The phrase "alternative phone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a secondary or different phone number that can be contacted in addition to a primary one.
Example: "Please provide your alternative phone in case we need to reach you urgently."
Alternatives: "secondary phone" or "backup phone number".
Censorship of Web sites and the banning in some countries of alternative phone providers like Skype also pose hurdles.
THERE are alternative phone service business models that could be beneficial to producers, users and the rest of us.
"The worry is, it could be 62percenttomorrowow," as alternative phone operators gain share, said John Tysoe, an analyst with WestLB Panmure.
There's also a fantastic 'lost' setting, where you can automatically lock your phone and set an alternative phone number to show up on the screen.
The government has signalled that it is planning to standardise such numbers, but in the meantime, the Say No to 0870 website provides a list of free or cheaper alternative phone lines.
It also says there are free or local rate alternative phone numbers for passengers who want to contact them.
But he said that unlike well-heeled business travelers or tourists, many troops do not carry international cellphones and do not have the option of finding alternative phones with lower rates, since they are confined to the transit lounge.
Journalists could benefit from having another alternative to phone calls and e-mails.
Based on interviews with professionals, three forms of non-electronic communication are described: alternative records, phone calls and letters, which facilitate the sharing of the electronic record.
Mr. Buckmaster was referring to alternative newspapers, phone directories and sex Web sites that carry ads for prostitution, although authorities say that Craigslist is the largest place for such ads.
E-mail, a cheap alternative to phone calls, faxes, and snail mail, was a single-use application for TCP/IP (even though its value rose with the number of users).
