> Of course, I don't really want a land line. I want a SIP phone that connects via Plivo or Twilio. I've been looking on eBay and others to find an inexpensive

> Of course, I don't really want a land line. I want a SIP phone that connects via Plivo or Twilio. I've been looking on eBay and others to find an inexpensive cordless version that I can easily connect to Plivo. Why those providers? have you considered voip.ms (afaik, based in Canada, despite the domain name) ? $0.85/month for the line, $1.50/month for e911, about a penny per minute; and home phone is one of their specific use cases. > I'm confused, however, what the difference is between a SIP phone, a DECT phone, Bluetooth and a WiFi phone, and if those can all be used with Plivo/Twilio. DECT is cordless phones; some DECT base stations are setup for POTS, some do SIP. The easiest way forward (and what I've done) is to pick up an Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA), and use something designed for Analog POTS. Something like a Grandstream HT801 should do well.