ML
    • Register
    • Login
    • Search
    • Recent
    • Categories
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups

    What is cheapest way to get a house phone?

    IT Discussion
    14
    32
    2245
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • guyinpv
      guyinpv last edited by

      At a place I work, they want me available on my days off for those "just in case" times. They compensate this availability by paying part of my cell phone bill.

      My main forms of contact are going to just be my phone, wife's phone, and Slack if I'm at my home computer.
      In this case, everybody at the office magically forgot Slack existed. And my phone died just seconds before I plugged in to charger so I didn't even realize it was off most of the day.

      In any case, with only two phones and computer chat, it's still possible they might not be able to reach me for a length of time. If wife is out, my phone is off or in another room or something. I want to add one more form of contact and I figure a house phone is a good option.

      With VOIP options today, I think this could be a pretty cheap enterprise.

      So what is the cheapest path to getting a house phone just so there is something else that can go "ring" if they need me?

      I'm guessing your answer will be something along the lines of voip.ms and a cheap $30 voip phone or something?

      If the voip phone thing turns out to be pretty cool, I may eventually expand it to become a house line for my home business itself, so I want to keep the option open for things like toll free number, most extensions around the house, voicemail, fax, stuff like that.

      BRRABill 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
      • DustinB3403
        DustinB3403 last edited by

        Just get a SIP account from voip.ms and tie that to a softphone, or even a "cheap" yealink phone that gets PoE.

        Dashrender 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
        • Dashrender
          Dashrender @DustinB3403 last edited by

          @dustinb3403 said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

          Just get a SIP account from voip.ms and tie that to a softphone, or even a "cheap" yealink phone that gets PoE.

          I'm not sure why POE really matters in this case.

          But yeah - get a SIP phone, a VOIP.ms account and register that with VOIP.ms - done. Of course you'll need to buy DID, etc, etc, etc.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • JaredBusch
            JaredBusch last edited by

            Or jsut say, sorry my phone battery died and I did not notice. Will not happen again.

            And move on.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
            • BRRABill
              BRRABill @guyinpv last edited by

              @guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

              At a place I work, they want me available on my days off for those "just in case" times. They compensate this availability by paying part of my cell phone bill.

              Doesn't seem like a fair trade. Unless you bill is thousands of dollars.

              guyinpv 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • guyinpv
                guyinpv @BRRABill last edited by

                @brrabill said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                @guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                At a place I work, they want me available on my days off for those "just in case" times. They compensate this availability by paying part of my cell phone bill.

                Doesn't seem like a fair trade. Unless you bill is thousands of dollars.

                Nothing out of the ordinary about a boss who wants to keep IT on a tight leash. I'm the only one who can fix or research or do anything of technical importance. Naturally they want quick access to me.

                @jaredbusch said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                Or jsut say, sorry my phone battery died and I did not notice. Will not happen again.

                And move on.

                Nah, not these guys. Once I was unavailable for over 4 hours (starting at 3am mind you) when a forum got hacked and defaced. Didn't fix it until noon. On my day off, on a Sunday. But they decided to grill me and black mark me anyway for having "more than 4 hour turnaround time in an emergency". And of course, this 4 hour rule was literally invented AFTER this happened, just specifically so they could black mark me for not having met it.

                Hey, if I can put a wingding in my house that rings if needed, and it's only 85 cents a month, I guess I can justify that.

                scottalanmiller IRJ 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                  Any reason that they aren't just giving you an extension for home like usual?

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 7
                  • black3dynamite
                    black3dynamite last edited by

                    Your boss should provide you a work cell phone.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                    • coliver
                      coliver last edited by

                      Uh wtf are you still going working for these guys?

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                      • dbeato
                        dbeato last edited by

                        Why do you need to be available when you are off? i did it once this year and I said I would not do it again. Which Inhave not done and told Evernote in staff and then administration.

                        coliver 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • coliver
                          coliver @dbeato last edited by

                          @dbeato said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                          Why do you need to be available when you are off? i did it once this year and I said I would not do it again. Which Inhave not done and told Evernote in staff and then administration.

