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A great phone that works when the electricity is out. The voice tone is very clear, the ring can be set to loud and the caller ID is a bonus. The receiver is easy to knock down so it is best installed in an "out of the way" location.
I was trulydisappointed as it is so difficult to find a good landline phone nowadays. We were looking forward to using this as our mainkitchen phone.it had many features for few bucks. Don't let itsit idle in the box. Test it out carefully once you receive it. Instead, ithad to be returned. We could not call out on it and incomingcalls were very faint, almost imposssible to hear.
And this phone doesn't like it when another phone is off-hook (to allow two people to share a conversation). We don't use Caller ID, so I can't address those features, just the basic operation and styling of this last-of-the-corded-phones.Styling.Almost.The handset is fine, but the base is clearly taller and clunkier than it needs to be.Operation.Almost.While voice quality is generally good, the background noise level is fair at best. When you join a conversation from one of our two cordless phones, this one begins to click rhythmically and you can no longer hear the conversation. This product is acceptable, but could easily have been great. It's an update on the Trimline design for the Caller ID era.
It's hard to believe trying to talk to AT&T about this nonsense would be fruitful, and I sure bet it would be time consuming. Then I see in the manual:"This product meets the applicable Industry Canada technical specifications" (a hint this might not be best for a US customer) and then:"You may need to change your telephone service plan to enjoy this [the caller ID] feature. Contact your telephone service provider if:-- You have both caller ID and call waiting, but as separate services (you may need combined service) OR -- You have only caller ID service, or only call waiting service, but not both."I have both caller ID and call waiting and have no idea whether they're "separate" - it's a standard AT&T residential phone plan. Inexpensive phone with good sound quality. Would have been a great deal if the caller ID had worked out of the box. *** The caller ID just doesn't work. Base is oddly high (almost three inches). *** I have other phones with caller ID on the same line which work fine.
This was all done on a Sunday and the order was not shipped until the following Tuesday. I wanted to cancel this order when it became apparent it could not be combined with my other order. Stephen Sad way to do business that no one is availble to stop this order days before it shipped. I did not want to pay multiple shipping fees. I recieved a message to late order pulled and in shipping process.
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