Re: Connect your mobile phone to your home phones

["keyvan2r" <keyvan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick
I am very interested in something like this. Are you happy with the
performance? May be I am being thick (Very likely!) but is not clear
from the website how the device handles calls to/from the cellphone
in relation to wired handsets around the house. Does an incoming
call on the cell ring the wired handsets as though a landline is
calling? I am not that bothered about making outgoing calls through
the mobile using the wired phones..
We live very close to the US embassy in London and cellphone
reception is generally very poor in the Mayfair area - at least for
both my O2 and Vodafone numbers.
Our main TV room is in the basement where reception is just enough
for the phone to ring but too weak for a reliable conversation.
I looked for some kind of booster with an internal antena connected
to an outdoor arial but it all seemed too much with wiring, fixing
etc. and still it may not have worked out.
we use a Panasonic KXTD 816 PBX which is a hybrid - I think that
means we can use both analog and digital handsets. We have 2 ISDN
lines giving us 4 outside lines on one number and 8 DDI to ring
specific extentions. It also has cordless phones/stations which
allow "roaming" between stations. Works well, but the cordless
handsets are really expensive compared to plain DECT ones.
The sockets are all from the cat5 patch and we use the cat5-to-bt
convertors to connect handsets & cordless base stations from wall
sockets.
I would be grateful if could give some more feedback before I buy
one of these. The price seems good. Are there any issues (other
thank 110V)given that it is product intended for the US market?
How does it work in conjunction with a PBX?

Many thanks.

Keyvan
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@l...>
wrote:
>
> I got sick of missing mobile calls because I'd left the phone in
the
> other room when wandering around the house, and got this gadget to
> solve the problem. Thought it might also be of interest to some:
>
> http://www.phonelabs.com
>
> It allows mobile phones to be interconnected with fixed line phones
> around the house, using bluetooth. Although it's not obvious from
the
> website description, you need a PBX to make it work properly. (As
well
> as your own 9V 240V wall wart). The socket on the back of the
> dock'n'talk behaves like a normal phone socket, complete with dial
> tone, only it routes calls to/from your mobile. When plugged into
an
> FXO port on my asterisk box, I can make and receive calls with my
> mobile from any extension in the house, including my desk phone,
> whenever the mobile is within bluetooth range of the base station.
> Very convenient!
>
> Patrick