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Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs
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14-12-2021, 07:14 PM
to have a phone which LOOKS like an ordinary 'home portable' phone but is actually a cellphone.........Ideas please.

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14-12-2021, 07:48 PM
could you bodge together something with a shoebox, staples, sticky tape and blu tack?
other than that
i got nothing.
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14-12-2021, 07:49 PM
(14-12-2021, 07:48 PM)Magoo Wrote: could you bodge together something with a shoebox, staples, sticky tape and blu tack?
other than that
i got nothing. 
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14-12-2021, 09:09 PM (This post was last modified: 14-12-2021, 09:15 PM by king1.)
why the actually a cellphone requirement?

are we trying to contain costs, or is there no cabling etc where she is?

this is probably the cheapest landline option
https://www.spark.co.nz/shop/landline/

but could also do a voip line through 2talk with a voip ATA eg Linksys SPA-2102 for $10 a month or so, but you would need a internet connection for that
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15-12-2021, 02:43 AM
She's going to be in a rest home. So we just want to be able to call her and her to make occasional calls out.

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15-12-2021, 06:57 AM (This post was last modified: 15-12-2021, 06:59 AM by CorylusMaxima.)
(14-12-2021, 07:14 PM)Me+Me Wrote: to have a phone which LOOKS like an ordinary 'home portable' phone but is actually a cellphone.........Ideas please.
This is probably as near as you are going to get
https://www.bigbuttons.co.nz/mobile-phon...ue-nz.html
Not sure if Doro is still around.

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16-12-2021, 11:43 AM (This post was last modified: 16-12-2021, 11:51 AM by Magenta69.)
I saw this phone online which is probably as close to a home phone as you can get. It is only able to call 3 people but would be easy for someone like your Mil to use. I don't know if it is available in NZ or price, so may not be very helpful.

https://www.doro.com/en-gb/shop/mobile-d...doro-780x/

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17-12-2021, 02:55 PM
Just noticed this on trademe - any use?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/...f=QHSIbF9T

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17-12-2021, 05:39 PM
(17-12-2021, 02:55 PM)CorylusMaxima Wrote: Just noticed this on trademe - any use?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/...f=QHSIbF9T
Hmmmm thanks will suggest it......

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