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#5 : Posted by Joan on July 16th, 2020:

I have a landline connection from Sprint. It came with a phone. The phone broke . We have no phone but still have the service and number. If you call my number from another phone it rings and goes to my message. What kind of phone can I buy to connect to my landline? I have the phone jack in my wall in kitchen. Confused.

-> Response: I think this is Sprint's fixed wireless plan you are referring to. Did they also send you a small wireless device that the phone connected to?
I would contact Sprint to get a replacement phone. If you have a cell phone with Bluetooth you can likely pair it with the Sprint fixed wireless device they gave you to receive calls on that number too.

 

#4 : Posted by Pete Vartiainen on August 3rd, 2019:

If you want switch and keep your landline phones and phone number how would it work with VolP and how much would it cost?

-> Response: The actual monthly service will be under $10, less if you sign up for an annual plan.
Porting your number will either be free or certainly under $10. The adapter you need for your current landline phone will be free or around $10. This acts as a bridge between your Internet service and your analog phone. i.e. converts the analog phone signal to digital and sends it over the Internet.
This assumes you already have Internet as that is a requirement.

 

#3 : Posted by Richard Sens on December 11th, 2018:

What is the cost of the equipment that I have to buy to connect to 1-Volp?

-> Response: 1voip usually has good offers such as free equipment. The equipment is an Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) that connects between your analog phone and your Internet modem/router so your calls can be sent over the Internet.

 

#2 : Posted by Michael F Charles on November 16th, 2018:

How can I connect my cell phone to something to interface my cell phone to my hard wired telephones around the inside of our house, to replace land line service?

-> Response: That's actually a really good question! There is a way to do this, but you need DECT cordless phones that have Bluetooth functionality. It is a feature that is often called Link to Mobile. Basically you would have your cell phone near the DECT cordless base station and it would connect over Bluetooth and then the base would connect wirelessly to all the other cordless phones in your house. It's also a great way to extend the range of your cell phone around your home. We added this to the main article as it's actually a really good addition.

 

#1 : Posted by John on June 18th, 2016:

I am disabled and use an On-Screen Keyboard and Trackball. We have a landline phone and I want to set up my phone extension to use the PC trackball and monitor to operate the phone on a software displayed phone screen. I have tested several phones and have not found one I can operate. The internet is still less reliable than a landline phone,so I prefer keeping the landline. Any recommendations?

-> Response: I think VoIP would be your best option to get something working from the PC trackball. Doing this using a landline would be hard due to the nature of that technology (i.e. analog).
However, I also realize that although VoIP is very reliable these days, it is still tough to beat a landline and the fact that it is powered really helps in emergency situations. Also because of your disability a landline may give you peace of mind.
It may be worth keeping a landline for emergency situations (or a cell phone could be used for this if you have access to one that you can operate).
In the meantime you could try getting VoIP up and running (low cost) and monitor it for a number of months to get confidence with it. I would look at a PC soft phone for this. One to look at is Bria from Counterpath. It is very good software and relatively inexpensive to buy a license for. You could then find a VoIP provider that supports Bria (many do) and sign up for service and kick the tires. As I recall, Bria actually has a list of supported providers. The beauty here is that you can use the trackball to dial the phone number and there is a call detail history so over time you can just click on the contact.
I think it would be tough to do this for an analog landline. Even if you found a way to do this with special hardware/software on your PC to then connect with an analog landline you would lose the benefit of a landline (e.g. power goes out, landline still works but not your pc).
Another option, if you have good cell coverage, is just to use a cell phone for your calling. You could use the speech recognition software on smartphones to call people e.g. OK google call... or Siri call...just a thought.

 

 


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