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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 396.1 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed Nov 02 1994 13:56 | 6 |
| 396.2 | | POWDML::SELIG | | Thu Jan 02 1997 10:38 | 14 |
| 396.3 | As soon as the portable was activated, bag was shut off | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Jan 02 1997 10:54 | 3 |
| 396.4 | | MD::WASSER | John A. Wasser | Thu Jan 02 1997 15:32 | 16 |
| 396.5 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Jan 02 1997 16:58 | 17 |
| 396.6 | CELLONE'S PLAN | PENUTS::COMEAU | | Fri Jan 31 1997 12:45 | 15 |
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I have this on my two phones with Cellone. The cost for
the first phone is determined by whatever plan you subscribe
to. The second phone has the exact same service as the first
and the cost for that one is $16.95 per month. All the additional
air and land charges add up just as if you were using one phone
for all the calls.
DAC
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| 396.7 | | skylab.zko.dec.com::FISHER | Gravity: Not just a good idea. It's the law! | Fri Jan 31 1997 16:31 | 4 |
| Which phone rings when you call?
Burns
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| 396.8 | Works | PENUTS::COMEAU | | Mon Feb 03 1997 12:33 | 13 |
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Both.
The one who picks it up first gets it. If one is
being used the other gets a busy signal if you
try to make a call.
DAC
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| 396.9 | | MSBCS::BROCK | Son of a Beech | Tue Feb 04 1997 09:23 | 2 |
| Other than unifying the phone number, what is the advantage if the
second phone is the same charge as the first?
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| 396.10 | JUST LIKE AN EXTENSION AT HOME | PENUTS::COMEAU | | Tue Feb 04 1997 12:00 | 21 |
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Convience only.
Its designed to be like an extension in your home not a second
phone.
If your in the cellar and the phone rings you pick up the
extension so you don't have to run upstairs. While your
on the extension somebody else can't pick up another
phone and make a call. If you want to be able to do that
you need to have two separate phones/numbers in you home.
DAC
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| 396.11 | | BUSY::SLAB | Buzzword Bingo | Tue Feb 04 1997 13:00 | 6 |
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Can both phones be used to listen to a conversation?
I know you can't use both for separate calls, but how about both
being used for the same call?
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| 396.12 | Too Many Cellular Numbers | UCXAXP::MYTH | M. T. Hollinger | Tue Feb 04 1997 13:17 | 37 |
| I would imagine the biggest applications for such a scheme are:
1) Someone with a permanently-installed 3-watt car phone who
also wants a handheld phone.
2) Someone with car phones installed in multiple cars (such
as a convertible for summer driving and a winter 4x4).
If you think in terms of incoming calls, the companion phone probably
makes more sense. Consider the following extreme case:
You're enrolling your special-needs child in school, and you need to
provide phone numbers where you can be reached in an emergency. This
is a troublesome kid, prone to lots of emergencies, so you give them:
Home phone
Work phone
Wife's work phone
Summer car phone
Winter car phone
Wife's car phone
Portable flip phone
Wife's flip phone
But, do you really think they'll have the patience to try all those
numbers, in an emergency? Having just one or two cellular numbers
would be a lot easier than having four or five.
Flip phones with 3-watt booster kits are another answer to this
problem, as are schemes which automatically ring your home phone a few
times, then your cellular phone a few times, then go to voice mail and
beep your pager to alert you to the message. But booster kits are
expensive, and some callers won't wait for 6 or 7 rings while your
various phones are tried in sequence -- they'll just hang up before
they ever get to your voice mail.
- MyTH
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| 396.13 | APPLICATION 1 FITS ME | PENUTS::COMEAU | | Tue Feb 04 1997 16:10 | 18 |
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When one phone is in use the other cannot listen in.
As described in the previous note:
My wife has the installed car phone and I have the
handheld. We never conflict because of our schedules. The
only drawback sofar is one weekend I was in my car and
wanted to call her in hers. The phones can't call each
other.
DAC
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