Phones that can handle two phone lines...anyone know?
After weeks of research I purchased a Motorola Q which supports multiple phone numbers only to find out that the feature had been disabled by Verizon. So now I'm back to square one and the phone store and technical support is wishy washy on which phones support having multiple lines. (They assured me the Q did.....but it did not in the end)
Does anyone out there know which, if any, current verizon phones support mutiple phone lines? I would prefer a PDA type phone.
Does anyone out there know which, if any, current verizon phones support mutiple phone lines? I would prefer a PDA type phone.
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Never seen it happen, I don't believe it's possible at all. The phones all have NAM1 and NAM2 but that's not exactly the purpose of it.
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crazyeaglefan236 said:
Nextel...you can get an alternate line plan...
Correct. All wireless providers have this capability. All (but Nextel to my knowledge) lock up that feature though. What do you need 2 phone lines on one phone for?
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One for the wife and one for the mistress?
Just kidding.
The real application is someone works for ABC company and ABC company provides the person a phone but says it must be used ONLY for business calls. This alternate allows a customer to sign up a personal line (with the permission of ABC company).
Or you may have a businessman that has two different businesses. He uses two different contact numbers so when he sees the call coming in he can know which line and hence which company, therefor he can answer the call with the right business name...
Just kidding.
The real application is someone works for ABC company and ABC company provides the person a phone but says it must be used ONLY for business calls. This alternate allows a customer to sign up a personal line (with the permission of ABC company).
Or you may have a businessman that has two different businesses. He uses two different contact numbers so when he sees the call coming in he can know which line and hence which company, therefor he can answer the call with the right business name...
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You can get 2 lines on one phone. I know someone who has verizon and has 2 lines, but I'm not sure what kind of phone he has. I do know that you can't get 2 lines on any smart phones, and blackberries
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You can do it probably on all the phones, I walked someone thru setting it up, but it was approx year ago, can't remember right now how it is done but it can be..
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Almost all the phones are dual nam which means it will support two numbers but one must be on a national plan and the other must be on a local plan. To my knowledge this isnt disabled.
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Verizon does support Multi-NAM phones (2 numbers, 1 phone) but they do it in a retarded way.
They mandate that NAM 1 must have a National plan (America's Choice) and NAM2 must be on a Local plan (Local Digital Choice).
Don't ask me why, I don't know. But it can be done (seems a waste to me as you'll be paying a minimum $80/mo before taxes).
They mandate that NAM 1 must have a National plan (America's Choice) and NAM2 must be on a Local plan (Local Digital Choice).
Don't ask me why, I don't know. But it can be done (seems a waste to me as you'll be paying a minimum $80/mo before taxes).
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I'm not sure where you got that information, but this is incorrect. The main reason why dual nam can not be used is because when the phone undergoes the authentication process, if it finds two numbers sending the same Akey, it will disable them both... this happens in the switch, not in the billing system, therefore price plan would have nothing to do with it. The only work around is to have 2 phones in two completely different areas because the system MAY not pick up the redundancy.
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