Thanks Meg. I have had Sprint for quite a while. Will upgrade the service and get a different phone tomorrow as they are offering rebates. I won't go for their "Vision" as that is about $10 more. Their phones have the ability to connect to the laptop as a modem. It's the wave of the future, looks like. If I am visiting a friend who has only one phone line and her daughter is waiting around to get it for the computer, I can just plug into the good old clamshell! Much obliged. m jo