Home phone- what technology do you use?

[Wayne M.]

We have a land line with wireless phones but I keep an old push button around. In 2004 Hurricane Charlie damaged most of the cell towers and knocked out electric and water( So much wind and rain the trees fell down pulling the roots out of the ground). Family kept calling our cell's had to tell them to call the land line (cells were breaking up).

I remember Charlie- that was a tough one. Winter Park is near Disney right? How did they fare in that storm?

 

[mwilson]

I have reliable old copper landline at the house.

We have portable house units (4) and one wired unit that we use during a power failure. Also have a pair of cellphones, my wife uses hers for her business. I use mine a little, more now that I am working from home.

The phone system at work allows me to forward calls from my extension there to my cell phone so that comes in handy.

We did upgrade the cells to unlimited calls and text a while back and we use those for any long distance calls.



This is my house system, it will bluetooth with both cell phones. That way you can answer any call, cell or landline, from the portable handset. You call also call out by selecting the phone you want. It is also designed to work with cellphones without any landline in the same fashion.





Overview...



http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Resource+Articles/null/pcmcat219000050039.c?id=pcmcat219000050039



My system...



http://www.bestbuy.com/site/PANASON...p?id=1218864994808&skuId=8181143#tab=overview



Mike.

 

[Wayne M.]

"This is my house system, it will bluetooth with both cell phones. That way you can answer any call, cell or landline, from the portable handset. You call also call out by selecting the phone you want. It is also designed to work with cellphones without any landline in the same fashion. "

Yes, our cordless works like that too and we have both our cells tied in. Unfortunately if you try to locate one or the other by calling one or the other, EVERYTHING. Rings! Lol.

 

[BIGNASTY]

You have an interesting situation, because first I'm surprised you have any cell service at your place. Second, I'm sure someone had to live there before you- maybe before cell technology and there wasn't copper run in off the main road at some point.

Wayne we only live 10 miles out of town and the nearest cell tower is MAYBE 4miles away toward town, We do have some kind of booster signal box mounted on the house that gave us lots better coverage. Use to be that we needed to have the cone hats like in the picture and stand with a coat hanger up our butt, with the booster we can be anyplace on our 35 acres the FIL 200 acres and the BIL 165 acres (there are a few exceptions ) and get cell service. we live with a hill between us and the road and the signal gets blocked if not for the booster it allows me to get calls and use the phone while im in the shop 200yards away from the house.

My Wife's Grandfather had owned the property sense he was a young man, actually he had about 800 acres but sold off some, and gave the FIL 400 acres and he gave his son MY BIL 200 acres and he sold us 35 acres. FIL is in his late 80's so I REALLY DOUBT THAT ANYONE HAD LIVED HERE BEFORE THEM!!!! FIL has a hard wire phone because of his occupation he had to have and now that my BIL has taken over his business HE has a hard wire phone. If OUR cell phone goes out ITS A HAPPY DAY FOR ME!!! but if we REALLY NEED TO GET OUT and it does go out we can use the old Indian phone

 

[Wayne M.]

LOL, that's a common argument in this area- "who was here first" and the answer usually gets down to THE INDIANS. Well, I guess Penny wins that one... ..... Here it was the Lenape. I don't know of any left. cell service miles away from a tower is impressive. I have heard of boosters supplied by the carriers- I guess that's what you have. Around here the population is so dense, they cant put up powerful towers (I'm guessing) but there a lot of em. And still there are dead spots. That's why I assumed cell service is out of the question.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I was told by the technician that came out to the house to install the booster and the Hughes Net that the Cell towers will most generally be 5 miles apart so as your traveling the phone jumps from tower to tower, I think that is how he explained it to me I was a little preoccupied when he was installing things but it seems like it might be true cause on the other side of town about 4 or 5 miles is another tower. I haven't really looked for other's but at the intersection of Hwy 200 and 83 there is a REAL BIG ONE at the DOT scales that is also some of the State hwy communications im sure some 15 or so miles away

 

[BIGNASTY]

LOL, that's a common argument in this area- "who was here first" and the answer usually gets down to THE INDIANS. Well, I guess Penny wins that one... ..... Here it was the Lenape. I don't know of any left. cell service miles away from a tower is impressive. I have heard of boosters supplied by the carriers- I guess that's what you have. Around here the population is so dense, they cant put up powerful towers (I'm guessing) but there a lot of em. And still there are dead spots. That's why I assumed cell service is out of the question.

I think that the Blackfeet have us beat as far as WHO WAS HERE FIRST 6,500 BC is a pretty long time ago


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The Piegan Blackfeet (Aamsskáápipikani (Southern Piikáni/Peigan) or simply as Piikáni in Blackfoot) are a tribe of Native Americans of the Algonquian language family based in Montana, having lived in this area since around 6,500 BC. Many members of the tribe live as part of the Blackfeet Nation in northwestern Montana, with population centered in Browning. According to the 1990 US census, there are 32,234 Blackfeet. [1] Three other tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy are First Nations located in Alberta, Canada.

 

[Regcabguy]

Smoke signals and a backup tincan telephone here.