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Can I get SMS alerts on my Landline phone?

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Just now, lopburi3 said:

Text only (in caps only) at 60 or 100 WPM is not faster than 2G.

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Looks difficult to put in your pocket also. 

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    Of course you can, though the message is sent in Morse code.   I'll get my coat

  • Workarounds to problems generally are complicated.   As others have said, the least amount of work involved to make thinks easier for yourself is to just get yourself a phone. Even a non-sma

  • Get a phone. Even a 2G one will do.

I use a cheap little Nokia 105 (bought on Lazada) to receive codes. Dual sim too. Costs next to nothing.  ???? 

10 hours ago, Daffy D said:

But then occurred to me that if I did get a cell phone to receive the SMS,  the same number would be used by the delivery guys to ask directions and/or let me know they are about to arrive with my package. As I don't speak any Thai that could be a little problematic.

I hardly speak a word of Thai and get deliveries from Lazada at least weekly. Most of the drivers and riders can just about pigeon English enough to me to understand if I'll be home. If it gets more complex I just get the wife on the phone.

 

As long as you don't get addicted to all the things a modern phone can do (which is easier said than done), it can actually lessen your reliance on technology and let you get out and about more as you're no longer tied to a home computer.

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