[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Moving landline to VOIP

[Harry Forsdick]

It's been a great thread.  Sorry to have hijacked it down a cul de sac and
glad we are back to the original topic!

Thanks for the memory jog to make some progress on a long-standing desire
of mine.  I just ordered a used Panasonic "Link2Cell" cordless phone from
Amazon that I know from several sources on this list and elsewhere in
AI-land will work.

Thanks,

-- Harry



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On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 5:41 PM Peter Shaw via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
wrote:

> It looks like with Ooma, I need to use their base and handsets, $149 for 3
> from Costco, for example.
>
> Magicjack seems to integrate better with existing handsets.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Btw, this has been an interesting thread, I hope useful to others besides
> me.
>
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 5:16 PM Drew King (dking65 at kingconsulting.us) <
> dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:
>
>> I have been using a service called magicJack for about the last 20 years
>> and am very happy especially since it has spam call rejection if you're
>> interested in getting rid of callers that are not real people.
>>
>> It costs $40 per year plus an extra $6 for 911 emergency services.
>>
>> I don't know if Uma provides e911 but magicJack does so if you dial 911
>> your home address will appear on the screen of the police so they will know
>> exactly where you live without having to locate your cell phone.
>>
>> The call rejection feature forces the person that calls you to press a
>> random number between 1 and 0 and if they are a computer they obviously
>> will not be able to press a number on the screen so the call Will Never
>> ring the only calls that ring on your phone are the ones from real people
>> that can press that digit this is an optional feature.
>>
>> There is an app for your cell phone so you can receive calls on your cell
>> phone from your home phone line even if you're not home and it supports
>> text messaging as well.
>>
>> When you buy the adapter it includes your first year of phone service
>> which makes the adapter cost practically nothing.
>>
>> I have the Jack plugged into my router and the phone line goes into the
>> back of a four handset multi-station phone system.
>>
>>
>>
>> You can port your home number or pick a new one.
>>
>> It's small enough that you can even travel with it so if you go on
>> vacation or you're a snowbird you can take it to wherever you go and plug
>> it in and you'll have your home phone line but as I said if you're away
>> from home you can have the app on your cell phone ring when somebody calls
>> your home phone anyway.
>>
>> --
>> Drew King
>>
>>
>>
>> On October 14, 2023 5:14:20 PM EDT, Peter Shaw via LCTG <
>> lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>>
>>> Thoughts on the best options to move my landline over to my Internet
>>> service?
>>>
>>> Google Voice, Ooma, probably others.
>>>
>>> I confess, I'm too late to be even a normal late adopter, but that's
>>> where I am.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>> ===============================================
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