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   Hello y'All!   
      
   Not sure where to post this, but I'll x-post in a few other     
   echos.   
      
   I am looking for ideas on how to set up a cantankerous old     
   Yosemite Sam fellow with a cellphone system that he would use.   
      
   What DOESN't work for him are the touch-screen smartphones that     
   require swiping and tapping.  Swiping left for one thing and     
   right or up or down for other things just confuses him.   
      
   A flip-phone was OK.  But navigating through the menus was     
   confusing - especially with previous Alcatel models, I think.   
      
   The main problem is that cell signals do not work very well just     
   50ft from the end of the driveway to his cabin.  He claims that     
   the signal is fine at the end of the driveway (where he parks     
   his vehicle during the winter) but a phone would not work in his     
   dwelling.   
      
   Personally, I have a feeling that his old phones were configured     
   to work in 4G LTE only. Perhaps if his previous phones were     
   switched to 3G/2G, the signals would be better?   
      
   I was imagining a solution like this: keep a fully charged     
   cellphone in the truck (at the end of the driveway) and have a     
   normal phone in the dwelling that is linked up with the one in     
   the truck.   
      
   Does anyone here employ such a solution and have experience with     
   such a thing?   
      
   Not long ago I was looking to replace an older 2.4G cordless     
   phone of my own with something else and learned that there are     
   domestic cordless stations that now have the ability to utilize     
   a nearby cellphone's service.  That way, one can use a regular     
   handset for answering and making calls. I think my Yosemite Sam     
   friend would be more comfortable if he could use a larger     
   handset that is typical for cordless phones. He seems to fumble     
   with delicate little cellphones and hates them.   
      
   The cell-to-cordless distance would be at most 50ft.   
      
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