As we give up land-lines for cell phones, there’s still one useful purpose for the plain-old telephone:\u00a0 providing a number for the entire “household”.<\/p>\n
There are a bunch of cases where a household number is needed:\u00a0 giving an emergency contact number for school\/camp\/etc., having a contact to give the power company\/cable company\/bank, etc.\u00a0 And even mundane cases as having a number your kid’s friends can call, before they have cell phones of their own.<\/p>\n
Google Voice is close to providing this, but seems more focused on the individual than the household.\u00a0 I want a simple menu tree (“Press 1 for Andy, 2 for Kellie, etc.” that routes incoming calls to individual cell phones, inboxes, etc.\u00a0 I want to transfer calls between cell phones, just like I transfer a call at home by having my daughter pick up the phone.<\/p>\n
AND, this should be part of my cell phone provider’s “family plan” (I’d pay extra for it).\u00a0 They could make it stupid-easy by porting existing analog lines when people sign up.<\/p>\n
Why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As we give up land-lines for cell phones, there’s still one useful purpose for the plain-old telephone:\u00a0 providing a number for the entire “household”. There are a bunch of cases where a household number is needed:\u00a0 giving an emergency contact … Continue reading