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Mobile Sim As Basis for DECT home phone?

77Frog

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I note that I can easily get an unlimited call mobile sim for less than a landline call package so as the heading says can I use a mobile sim connection as an always on, and leave alone, source for my DECT home phone system?

PAYG call plans such as A&A would work out much more expensive.

Having to constantly recharge a mobile phone as the basis for this would not work.
 
I would hazard a guess of probably not. Though your logic might be a bit faulty. If you use a mobile phone, it's going to be on charge. A DECT phone will also need to be sat on charge. It makes zero difference.
 
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I would hazard a guess of probably not. Though your logic might be a bit faulty. If you use a mobile phone, it's going to be on charge. A DECT phone will also need to be sat on charge. It makes zero difference.
+1. Just cut the middleman and use the always-on mobile instead.
That said, there are various 4G routers out there with RJ11 sockets for phones, it's potentially something you could test connecting your DECT system into.
 
+1. Just cut the middleman and use the always-on mobile instead.
That said, there are various 4G routers out there with RJ11 sockets for phones, it's potentially something you could test connecting your DECT system into.
To add to that though, the majority don't support VoLTE very well and then could run into issues with the 3G switch off. Most 4G and 5G routers don't support 2G at all. It's why I didn't mention that one as a solution.
 
To add to that though, the majority don't support VoLTE very well and then could run into issues with the 3G switch off. Most 4G and 5G routers don't support 2G at all. It's why I didn't mention that one as a solution.
Very good points!
 
To add to that though, the majority don't support VoLTE very well and then could run into issues with the 3G switch off. Most 4G and 5G routers don't support 2G at all. It's why I didn't mention that one as a solution.
When I used my Huawei B525 router with a DECT phone many moons ago, it always dropped to 3G when accepting or making calls, but on hanging up it remained there and would never return to 4G unless you rebooted the router, so it was always 'busy' if you forgot to reboot.

Apart from that palaver, I used it fine for my main phone for quite a while, I thought it was quite marvellous being able to do that, these were the days.😊
 
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Wow that was fast! Thank you all.

1. Using an always on mobile won't work. We have one old mobile but use landline phones throughout the house.

2. I hadn't realised that some 4g routers had RJ11 sockets that I could connect to the home phone line system. I will investigate. This whole idea is for calls only and not data.

3. How do i find out which mobile network has the best (most reliable) connection at our rural & poorly served property? The coverage charts are pretty well useless.
 
Wow that was fast! Thank you all.

1. Using an always on mobile won't work. We have one old mobile but use landline phones throughout the house.

2. I hadn't realised that some 4g routers had RJ11 sockets that I could connect to the home phone line system. I will investigate. This whole idea is for calls only and not data.

3. How do i find out which mobile network has the best (most reliable) connection at out rural & poorly served property? The coverage charts are pretty well useless.
What's your post code? I'm sure we can take a look and see what appears to be best from a variety of sources.
 
77.

I am not sure what you want to do but are you aware of this:-


And this:-

I use the Panny device. My wife and I put our cellphones near the base station and we can use them from any phone in the house. Plus our copper BT landline.

When the copper is confiscated we will port the number to someone like A&A and either link to A&A with Softphone or use an ATA adaptor to feed the Panny hub.

Any use?

Tony
 
3. How do i find out which mobile network has the best (most reliable) connection at our rural & poorly served property? The coverage charts are pretty well useless.
Get SIMs for all the networks and try it. You won't even need to top them up, they'll accept incoming calls without credit.

Though given the cost of additional equipment, how much are you actually likely to save?
 
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Wow that was fast! Thank you all.

1. Using an always on mobile won't work. We have one old mobile but use landline phones throughout the house.

2. I hadn't realised that some 4g routers had RJ11 sockets that I could connect to the home phone line system. I will investigate. This whole idea is for calls only and not data.

3. How do i find out which mobile network has the best (most reliable) connection at our rural & poorly served property? The coverage charts are pretty well useless.
What phone are you using? We found a free eSIM site yesterday which works on all 4 networks confirmed and you can check with it what's the best network.

If your device doesn't support eSIM, I think it's best getting some PAYG SIMs or find the Scancom SIMs that support all 4 networks.
 
77.

I am not sure what you want to do but are you aware of this:-


And this:-

I use the Panny device. My wife and I put our cellphones near the base station and we can use them from any phone in the house. Plus our copper BT landline.

When the copper is confiscated we will port the number to someone like A&A and either link to A&A with Softphone or use an ATA adaptor to feed the Panny hub.

Any use?

Tony
Any of those speak Volte?
 
Once again thank you all.

I now have lots of ideas to consider. As a starter I am requesting PAYG Sim cards from the major networks.
 
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"I think what he is trying to say is whether they support 4G calling (more commonly referred to Voice over LTE)."

What I was pointing to was a variety of bluetooth devices to connect a cellphone to an existing system. Surely it is the cellphone itself that has, or does not have, 4G?
 
"I think what he is trying to say is whether they support 4G calling (more commonly referred to Voice over LTE)."

What I was pointing to was a variety of bluetooth devices to connect a cellphone to an existing system. Surely it is the cellphone itself that has, or does not have, 4G?
I'm getting confused.

Not all 4G-enabled devices allow you to call via 4G. Some will drop down to 2G (on EE and Vodafone) and some will drop down to 3G (on O2 and Three) to make a call.

It's a bit of a concern for the future considering 2G and 3G switchoff
 
"We found a free eSIM site yesterday which works on all 4 networks confirmed and you can check with it what's the best network."

What is it, please?
 
"We found a free eSIM site yesterday which works on all 4 networks confirmed and you can check with it what's the best network."

What is it, please?
Seeek

You can't make calls or texts with it but it gives you 3GB a month and works on all 4 networks so you could manually lock onto each one and you should be able to see the best one by the speeds
 
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