More than one phone same number?

Is it possible to have more than one phone with the same number? for example
a Blackberry during the week and a smaller Samsung A500 on weekends. If it
is a possiblity, how would one go about switching back and forth?

"CeeDee" <cdent@primus.ca> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to have more than one phone with the same number? for
> example a Blackberry during the week and a smaller Samsung A500 on
> weekends. If it is a possiblity, how would one go about switching back and
> forth?


I have a GSM Treo 650 and a GSM Moto MPX220. For different purposes, I
simply swap out the sim card....different phones-same number.

Unfortunatly I'm on a CDMA Network with Bell, does that mean it cant be
done?

"Ric Kaysen" <rdkaysen@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> "CeeDee" <cdent@primus.ca> wrote in message
> news:c83fd$42c4725a$cf7032e1$3916@PRIMUS.CA...
>> Is it possible to have more than one phone with the same number? for
>> example a Blackberry during the week and a smaller Samsung A500 on
>> weekends. If it is a possiblity, how would one go about switching back
>> and forth?
>
>
> I have a GSM Treo 650 and a GSM Moto MPX220. For different purposes, I
> simply swap out the sim card....different phones-same number.
>

"CeeDee" <cdent@primus.ca> wrote in message
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> Unfortunatly I'm on a CDMA Network with Bell, does that mean it cant be
> done?


....not an expert, but I don't think so.

CeeDee wrote:
>
> Is it possible to have more than one phone with the same number? for example
> a Blackberry during the week and a smaller Samsung A500 on weekends. If it
> is a possiblity, how would one go about switching back and forth?

There used to be companies, back in the old analog-only days,
that could do it.

I'm not sure if it's even possible with digital.

Notan

forwarding the calls is about the closest youll come to an answer to your
problem. its easy to forward yor phone--snd itd transparent to both you and
the caller.

rbh martin


"CeeDee" <cdent@primus.ca> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to have more than one phone with the same number? for
> example a Blackberry during the week and a smaller Samsung A500 on
> weekends. If it is a possiblity, how would one go about switching back and
> forth?
>

"CeeDee" <cdent@primus.ca> wrote in message
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> Unfortunatly I'm on a CDMA Network with Bell, does that mean it cant be
> done?

Bell??? Bell who??? None of the "Bell" companies use CDMA. Even at that
there are only to Bell companies in the cellular business, SBC and Bell
South and their cellular system is one - Cingular.

As for what you are asking, no there is no way.

"John S." <john@mocha-n-micro-chips.com> wrote in message
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> "CeeDee" <cdent@primus.ca> wrote in message
> news:95c4f$42c47a82$cf7032e1$26900@PRIMUS.CA...
> > Unfortunatly I'm on a CDMA Network with Bell, does that mean it cant be
> > done?
>
> Bell??? Bell who??? None of the "Bell" companies use CDMA. Even at that
> there are only to Bell companies in the cellular business, SBC and Bell
> South and their cellular system is one - Cingular.
>
> As for what you are asking, no there is no way.
>
>

You missed one- Qwest, which does use CDMA.

The world does not end at the US border, there is a BIG country to the north
that has a carrier called BELL and it's CDMA.
"John S." <john@mocha-n-micro-chips.com> wrote in message
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> "CeeDee" <cdent@primus.ca> wrote in message
> news:95c4f$42c47a82$cf7032e1$26900@PRIMUS.CA...
>> Unfortunatly I'm on a CDMA Network with Bell, does that mean it cant be
>> done?
>
> Bell??? Bell who??? None of the "Bell" companies use CDMA. Even at that
> there are only to Bell companies in the cellular business, SBC and Bell
> South and their cellular system is one - Cingular.
>
> As for what you are asking, no there is no way.
>

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> "John S." <john@mocha-n-micro-chips.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "CeeDee" <cdent@primus.ca> wrote in message
>> news:95c4f$42c47a82$cf7032e1$26900@PRIMUS.CA...
>> > Unfortunatly I'm on a CDMA Network with Bell, does that mean it cant be
>> > done?
>>
>> Bell??? Bell who??? None of the "Bell" companies use CDMA. Even at that
>> there are only to Bell companies in the cellular business, SBC and Bell
>> South and their cellular system is one - Cingular.
>>
>> As for what you are asking, no there is no way.
>>
> You missed one- Qwest, which does use CDMA.
>

Qwest isn't a Bell company.

"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:32:56 GMT, "John S."
> <john@mocha-n-micro-chips.com> wrote:

> You need to realize that people who read alt.cellular are not just in
> the US. There is indeed a national carrier in Canada Bell Mobility
> which is indeed a CDMA network. And FYI Verizon is largely composed
> of what was Bell Atlantic as well as the "Airtouch" companies which
> many were originally Bell companies such as Pacific Bell Cellular and
> US West Cellular among others. So yes there is way!

Actually, Verizon is made up of the former GTE and others which were LEC's
along the way. What was Bell Atlantic isn't a part of Verizon. If I remember
correctly it was bought up by what is now SBC.

I concede to Canada, however.
> - -
>

"CeeDee" <cdent@primus.ca> wrote in message
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> The world does not end at the US border, there is a BIG country to the
> north that has a carrier called BELL and it's CDMA.

As I was reminded in the message just before this one.

John S. wrote:

> Actually, Verizon is made up of the former GTE and others which were LEC's
> along the way. What was Bell Atlantic isn't a part of Verizon. If I remember
> correctly it was bought up by what is now SBC.

You don't remember correctly.

Bell Atlantic + GTE = Verizon

Bell Atlantic Mobile + most of GTE Wireless + most of Vodafone AirTouch +
Primeco = original Verizon Wireless (I say most because some markets had to
be divested)

SBC Ameritech Cellular + SBC PacBell Mobility + SBC Southwestern Bell
Mobility + SBC CellularONE + BellSouth Mobility + BellSouth DCS = original
Cingular (SBC sold the C1 brand to Western Wireless which is now part of
Alltel, and rebranded all the C1 stores they owned)

I might have missed one or two components of Cingular but that *should* be
all of them. Did Southern New England Telephone (now part of SBC) ever do
cellular?

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Steve Sobol wrote:
>
> John S. wrote:
>
> > Actually, Verizon is made up of the former GTE and others which were LEC's
> > along the way. What was Bell Atlantic isn't a part of Verizon. If I remember
> > correctly it was bought up by what is now SBC.
>
> You don't remember correctly.
>
> Bell Atlantic + GTE = Verizon
>
> Bell Atlantic Mobile + most of GTE Wireless + most of Vodafone AirTouch +
> Primeco = original Verizon Wireless (I say most because some markets had to
> be divested)
>
> SBC Ameritech Cellular + SBC PacBell Mobility + SBC Southwestern Bell
> Mobility + SBC CellularONE + BellSouth Mobility + BellSouth DCS = original
> Cingular (SBC sold the C1 brand to Western Wireless which is now part of
> Alltel, and rebranded all the C1 stores they owned)
>
> I might have missed one or two components of Cingular but that *should* be
> all of them. Did Southern New England Telephone (now part of SBC) ever do
> cellular?

Where does AirTouch Cellular, becoming Verizon, fit in?

Notan

I wrote:

>>Bell Atlantic Mobile + most of GTE Wireless + most of Vodafone AirTouch +
>>Primeco = original Verizon Wireless (I say most because some markets had to
>>be divested)

Notan asked:

> Where does AirTouch Cellular, becoming Verizon, fit in?

Vodafone AirTouch. Vodafone had already purchased AirTouch by the time of
the VZ megamerger. I did include them.

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