                          I can understand being on call... Providing he is compensated for it.

                          scottalanmiller 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 5
                          • H
                            Harry Lui last edited by

                            I bought Ooma 5 years ago for my home phone use. I have not paid a cent since for all my US calls.

                            https://www.ooma.com/telo/shop-home-phones/

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • scottalanmiller
                              scottalanmiller @coliver last edited by

                              @coliver said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                              @dbeato said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                              Why do you need to be available when you are off? i did it once this year and I said I would not do it again. Which Inhave not done and told Evernote in staff and then administration.

                              I can understand being on call... Providing he is compensated for it.

                              Happens to everyone.

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller @guyinpv last edited by

                                @guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                                @brrabill said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                                @guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                                At a place I work, they want me available on my days off for those "just in case" times. They compensate this availability by paying part of my cell phone bill.

                                Doesn't seem like a fair trade. Unless you bill is thousands of dollars.

                                Nothing out of the ordinary about a boss who wants to keep IT on a tight leash. I'm the only one who can fix or research or do anything of technical importance. Naturally they want quick access to me.

                                @jaredbusch said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                                Or jsut say, sorry my phone battery died and I did not notice. Will not happen again.

                                And move on.

                                Nah, not these guys. Once I was unavailable for over 4 hours (starting at 3am mind you) when a forum got hacked and defaced. Didn't fix it until noon. On my day off, on a Sunday. But they decided to grill me and black mark me anyway for having "more than 4 hour turnaround time in an emergency". And of course, this 4 hour rule was literally invented AFTER this happened, just specifically so they could black mark me for not having met it.

                                Hey, if I can put a wingding in my house that rings if needed, and it's only 85 cents a month, I guess I can justify that.

                                Time to walk away. Those are asshats.

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                                  https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/articles/2016-02-01/5-workplace-laws-your-employer-might-be-violating

                                  JaredBusch 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                  • JaredBusch
                                    JaredBusch @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller I am pretty sure we have been down this road with @guyinpv before.

                                    coliver 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                    • coliver
                                      coliver @JaredBusch last edited by

                                      @jaredbusch said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                                      @scottalanmiller I am pretty sure we have been down this road with @guyinpv before.

                                      Yep. I asked the same question last time they did something stupid like this.

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                      • IRJ
                                        IRJ @guyinpv last edited by

                                        @guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                                        @brrabill said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                                        @guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                                        At a place I work, they want me available on my days off for those "just in case" times. They compensate this availability by paying part of my cell phone bill.

                                        Doesn't seem like a fair trade. Unless you bill is thousands of dollars.

                                        Nothing out of the ordinary about a boss who wants to keep IT on a tight leash. I'm the only one who can fix or research or do anything of technical importance. Naturally they want quick access to me.

                                        @jaredbusch said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:

                                        Or jsut say, sorry my phone battery died and I did not notice. Will not happen again.

                                        And move on.

                                        Nah, not these guys. Once I was unavailable for over 4 hours (starting at 3am mind you) when a forum got hacked and defaced. Didn't fix it until noon. On my day off, on a Sunday. But they decided to grill me and black mark me anyway for having "more than 4 hour turnaround time in an emergency". And of course, this 4 hour rule was literally invented AFTER this happened, just specifically so they could black mark me for not having met it.

                                        Hey, if I can put a wingding in my house that rings if needed, and it's only 85 cents a month, I guess I can justify that.

                                        Excuse my french, but are you are fucking kidding me? I am going to go out on a limb and guess they are only paying you like $20 an hour or something... Am I right?

                                        guyinpv 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                        • wirestyle22
                                          wirestyle22 last edited by

                                          They are compensating you for being available 24/7 by paying for half of your cell phone bill?

                                          re-read that sentence dude

                                          BRRABill 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                          • dave247
                                            dave247 last edited by

                                            I used to use Vonage and it was like $24 a month and then when I cancelled, they tried to lower me down to $10. Vonage was great and the only reason I cancelled was because we have cell phones.

                                            scottalanmiller 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                            • First post
                                              Last post