On Tue 26 May 2009 08:40:02a, told us...

On Thu, 21 May 2009 08:20:36 -0700 (PDT), ransley
wrote:

Several companies sell home phone systems that can I believe use your
cell phone to make and take calls. Anybody know if these work well. It
would be nice to have a desk phone that uses your cell. I saw an ATT
ad.

Why would this be "nice"?
This is reverse technology. Now you have to charge the cellphone more
often. A standard home phone requires no electricity or battery
charging. Technology was originally designed to make life easier, but
reverse technology makes it more difficult. You seem to be choosing
that method.

You can get a home phone for less than $10. Plug it in, and never
fuss with it again. But if you like the battery charging and
replacing routine, and have money to blow on your electric bill, thats
up to you.


Your suggestion is fine if you don't mind being tethered to the phone by a
cord. Personally, I hate that. Cordless land line phones still use
electricity to charge the handset.

What we've done... We have a land line, but it is only connected to our
security system and our fax machine. The line is the most basic with
absolutely no "features". Very inexpensive. We use cell phones
exclusively for communication. Mostly we talk to each other, so no minutes
are used, and we never exceed our allotted minutes even while making long
distance calls. We usually charge our cell phones either in the car or at
work. No increase in our electric bill.

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