Re: What happened to the "old" boat type docking stations, connect a cell phone to your ho

nospam@home.com (Larry W4CSC) wrote in article
<3f809b15.149448815@news.knology.net>:
> I've had many telephone interconnects running from remote SC beaches
> since way before Verizon screwed up the company here. They're all
> Motorola bagphones, mostly TX200's on 11 element beams pointed at
> Charleston so we can keep them from logging onto Savannah or Myrtle
> Beach systems and roaming. The old interconnects provide dialtone and
> battery (ring/tip) like a POTS landline, including ringing voltage to
> all the phones at the beachhouses. Been working great for many years,
> way back when Cellular One of Charleston only had 2 500' AMPS towers.
>
> Of course, AMPS still works better....(c;
Of course it does but you can not support 34 million customers on amps,
but you already know this... When AMPS is finally cut of your gonna be a
sad little puppy.. MB
>
>
> On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 16:53:10 GMT, "Dr. WireMORE"
> <News-nospam-@vzwus.org> wrote:
>
> >We've noticed that the idea of docking stations, allowing one to connect
> >their cell phone to an existing network of home phones seems to have died
> >with the motorola startac's as well as the kyocera 2135/2235. However, we
> >never tried/tested them before, and even if only available cheaply on ebay,
> >we're going to try them.
> >
> >So has anybody else tried the Kyocera "docking station", prefer
> >compatibility with the K2235. I'm imagining a configuration:
> >- docking station
> >- cellular phone
> >- external wilson antenna.
> >- connect to existing phone network, say 1-2 existing phones
> >- AND dropping your local telco
> >
> >Anybody tried this, and been pleased with it.
> >
> >Dr. W More
> >Wireless Consulting and Midwest Master Agent
> >
> >
>
>
> Larry W4CSC
>
> 3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
> gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
> conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

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