Comments on: One phone number, many phones

By: Philip Haine

Philip Haine — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:23:17 +0000

Dear Zia,

Thank you for writing.

I do not have the answer to your question about phone cards.

I would suggest you try asking Yahoo Answers, and Aardvark.

Best regards,
Philip

By: ZIA

ZIA — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:10:32 +0000

Dear Philip Haine,
with kind regards,i have needed your help about a phone line business,
Q:- spouse i have used one phone card for one time talk,,,but you told me how can i used and make a multipale lines through just one phone card line?

waiting your answer and solution

zia
from italy

By: Philip Haine

Philip Haine — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:11:25 +0000

Thanks for the pointer, Celesta. Google Voice acquired Grand Central and their service solves the same problems. These are not the same problems that I am talking about in the article.

Google Voice is about one new number branching to many other phone numbers. It’s nice, and useful, but complex and expensive. You need a service plan for each of those devices.

What I’m talking about is several mobile devices all tied to a single mobile phone number: your mobile, your car, your laptop, and your backup phone, your skiing phone and your fashion phone.

By: Celesta

Celesta — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:55:50 +0000

Hi Philip,
You might want to check out Google Voice.
I am doing a research at this topic (centralized telephony), will get back to this page if I find anything worth a mention.

By: Philip Haine

Philip Haine — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:10:39 +0000

Barry, I think what you are asking for is the point of my original post. I don’t know of a way it can be done.

It’s been a year since my original post. Does anyone know of any mobile service provider around the world that allows for multiple phones tied to the same phone number?

By: barry

barry — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:11:05 +0000

I am dropping my land line and would like to have
“extension” capabilities over multiple mobile phones in the house. Can it be done?

By: Philip Haine

Philip Haine — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:58:31 +0000

Thanks, David,

GrandCentral does allow the same scenarios, but without the simplicity or economy. You still need to buy, administer and think about multiple phone service plans.

The model I am wishing for is like webmail, where you have one account and can use any device to access it.

By: davidc

davidc — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:55:42 +0000

GrandCentral allows you to do this today. You can enter multiple phone numbers, and incoming calls to your GrandCentral phone number can ring all of your phones.

http://www.grandcentral.com/

It’s still by invitation only, though.