Home Phone Connect Question

[NEOK]

I read the recent thread about the Verizon and StraightTalk home phone connect services. Has anyone with a pacemaker tried to use home phone connect to dial up for their periodic pacemaker check? The only reason we keep a land line is for my pacemaker dial in check ups and we are tired of buying the high AT&T monthly bill for that. Also, it is inconvenient trying to plan our trips around when we have to be at home for a dial up pacemaker check.

[NEOK]

I want to thank everyone for your replies.

[UsualSuspect]

The Phone Connect will not work for data, it does not have any codecs installed except the bare necessities for voice.

[jdgreen42]

I have a Medtronic monitor and both they and Verizon tell me it won't work. I travel a lot and build churches and usually the church, or one of it's members have a landline that I can get access to. Also if it's a day or two before I can get back home I just call them and re=schedule the monitor date. A friend of mine here at home owns his own business and he lets me drop by and use his line.

[MrWizard]

the OP is NOT asking about replacing his home land line
in so much , as asking, if the pacemaker data can be delivered thru the 'Home Connect'
SO HE CAN TRAVEL MORE FREELY

[jorbill2or]

I think you'll find the old analog phone line is needed .. Depends on the machine your using .. If so just put your land line on "lifeline " service ..VERY-local free calling and measured ($) outgoing calls , free incoming calls and it should cost under 15- 20 bucks a month. Most phone company's don't advertise this level service .. You have to ask for it.the key is to never make outgoing calls with the landline. Use your cell phone.

[powderman426]

I can't say for sure, but you might want to look at a Magic jack. We tried sending and receiving a fax with vonage and it wouldn't work, but the magic jack worked fine. So it might work for that application, and at $20 a year its hard to beat. They even have an app that works on a smart phone in case you don't have unlimited minutes.

[Tom_M1]

From Verizon web site:
"Home Phone Connect is not compatible with home security systems, fax machines, DVR services, credit card machines, or medical alert services (e.g. Life Alert). HSI/DSL may or may not be available; please contact your service provider to determine if this product is available as a standalone offering."
It sounds like anything that does automatic data exchange won't work.

[MrWizard]

NEOK
what is the procedure.. how does the dial up pacemaker check work ?

[btd35]

Maxi Signal wrote:

NEOK wrote:
I read the recent thread about the Verizon and StraightTalk home phone connect services. Has anyone with a pacemaker tried to use home phone connect to dial up for their periodic pacemaker check? The only reason we keep a land line is for my pacemaker dial in check ups and we are tired of buying the high AT&T monthly bill for that. Also, it is inconvenient trying to plan our trips around when we have to be at home for a dial up pacemaker check.

If you can use a cell phone for your check you are fine . Home phone connect is basically a cell phone you can connect your normal handsets too . It does not dial up per say.

Yes this is true. We have it at our home. Works great. It is a box that receives cell phone signal that hooks up to our home phone.

[Maxi_Signal]

NEOK wrote:
I read the recent thread about the Verizon and StraightTalk home phone connect services. Has anyone with a pacemaker tried to use home phone connect to dial up for their periodic pacemaker check? The only reason we keep a land line is for my pacemaker dial in check ups and we are tired of buying the high AT&T monthly bill for that. Also, it is inconvenient trying to plan our trips around when we have to be at home for a dial up pacemaker check.

If you can use a cell phone for your check you are fine . Home phone connect is basically a cell phone you can connect your normal handsets too . It does not dial up per say.