Using Cell phone for Tivo and computer modem (maybe even my old phone, TP2200)

[Christopher Pounds]

Hi All -

I am wondering if it is possible to get rid of the last of my landlines...
I have TiVo, and it dials out every so often to get a guide. Does anyone
know if there is a way for it to dial out through a cell phone? I don't mind
parking my phone there a few times a month. I also want to have the ability
to use my cell phone as a backup if my broadband access (Comcast) is down,
but I suspect this is a much easier task.

Gerardo

[yeltrabnhoj@email.com]

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:54:49 GMT, "Christopher Pounds"
> wrote:

>Hi All -
>
>I am wondering if it is possible to get rid of the last of my landlines...
>I have TiVo, and it dials out every so often to get a guide. Does anyone
>know if there is a way for it to dial out through a cell phone?

It wants a POTS interface, so you'd need to get one of the old POTS
adapters for old phones.

>I don't mind
>parking my phone there a few times a month. I also want to have the ability
>to use my cell phone as a backup if my broadband access (Comcast) is down,
>but I suspect this is a much easier task.

Isn't there a broadband interface?


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Nobody but a fool goes into a federal counterrorism operation without duct tape - Richard Preston, THE COBRA EVENT.

[John Richards]

> Isn't there a broadband interface?

I think there is for the standalone TiVos, but not for the ones integrated
with a DirecTV satellite receiver.


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John Richards