Info needed on docking station

[poplar1]

Looking for a device that will pick up a cell phone signal and allow connection of "real" rotary or Touch-Tone telephones. I don't currently have cell phone service, but Metro PCS is offering unlimited calling for $25 per month including taxes and junk fees.

[Owain]

they're usually called premicells or fixed cellular terminals, eg

http://www.westlake.co.uk/store/acatalog/Cellroute.html

even has an off-hook Howler tone :-) However says call control is DTMF, so I suspect no loop-disconnect dialling.

[AE_Collector]

Wouldn't a VOIP ATA adapter likely be less expensive still and most offer unlimited calling within North America don't they? Of course you need high speed internet service for that though.

Terry

[twocvbloke]

I've often looked at premicells/GSM Adaptors/cellular terminals, one of my dreams is to live on a narrowboat, and to have a proper telephone aboard, and having a wall phone by the controls at the helm would be fun that could be picked up when chugging down the english canals....

They're a great idea if you're not too keen on fixed landlines though, using them you could literally have a mobile telephone if you wired one up in your car, although I think the bells in the average 500 telephone would probably cause a few crashes when they ring due to the sudden surprise of the noise...

[AE_Collector]

And you don't likely want to be in a crash while driving a 2cv!

[twocvbloke]

And you don't likely want to be in a crash while driving a 2cv!

Well, if the hype is to be believed, you wouldn't be going fast enough to put a dent in soft butter in the event of a crash in a 2CV...