My landline was dying, but since I had the number for my than 40 years, I wanted to keep it. My Verizon repair said got my landline working but said the cable are strung through backyards in on upper west side of Manhattan and don’t expect service to last a long time. He told me check out Verizon Home Phone Connect. I did a little research and found it’s now called Verizon Wireless home phone. it’s compatible with both corded and cordless phones, fax machine, answering machines, etc. And because of the battery back-up, it the wireless phone can be used during power outages. The wireless home phone has a lot of features including, Voice Mail, Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, Three-Way Calling, and Caller ID. My own experience is that it’s not a quick process. I couldn’t seem to find a way to order it online, and also I had some questions so I went to my local Verizon Store. Your current Verizon landline phone has to working in order to set up up Wireless Home Phone. The store didn’t have them in stock and ordered them. Then came in two days. I ordered two boxes as my Spouse Dennis wanted to get rid of his landline too. His was off for days at a time, usually after a bad rain storm. After you get the back off the device which is rather tricky, follow the four steps in the mini instruction sheet. What no one told me was that after you set it up, you call 1-877-567-4899 to check the status of your phone line transfer from wall to wireless. I was told it would happen in two days, and it didn’t. The box is $100, but you can pay it off over 2 or 3 years with a small additional payment on your bill. They told me there is interest charge to do it that. It’s unlimited talk in the US. Since there is battery back-up it will still work during a power failure. There is no data plan available and it’s for phones, faxes and answering machines only! Cost per month if you already have Verizon wireless service is $20, plus fees & taxes which come to a total of about $26
Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/aya5g-cFctU
https://www.verizon.com/home-office-solutions/wireless-home-phone-lvp2/
