[Hidden-tech] cell phone repeater/amplifier needed

[Maria Korolov (Trombly)]

I've recently started using Google Voice, their unified messaging solution.
You get a free phone number -- there's a large choice of area codes, though
no 212 numbers are available. Darn. When anyone rings that number all your
phones ring -- your land line, your cell, and any other phones. If you don't
answer, Google's voice mail kicks in and emails you the message - with a
transcript of the message in the body of the email (with creepily good voice
recognition!).

Here's a page that describes all the features:
http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html

I've been using it for a couple of weeks now, and I have to say that it's
really really cool.

Okay, I'm a little creeped out by the fact that Google is now not only
hosting my company's emails, documents, group calendars and web analytics,
but my telephone system, too.

But there's nothing stopping any other company from offering all these
features for free, is there?

-- Maria

Maria Korolov
Technology columnist, Securities Industry News
Editor & publisher, Hypergrid Business (hypergridbusiness.com)
President, Trombly Ltd.
508-443-1130 | maria at tromblyltd.com
Sent from Granby, Massachusetts, United States

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Lynn Goodhue <lrgoodhue at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Hi Hidden-Tech-ers,
>
> I am wondering how/where to get a cell phone signal repeater/amplifier so
> my cell phone can actually make calls from my home office.  I have to
> put the thing on the upper sill of one of 2 windows, out of the sun, and
> hope the planets are aligned properly. If the planets, the weather and the
> gods are all happy, then I can answer a call that comes in using my
> hands-free, but it still kind of static-y and I have to shout. Not very
> good.
> I saw a device in the window of the AT&T store on Main St,  in Northampton,
> so I know they exist.  But I don't know if one will work where the cell
> signal is as week as it is on the northern fringes of Williamsburg, or if
> there is a relatively inexpensive version for home use.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
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> Lynn Goodhue
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