Cell phones forum: Multiple Cell Phones

The only way I can think of is having multiple differnt numbers and setting them on call forward to one oarticular number. Otherwise if you have a GSM provider you could just change out your sim card with various phones.

I am on Verizon. My husband asked a sales rep about this and they said he could have two phones w/ the same number but he would have to go online and switch them out when he wanted to use a different one.

He wanted to use his Treo during the work week and then switch to a flip phone for the weekend so he wouldn't have to carry a bulky phone all the time.

But he thought going online would be a pain b/c if he forgot and took the wrong phone then he'd be out with a phone that didn't work.

I use to be with T-Mobile and whenever I bought a new phone they would just take my SIM card out of my old phone and put it in the new one.

Verizon doesn't use SIM cards. Maybe that's why Verizon can let users use multiple phones. Maybe T-Mobile can't.

Is it because of the technology limitations or is it a question of billing capability by the carrier?

Its not like the cell tower can target you from the masses. It just sends out cell packets and your particular phone would pick the data from the stream. So I'm not sure why 2 cell phones can't pick up the same packets. I'm sure the decoder in your cell phone has specific key to translate your packet, but why can't another cell phone have the same key?

Also want to use multiple phones with same number. Have a sales team in large building. Members are located in different places during the day. Need 2 people to be able to respond to entry buzzer located at front of building. The first person to respond would silence the ring by hitting "9" to allow entry. These phones do not have to allow outgoing calls. They would only be used for buzzer entry.