Using Tivo or Replay TV w/o a Phone Line?

IronChef asks: "I'd like to use a Tivo or Replay digital recorder, but I don't have a land line -- we're a cell phone only family. How can I record all the Simpsons episodes every day on a Tivo without paying for a phone line that I don't need for anything else?" This situation is not as unusual as it seems, and there will be more "cellular-only" households in the future. Are there ways for people who don't want the hassle of copper wires to take advantage of services that expect one?

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Check the TiVo forum

[jwsh]

TiVo hosts a forum for its users, and have helpfully provided a group for the 'TiVo Underground' (read TiVo hackers)
Checkout this thread, assuming you have some sort of net connection, and a computer at your house.

http://www.avsforum.com/ ubb tivo/Forum6/HTML/000398.html

HTH

Make cell phone look like landline

[Vassily Overveight]

You might try using a special add-on to the cell phone that makes it look like a landline (gives dialtone, allows tone dialing, etc.). I know such things exist (I know someone who had one for a Motorola phone, but don't know where he got it), but haven't personally tried it. However, since the phone call is daily and lasts up to 15 minutes, this may end up being more expensive than a phone line.