I know it sounds too good to be true, and honestly, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I'd be right there with you. I'd love to give you all the background: My hair pulling and screaming as I try to find a way to get VoIP working in my home for my kids to use when we're not around (they don't have phones yet), but I don't think you care. So here's the magic:
1. Google Voice Number
Get a Google Voice number. If you have a Google account, go to google.com/voice and set it up. It's free, and this is a VoIP line with unlimited calling to US/Canada
2. Obihai's ObiTalk
Go get a device at www.obihai.com. They have a great product comparison chart, but seriously, you probably just need the ObiTalk 100 ($39). This one allows you to connect one phone to 2 VoIP services, which is (probably) all you need...
3. Dect 6.0 Wireless Phone
This is a new and amazing technology, I'm millennial and a cable cutter. I've not had a land line in many years, my wife and I have used cell phones exclusively for more than a decade. So this new approach to cordless phones caught me off guard: 1 base and as many as 5 phones attached to it that don't need plugged into the phone jack. You'll need this since the ObiTalk only has one phone jack on it.
4. Anveo E911 Service (Optional and not free)
This part isn't free, and I'd wait until you get the Obihai to set it up, but basically you're paying another service (Anveo) for E911 service. Once you connect the Obihai to your Google Voice account it'll warn you repeatedly that you can't make E911 calls, and as soon as you've finished acknowledging this repatedly it'll offer to forward you to their partner and pay $15/year for 5 E911 calls (more than 5 calls will reset your subscription and require you to renew early).
Many people out here on the web have probably already seen this and think I'm ridiculous for getting excited, but hey, there it is.
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