Making a home phone into a 'mobile' phone?

[megaphone]

My mum has mild dementia, she can't use a mobile phone, she has always struggled and is never going to get it. Has a Duro and can't even answer it.

We got her a special 'dementia' landline home phone with big buttons and pictures which she can use to call one of us and answer incoming etc. Her phone/BB bill is going up again so am looking at other options.

Her mobile sim has unlimited calls so would like to use that. Anyone know if there is a 4G/LTE base station/router that I can plug in a standard home phone? It will need to operate the same as her landline. I can only find them in the US

https://zteusa.com/products/zte-wireless-home-phon...

Ideally I would like to have a combined router so we can ditch the BB/phone line altogether.

[GlenMH]

Don't forget that landline phones should still work during a power cut - home routers less so.

[megaphone]

GlenMH said:

Don't forget that landline phones should still work during a power cut - home routers less so.

Yes reliability is a concern, relying on a 4G connection is also something to think about. Unless I can get a strong stable connection, it will be a non-starter.

There again the Virgin phone line has gone down a few times over recent years, took 3 days once to get it back up.

Edited by megaphone on Tuesday 25th January 09:23

[Mammasaid]

GlenMH said:

Don't forget that landline phones should still work during a power cut - home routers less so.

For the time being....

https://www.openreach.com/upgrading-the-UK-to-digi...

[WyrleyD]

I’ve got one of these and it works fine, got mine on a trip to France so all the instructions are in French.

https://www.darty.com/nav/achat/telephonie/telepho...

[megaphone]

WyrleyD said:

I’ve got one of these and it works fine, got mine on a trip to France so all the instructions are in French.

https://www.darty.com/nav/achat/telephonie/telepho...

Thanks, that's the sort of thing I'm looking for, does it have a manufacturer details on yours?

[WyrleyD]

On the base unit it just has:

MOBIHO ESSENTIEL as the supplier
LA FIXMOB as the product name
Model No: 2ACACFCT-400

and it was made in Taiwan.

[GDL]

do you need data too?
If not, similar to the French one, search for GSM Wireless Terminal. can be had for less than £50 on Amazon.

Search for 4G or 3G desk phone and there are loads of phones that take a SIM. They work on GSM or 3G, so do not need full 4G signal. They often have built in battery backup.

If you want data too, then search for 4G router VOLTE and that will bring up routers that support telephones via an RJ11 port on the back, so you can use your existing phone.

Many huawei routers have an RJ11 port for this as do some Tenda.

Hope that helps

[anonymous-user]

I wouldn't buy anything that is only 2G or 3G as there are plans to turn these networks off in the next few years. I think Vodafone want to dump 2G next year.

[GDL]

All networks by 2033. More than 10 years.
A reasonable bet for an old lady with dementia.