Verizon Wireless Trialling 'Home Phone Connect'

This technology has been around in non-developed countries for years now. Countries in which there was no landline infrastructure when wireless came out.

I worked on a few of these systems internationally. It's gets really fun when you see people riding a bicycle down the street w/ these base stations in a basket attempting to use them like a mobile phone! It caused a lot of headaches 'cause these stations where never made to perform handoffs, just remain stationary.