneously
    > AFAIK....what he meant was a service called ALS (alternate line

    service).
    > (similar to OL2 - orange line 2).


    Actually, thinking about it, there is - the Nokia 6090 fixed carphone has
    dual SIM card capability. The "main" SIM is located in the transceiver
    unit fixed in the vehicle and there is another SIM holder in the handset.
    The idea is that fleet owners such as haulage firms can allow the driver
    to insert their own SIM in the handset for private calls and the main SIM
    is then reserved for business calls. Whether incoming calls can be
    received on both simultaneously I have no idea as I have never used one
    and the literature I have doesn't make it clear.

    Ivor






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