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Are you seriously saying you think there aren't any legitimate situations where a person would want more than a single physical phone? You've never lived or wo

Are you seriously saying you think there aren't any legitimate situations where a person would want more than a single physical phone? You've never lived or worked in a building with terrible cell phone reception, had a dead battery but still really needed people to be able to get a hold of you, had your phone stolen, or had your simcard go bad? But the multiple phone number management thing, that's really just a marketing hook, the easiest possible sell for the mass market right now, isn't it? This service provides all of the features you could want when managing voice communications, completely independent from a physical device. I mean, really, why even have a phone at all? Just plug into your voice service however you damn well please, that's the actual story here.

jorgeortiz85 18y ago
Are you seriously saying you think there aren't any legitimate situations where a person would want more than a single physical phone? I'm saying there are no situations in which I'd want more than a single physical phone. I've used more than a single physical phone, like when I'm outside the US and want a local cellphone number but don't want to lose my US number, but in every situation I'd prefer to keep a single physical phone. You've never lived or worked in a building with terrible cell phone reception Switch providers. Though, ideally, I should be able to get calls through VoIP on my WiFi. had a dead battery but still really needed people to be able to get a hold of you It's easier to find/carry a charger than it is to notify everyone that needs to be able to get a hold of me of the new number. had your phone stolen, or had your simcard go bad? These are exceptional situations. I can get a phone replaced within a day in such a scenario. If it's urgent I can borrow a friend's cellphone.
- calambrac 18y ago
  If it's urgent, you can borrow a friend's cellphone, that's true. But, wait, crap, now you need to notify everyone that needs to get a hold of you of your new number, which we've already established is something we want to avoid. If only there was a service that let you configure which physical device your calls were being routed to...

jorgeortiz85 18y ago

Are you seriously saying you think there aren't any legitimate situations where a person would want more than a single physical phone? I'm saying there are no situations in which I'd want more than a single physical phone. I've used more than a single physical phone, like when I'm outside the US and want a local cellphone number but don't want to lose my US number, but in every situation I'd prefer to keep a single physical phone. You've never lived or worked in a building with terrible cell phone reception Switch providers. Though, ideally, I should be able to get calls through VoIP on my WiFi. had a dead battery but still really needed people to be able to get a hold of you It's easier to find/carry a charger than it is to notify everyone that needs to be able to get a hold of me of the new number. had your phone stolen, or had your simcard go bad? These are exceptional situations. I can get a phone replaced within a day in such a scenario. If it's urgent I can borrow a friend's cellphone.

calambrac 18y ago
If it's urgent, you can borrow a friend's cellphone, that's true. But, wait, crap, now you need to notify everyone that needs to get a hold of you of your new number, which we've already established is something we want to avoid. If only there was a service that let you configure which physical device your calls were being routed to...