[geeks] Interconnect: Cell phone to house phone system

[Sheldon T. Hall]

Quoth Mouse ... 

> >> What's the name of the device that permits a cell phone to be 
> >> connected to a house's phone service.  The house phones would made 
> >> calls routed through the cell phone.
> 
> > I don't know the name of a separate device that will do 
> > this, but many 
> > Panasonic cordless home phone systems have this facility built-in.  
> > Our KX-TG7641 does, for example.
> 
> As I read the first quote, that's the wrong way around: that 
> allows a cordless (non-cell) phone to call out on a house 
> POTS line, whereas the original desire is to allow 
> (presumably POTS) house phones to use a cell phone's cell 
> service to carry calls 

The Panasonic cordless phone system I have will route calls from any of its
cordless handpieces, through the base station, over Bluetooth, to a
cellphone, and thus out over the cellular network.

-Shel