Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..
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@Dashrender said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
What's really funny here is - Dustin's younger than me, I think around 32'ish, and while not a millennial, perhaps just at that cutoff where people really don't use the phone much anymore.
I'm surprised his gf is still trying to contact him on a phone and not through some type of messaging. Granted that messaging could be SMS, they are old enough where that's probably their main chat choice (my wife and I bounce equally between SMS and FB chat - on phone SMS, on computer FB) so Dustin would still have to go to his phone where ever it might be.
We tend to bounce back and forth (@art_of_shred and I that is) between skype and Imessage (texting). Why not just use skype?
you can setup an account. Sign in on all devices and just do skype to skype calls.... works across multiple devices, syncs well and well you can call it and it's free.... -
@Minion-Queen See my previous post as to why alternatives aren't used.
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@DustinB3403 said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Dashrender Text and phone is all I use.
I'm a FB ninja, and my gf refuses to get a smart phone as it costs so much more than her flip phone. Which takes 20 minutes to type a SMS on.
well that is just annoying. So still do skype but get a skype number. Incredibly cheap, syncs between your phone and multiple devices all at the same time.
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@DustinB3403 said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Dashrender Text and phone is all I use.
I'm a FB ninja, and my gf refuses to get a smart phone as it costs so much more than her flip phone. Which takes 20 minutes to type a SMS on.
LOL - wow... OK well then, I guess you're screwed. I wonder if a smart phone on a non data plan would solve the SMS issue, of course that wouldn't solve your running for the phone thing, but maybe it's not the running, it's the requirement to call back that's really the issue.
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@Minion-Queen said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@DustinB3403 said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Dashrender Text and phone is all I use.
I'm a FB ninja, and my gf refuses to get a smart phone as it costs so much more than her flip phone. Which takes 20 minutes to type a SMS on.
well that is just annoying. So still do skype but get a skype number. Incredibly cheap, syncs between your phone and multiple devices all at the same time.
Interesting - is it cheaper than a VOIP.MS DID?
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Simply put, she is content with the hardware she uses (a simple cell phone).
I on the other hand, am lazy at times, and just don't want to run for my cell phone if I leave it in the bed room charging.
I always have a device around me, just not always my cell.
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@DustinB3403 said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Dashrender Text and phone is all I use.
I'm a FB ninja, and my gf refuses to get a smart phone as it costs so much more than her flip phone. Which takes 20 minutes to type a SMS on.
My fiance is the same way. I feel you
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@DustinB3403 said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Dashrender Text and phone is all I use.
I'm a FB ninja, and my gf refuses to get a smart phone as it costs so much more than her flip phone. Which takes 20 minutes to type a SMS on.
Straight Talk is $45 a month for 5GB of data and unlimited calling and texting.
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@Dashrender said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Minion-Queen said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@DustinB3403 said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Dashrender Text and phone is all I use.
I'm a FB ninja, and my gf refuses to get a smart phone as it costs so much more than her flip phone. Which takes 20 minutes to type a SMS on.
well that is just annoying. So still do skype but get a skype number. Incredibly cheap, syncs between your phone and multiple devices all at the same time.
Interesting - is it cheaper than a VOIP.MS DID?
No that was me being sarcastic for her reasoning to not use a smart phone. Even a smart phone without internet service is so many times better (with wifi only) as it could be setup with that.
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@stacksofplates said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@DustinB3403 said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Dashrender Text and phone is all I use.
I'm a FB ninja, and my gf refuses to get a smart phone as it costs so much more than her flip phone. Which takes 20 minutes to type a SMS on.
Straight Talk is $45 a month for 5GB of data and unlimited calling and texting.
Yeah that was my next suggestion. She is the issue not you. The fact that she refuses to get a real phone is the problem. There are so many free to cheap ways to connect if she updates.
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@DustinB3403 you can route your DID at VoIP.ms however you want.
You would create a sub account for each device. Add all the sub accounts to a ring group.
Then set the destination of the DID to be the ring group.
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I have IOS devices all over the place here and laptops. So no matter what someone calls me on I have them all linked via my ITunes account and all have Skype on them, FB messenger on them all etc. So people can call my one number get all my devices and I can answer a call or they can reach me via messaging and I get it everywhere.
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@Minion-Queen said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
I have IOS devices all over the place here and laptops. So no matter what someone calls me on I have them all linked via my ITunes account and all have Skype on them, FB messenger on them all etc. So people can call my one number get all my devices and I can answer a call or they can reach me via messaging and I get it everywhere.
That is essentially my goal, to be able to be reached on any of my devices.
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@JaredBusch said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@DustinB3403 you can route your DID at VoIP.ms however you want.
You would create a sub account for each device. Add all the sub accounts to a ring group.
Then set the destination of the DID to be the ring group.
Ok off topic, I didn't realize you could do all of that through their service alone. Why use a local PBX for most places at all then?
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@DustinB3403 said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Minion-Queen said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
I have IOS devices all over the place here and laptops. So no matter what someone calls me on I have them all linked via my ITunes account and all have Skype on them, FB messenger on them all etc. So people can call my one number get all my devices and I can answer a call or they can reach me via messaging and I get it everywhere.
That is essentially my goal, to be able to be reached on any of my devices.
Telegram
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@JaredBusch said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@DustinB3403 you can route your DID at VoIP.ms however you want.
You would create a sub account for each device. Add all the sub accounts to a ring group.
Then set the destination of the DID to be the ring group.
So get a single DID, create multiple sub groups for my devices, and create a single ring group, that gets rung if she calls the "home phone".
Then it rings everything.
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@stacksofplates I'd imagine that if everything is hosted remotely, if you lose connection you would not be able to dial internally which can be a big problem for businesses
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@DustinB3403 said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
@Minion-Queen said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
I have IOS devices all over the place here and laptops. So no matter what someone calls me on I have them all linked via my ITunes account and all have Skype on them, FB messenger on them all etc. So people can call my one number get all my devices and I can answer a call or they can reach me via messaging and I get it everywhere.
That is essentially my goal, to be able to be reached on any of my devices.
Again make her get a smart phone! Get her one for Christmas heck an IPOD that only works on wifi would be better than her flip phone
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So... You can get unlimited talk, text, and wifi data for 15$ a month via Republic Wireless. You can get a Moto E for just over 100$. She would have the same functionality she has now but with the added benefit of being able to text more easily. For 5$ more a month you can get 1GB of data (the plan I have) so she can actually do smartphone-esque things.
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@stacksofplates said in Digital Home Phones - Because sometimes the cell phone is just out of reach..:
Ok off topic, I didn't realize you could do all of that through their service alone. Why use a local PBX for most places at all then?
Because it is tie in to your provider. I prefer to have multiple options for calls.
But really for a basic thing like @DustinB3403 wants, this is the simplest technical solution to his SO issue.
