I want to lose my land line

At this point it seems to make sense to not pay my local phone company any
longer. I have excellent coverage with Cingular's GSM service in Atlanta,
including anywhere in my house.

My plan is this:
- switch my dsl to cable modem
- lose my land line completely

The one solution I'd like to find would be some sort of docking station for
my GSM phone that would, when the phone is attached, activate the land lines
within my home to allow the use of a regular handset over the GSM line.
Does such a product exist? If not, why? It seems so simple other than the
local phone companies' resistance since it would essentially render them
obsolete. The docking station could even be a bluetooth device so that it
would be compatible with a variety of phones and would allow dial signals
from the POTS phones to go out through the GSM phone. A company offering
such a product could make a mint.

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There isn't such a device and don't plan on one coming along any time soon either. There would be way to much money lost by both the cellphone manufacturer and the service provider.

I'm a perfect example of how they would loose money.

I no longer have any lan lines in my house. I have a cellphone that is the house phone (Audio 9900), and one that is in my office (Moto V710). I use a LG VX8000 as my cellphone, my wife has a LG VX4500, and my daughter has a LG VX3200.

Now, using your make believe device, the manufacturer's would have lost all the money on the sales of at least two if not three of the phones I have. The Service Provider (being Verizon) would lose all the money they are getting off me for the family share plan I have (that's every month to at $10 a phone). Now multiply that by say a million (very conservative number).

Do you honestly think the either the manufacturer or the provider is going to let something like that happen?

See http://www.cellsocket.com/ for a device that appears to do pretty much
what you want.

"jc" <johnc_22 @ yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> At this point it seems to make sense to not pay my local phone company any
> longer. I have excellent coverage with Cingular's GSM service in Atlanta,
> including anywhere in my house.
>
> My plan is this:
> - switch my dsl to cable modem
> - lose my land line completely
>
> The one solution I'd like to find would be some sort of docking station
> for my GSM phone that would, when the phone is attached, activate the land
> lines within my home to allow the use of a regular handset over the GSM
> line. Does such a product exist? If not, why? It seems so simple other
> than the local phone companies' resistance since it would essentially
> render them obsolete. The docking station could even be a bluetooth
> device so that it would be compatible with a variety of phones and would
> allow dial signals from the POTS phones to go out through the GSM phone.
> A company offering such a product could make a mint.
>

"bossdragon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Now, using your make believe device, the manufacturer's would have lost
> all the money on the sales of at least two if not three of the phones I
> have. The Service Provider (being Verizon) would lose all the money
> they are getting off me for the family share plan I have (that's every
> month to at $10 a phone). Now multiply that by say a million (very
> conservative number).

Your scenario only takes into consideration that the phone company would
develop this ability. In reality it's extremely common place for 3rd parties
to make devices that make other devices better. If _I_ were to make a plug
in that fed cell calls (via bluetooth for example) into a land line, how
many millions do you thing I'd make?

While companies who have capital invested in a certain technology (TelCo)
resist change, change does occur and those companies venture out into other
realms. The cigarette companies are an example... care to know what they are
investing in these days?

What is the model number of your phone ?

Another device is :
PhoneLabs Dock-N-Talk
http://www.anything4wireless.com/ind...ATS&Category=7

look here for details of several devices
http://www.sinesys.com/pages/rfc1_wireless.html


this device combines the phone and RJ11 adapter in one device
http://store.yahoo.com/satphonestore/tephsxfiwite.html

In message <[email protected]> bossdragon
<[email protected]> wrote:

>There isn't such a device and don't plan on one coming along any time
>soon either. There would be way to much money lost by both the
>cellphone manufacturer and the service provider.
>
>I'm a perfect example of how they would loose money.
>
>I no longer have any lan lines in my house. I have a cellphone that is
>the house phone (Audio 9900), and one that is in my office (Moto V710).
>I use a LG VX8000 as my cellphone, my wife has a LG VX4500, and my
>daughter has a LG VX3200.
>
>Now, using your make believe device, the manufacturer's would have lost
>all the money on the sales of at least two if not three of the phones I
>have. The Service Provider (being Verizon) would lose all the money
>they are getting off me for the family share plan I have (that's every
>month to at $10 a phone). Now multiply that by say a million (very
>conservative number).
>
>Do you honestly think the either the manufacturer or the provider is
>going to let something like that happen?

*cough* http://www.cellsocket.com/ *cough*


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steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

Very cool. The Dock-N-Talk does it all including bluetooth. The press
reviews they have on the Phone Labs site seem very positive. I guess people
just haven't figured out how much money they could save this way,
particularly in large metro areas where cell coverage is mostly excellent.
I figure to save at the very least $35/month.

I'm about to buy a new cell phone so knowing about this helps my decision
making quite a bit as I'll want one with which the Dock-N-Talk is
compatible.

Thanks!

"Stanley Reynolds" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What is the model number of your phone ?
>
> Another device is :
> PhoneLabs Dock-N-Talk
> http://www.anything4wireless.com/ind...ATS&Category=7
>
> look here for details of several devices
> http://www.sinesys.com/pages/rfc1_wireless.html
>
>
> this device combines the phone and RJ11 adapter in one device
> http://store.yahoo.com/satphonestore/tephsxfiwite.html
>
>
>
>

On Sun, 15 May 2005 11:45:38 -0400, "jc" <johnc_22 @ yahoo.com> wrote:

>At this point it seems to make sense to not pay my local phone company any
>longer. I have excellent coverage with Cingular's GSM service in Atlanta,
>including anywhere in my house.
>
>My plan is this:
>- switch my dsl to cable modem
>- lose my land line completely
>
>The one solution I'd like to find would be some sort of docking station for
>my GSM phone that would, when the phone is attached, activate the land lines
>within my home to allow the use of a regular handset over the GSM line.
>Does such a product exist? If not, why? It seems so simple other than the
>local phone companies' resistance since it would essentially render them
>obsolete. The docking station could even be a bluetooth device so that it
>would be compatible with a variety of phones and would allow dial signals
>from the POTS phones to go out through the GSM phone. A company offering
>such a product could make a mint.

There are a number of products just like what you asked for. Cingular
even sells one, but it is not nearly as featured as the others.

One is called Celldock, one called Dock-N-Talk, there are others. I
saw some at a Radio Shack in Tucson, AZ. There are some for sale on
ebay.