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I just got rid of our landline and went to cell only.

i've heard of people doing this and it becoming a nightmare as far as increased wireless time reflecting heavily on their bills... does not having a landline (eliminating that cost) just balance it out?... i'm interested so that when i eventually move out of the dorms i can decide whether or not to get a landline phone...

Not only that but all your calls are out there for a select number of criminals who have the equipment to listen in to your phone calls.

A lot of non-criminals have this "equipment" too.  The equipment itself is legal.  My (slightly modified) HT can pick up wideband signals, including people's cell phones. 

I haven't listened to them though.  --Judging by what I overhear people talking about on their cell phones at stores and such, there are surely more interesting conversations to be found elsewhere anyhow. 

--KC8JXR   

My understanding is that you can't do that with digital signals. True?

I just got rid of our landline and went to cell only.

i've heard of people doing this and it becoming a nightmare as far as increased wireless time reflecting heavily on their bills... does not having a landline (eliminating that cost) just balance it out?... i'm interested so that when i eventually move out of the dorms i can decide whether or not to get a landline phone...

Not only that but all your calls are out there for a select number of criminals who have the equipment to listen in to your phone calls.

A lot of non-criminals have this "equipment" too.  The equipment itself is legal.  My (slightly modified) HT can pick up wideband signals, including people's cell phones. 

I haven't listened to them though.  --Judging by what I overhear people talking about on their cell phones at stores and such, there are surely more interesting conversations to be found elsewhere anyhow. 

--KC8JXR   

My understanding is that you can't do that with digital signals. True?

Digital spread spectrum (Code division <CDMA> and Time Division <TDMA>) makes it harder, but not impossible.

Sprial from Nokia.

it gets higher and higher in pitch the more the phone rings, and its different so i stand out.

i use it alot.

W2ttsy

Is there a downloadable file that sounds like an old-fashioned phone? You know, the ones with the bells? That'd be cool.

Now, that would be cool.  Of course it would completely throw me off if I heard this on the street. 
I have an old style rotary. forget touch-tone.

the sony ericsson z600 has exactly this ring, its called "old phone." unfortunately, i dont think i can take it off the phone because of copyrights (the phone os wont allow it)

I would kill for a polyphonic ring tone capable cell phone...

But, baring that, and not having any real way to get them onto my phone except manual entry, i figured i should make it worth my while to take the time and enter it in, and not finding Prelude on any of the ringtone sites that show how to put it in, i went with the most  annoying (to others) that i could think of:  "Tetris A Type" baby!

Is there a downloadable file that sounds like an old-fashioned phone? You know, the ones with the bells? That'd be cool.

Yea Ive seen them on MatrixM and 3gUpload.

Is there a downloadable file that sounds like an old-fashioned phone? You know, the ones with the bells? That'd be cool.

Now, that would be cool.  Of course it would completely throw me off if I heard this on the street. 
I have an old style rotary. forget touch-tone.

the sony ericsson z600 has exactly this ring, its called "old phone." unfortunately, i dont think i can take it off the phone because of copyrights (the phone os wont allow it)

Try using we FExplorer - it's a windows-esque explorer interface that allows you to browse the file structure of your phone - very useful.

People that are not in any groups ring the glorious tune : Glory, Glory Man United

The people I go riding with make my mobile ring to 50 Cent's : In da club

My work collegues : Big Pimpin' from Jay-Z...but they don't know.


My wife rang to Crazy in love from Beyonce for a while...now it's Hey Ya.

Used to have Take me out to the ball game too...but whenever it rang.. I unconsciously started humming along missing all those calls.. so I took it off.


Sad, I know..

And i've got a sample off a Fatboy Slim track for my message tone. The 'check this out-t-t-t-t-t' part off 'everybody needs a 303'

Nice.

Well, before this gets locked for dredging up the zombies of yesteryear, I'll go ahead and reply as well (so yer not the only one hydraulic!). I use a custom ringtone composed by myself on Reason. Individuality is the best. I mean, come on. Everyone can have "In Da Club" but no one has my tone!

I use the ABC News Theme now.

I use MP3 ringtones...so its whatever track I set it to be that in my MP3 folder...

Vibrate.

Ringtones are annoying.

Right on, 99% of ring tones are sooo annoying and unprofessional! I found a very professional and loud  "normal" electronic sort of ring for my Siemens S56 (had to go to their German site to get it). God, people seem to love the most annoying ring tones though.