Great value, completely bypasses old phone lines in house
I've owned VTech phones before, and they performed excellently, with changes of the rechargeable batteries every few years and were still working fine after about 10 years. However, they used the old phone lines and jacks in the house, and we lost service for a couple of days whenever it rained, presumable because the phone lines got wet. The reason I bought this new set of 5 is to completely bypass old phone lines and jacks in the house. The main station plugs directly into the modem, which provides landline VOIP voice service over the internet using XFinity. The other four phones around the house only need to be plugged in at the base, and do not require any jacks or phone lines. The sound quality is fine and the layout of buttons is convenient. I synced my cell phone, but don't expect to use this feature much (the cell phone must be within 30 feet of the base for this to work). I also don't expect to use the junk call filter because in general I would need to enter the allowed phone numbers one at a time and the blocked numbers one at a time (not able to import my contact list from my iMac or iPhone). Altogether an excellent value, five phones including base for under $130. These use a slightly different rechargeable battery (BT183342/BT283342) from my previous VTech phones.
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