Regarding your landline... I have a little $75 device called an Obihai that plugs directly into my modem and then the old phones are wired to the Obihai. The system works through Google Voice and will allow me to answer calls using either my old landline phones or my cell phone. Google has VM built right in and will even accept (but not send) text messages. Any VMs and the text messages also show up on my Google email account ...and the monthly cost? zero. I can call anywhere for free and the service is crystal clear.
The best part is that I figured a way to retain my old local 968 home phone number. Google won't allow you to port a landline number to Voice, only cell phone numbers. So what I did was to transfer my 968 number to a throwaway cell phone, and then from that cell to Google Voice. Been working just great for five years now and my total investment was just $75 to buy the Obihai
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