Cellsocket or VoxLink (vox.link or vox2) for nokia 51XX/61XX?

[LeeM]

Have anyone used any of these products? I've tried them a couple of years ago, but returned both of them since both of them were not perfect. I couldn't hear people well using CellSocket and people coudn't hear me well on VoxLink (or vice versa). Also, my AT&T TDMA phone worked fine in my appartment, so I was using it directly instead. Now AT&T TDMA service degraded badly and I switched to TMobile, but the reception in my appartment is horrible on my tmobile 8290 & motorola phone. So, I need to get a nokia 5190 or 6190 for an extra tmobile line I have and go back to one of these, so I can find a perfect spot and use my landline phone. Cellsocket has a newer model 61622, which is somewhat an upgrade for 5161N. Vox2 are out of business.

Does anyone have any expirience using any of these? If you do, I have a few questions:
1. Do you use it with GSM service? (for some reason voxlink advirtised their product for TDMA & CDMA only)
2. What brand of a cell phone you use?
3. How is the overall sound quality?
4. Does the caller id info comes through on your land line phone?
5. Can it be used with Fax?
6. Can it be used with dial up internet connection? If so, what's the maximum throughput you get?
7. If you have had expirience with both of these, which one would you recomend?

Thanks

[Ignaurus13]

1. Tmobile GSM
2. I use the Cellsocket with a Nokia 6190 and another with a 5190
3. Sounds great....better then using the cellphone speaker and microphone
4. Caller ID comes though from the GSM phone to the my Panassonic cordless phone....no landline used from telco
5. No fax
6. No dialup
7. Never used VOX2...Ceellsocket is a good product. Dont expect it to improve your reception. If your phone can get a signal, the cellphone will barely help it.....actually with GSM it hurt it so I opened it up an disconnected that piece.

[LeeM]

Originally posted by: Ignaurus13

7. Never used VOX2...Ceellsocket is a good product. Dont expect it to improve your reception. If your phone can get a signal, the cellphone will barely help it.....actually with GSM it hurt it so I opened it up an disconnected that piece.

Sounds like you are using model 61622. Is this correct? So, if I understand you correctly the external antenna piece of 61622 only makes it worse? I was wondering about that, becase most antennas explicitly say they are for TDMA & CDMA networks, although I think GSM is kind of like TDMA.

There is also a cheaper unit - 5161N, which doesn't come with antenna, but I don't know what other disadvantages it has. according to cellsocket cust service 61622 had some firmware upgrades & improvements, which *probably* made it sound better. (As I mentioned earlier, I tried it a few years ago and wasn't satisfied with the sound quality)