Re: texst to a landline

Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> wrote:

On 1/4/2025 4:42 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
 

   I don't know what DECT

 
I suspected they hadn't really caught-on over there, they're digital
cordless (mostly home) phones, so they tend to have a lot of mobile-like
features, such as a graphical display.  Though mostly people associate
texting only with mobiles.
 

 
   Yes, that's unfamiliar. I didn't know there was such a thing.
In Carlos's description he says it serves the IoT. Here that's only
possible via ethernet or wifi. So I guess I'm glad my dryer can't
jump online through my phone line.
 
   Though I'm still not completely clear about this. My landline
has cordless extensions and a limited graphical display. It has
caller ID and I can choose to program in numbers to be blocked.
However, it does not have wireless connection to any network.
It's still a landline -- what you apparently call POTS. The only
change is updated hardware.

I think you might be using DECT without realising it.  eg from a search on
Amazon.com for 'cordless phone', #4 is an AT&T branded DECT base and handset:

https://www.amazon.com/AT-BL102-2-2-Handset-Answering-Unsurpassed/dp/B086QB7WZ1

and similar are at #6, #9, #11, #12.  Most of the others are Panasonic or
V-Tech, many of which have DECT in the title too.

What model of cordless landline phone do you have?

Theo