Having a Cell Phone ONLY with NO Land Line?

[Sonya]

Ok I am a little slow explain this to me I have Verizon and a blackberry so I can still use a desktop and get online with just my phone?

As long as you have internet access through your phone (3G), you should be able to. I do not have a blackberry though, it's called a smartphone. Since laptops have built in wireless routers, you won't need anything special for the laptop, however, most desktops do not have an internal wireless router, you can buy one at an electronic store (best buy, staples, etc) for about $30-40, it just plugs into your usb port. You don't have to have anything connected from phone to computers, as long as your phone is in the general area of the computer you are using it will work. I have also heard people refer to "mobile hotspot" as "tethering". You can have up to three computers at once tethered to your phone as long as you have 3G access. It's very cool and works way better than satellite, it is pretty fast too, not as fast as cable internet, but faster that sat or dialup. Intense downloading may be a problem though. I can watch you tubes, download songs, etc, but am not able to download a movie or something large like that (which I couldn't do with my satellite anyhow)

 

[hobbyhorse23]

I live by my cell as my main contact number but would keep at least a basic landline for emergencies and, as others have said, to have a non-personal number to give to companies and other people I don't want to be able to reach me at all hours of the night. I do wonder how people with kids do it these days as I don't want my grade schooler's little friends calling my cell for playdates! Used to be they'd just call the house while now they have to call a specific parent.

Seems odd to me.

I do not have a blackberry though, it's called a smartphone.

Blackberries are smart phones the same way a Dodge Ram, Ford F250 and Chevy Silverado are all trucks.

It's just a classification that means the phone does email, the web, all that non-phone stuff!

Leia

 

[Sonya]

Blackberries are smart phones the same way a Dodge Ram, Ford F250 and Chevy Silverado are all trucks.

It's just a classification that means the phone does email, the web, all that non-phone stuff!

Leia

I know my friends blackberry can not do alot of the things my phone does and he has verizon as well...his phone did not have the mobile hotspot option but perhaps they have come out with one that can.

 

[~Lisa~]

Interesting.. I will check it out thanks so much

 

[CharlesFamily]

I live by my cell as my main contact number but would keep at least a basic landline for emergencies and, as others have said, to have a non-personal number to give to companies and other people I don't want to be able to reach me at all hours of the night. I do wonder how people with kids do it these days as I don't want my grade schooler's little friends calling my cell for playdates! Used to be they'd just call the house while now they have to call a specific parent.

Seems odd to me.

Leia

That was a concern for us, too. Usually, I just give out my cell phone to friends' parents. We did get my oldest daughter (12) her own cell phone once she started wanting to call friends more and having them call her. We have an "extra" cell phone that my youngest daughter calls "hers" (8) but she doesn't carry it. We leave it plugged in on the counter and that is kind of the "house phone." But that way, if Todd and I leave the girls for a short while at home we know they can always get to a phone.