Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Dave Levenson Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Two Cellular Phones with the Same Number Message-ID: <8846@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 10 Jun 90 13:39:23 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 22 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 426, Message 7 of 9 In article <8798@accuvax.nwu.edu>, dgc@math.ucla.edu (David G. Cantor) writes: > A friend of mine wants to have two cellular telephones in two > different cars with the same telephone number. Of course, he will use > only one at a time. The telco won't set this up for him. How does he > do it? It would be less expensive to use a portable cellular telephone set, and carry it between the two vehicles. Most portables have fixed-mounting arrangements to make them mobile. But an extra one, and an extra antenna, so the portable may be fixed-mounted in either vehicle without time-consuming tool-intensive mechanical work. It carries its telephone number with it. Dave Levenson Voice: 201 647 0900 Fax: 201 647 6857 Westmark, Inc. UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave Warren, NJ, USA AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney]