Are there any recommended phones?

[spursfan_1]

Does anyone, or can anyone, recommend a phone to use with U-Voice? Getting it installed and need new phones?

[dannyt_1]

Are you asking because you think you need new phones? Or were you planning on getting new ones anyways?

You do not need special phones for Uverse voice service.

[spursfan_1]

No, I need new phones, and wondered if anybody recommended any one in particular?

[bobntina_1]

If you have UVerse/UVerse voice or UVerse with standard phone service the big recommendation I would have for you relates to cordless phones.  If you are going to get a cordless phone get a 5.8 ghz...I recommend NOT getting a 2.4 ghz phone.  The 2.4 ghz phone can and has interferred with the wireless signal on the home portal.  As far as corded phones you can get anyone that you want.

Best,

Bob

[spd2demun ACE - Master]

We have Panasonic with the expandable base systems.  Needed something that would hang on the kitchen wall (as others in the past).  It's the 5.8, but there is a new spectrum out there that you might want to consider?

[metrohillbilly]

STOP and call support before making any purchase!

i know, the call will take about 40 minutes, but there are incompatible phones with uverse voice's caller id...we only found out after we had ours installed and troubleshooted with support...and, no one offered us anything for the inconvenience because our caller id works about 25% of the time at best...take care

[dmeyers]

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metrohillbilly wrote:

STOP and call support before making any purchase!

i know, the call will take about 40 minutes, but there are incompatible phones with uverse voice's caller id...we only found out after we had ours installed and troubleshooted with support...and, no one offered us anything for the inconvenience because our caller id works about 25% of the time at best...take care

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I don't have U-verse voice yet, I think it's just starting to come in my area but seeing this thread I thought I'd chime in. I am currently using the ATT dect 6.0 cordless phone and it has had the best reliability and no interference. I'm assuming it should work well with Uverse voice and should be very good with wireless networks.( No interference )

http://att.onlinephonestore.com/cat/3554/ATT-DECT-6.0-Cordless-Phones.html?cid=5749&chid=1&gclid=CJb...

[randyl]

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bobntina wrote:

If you have UVerse/UVerse voice or UVerse with standard phone service the big recommendation I would have for you relates to cordless phones.  If you are going to get a cordless phone get a 5.8 ghz...I recommend NOT getting a 2.4 ghz phone.  The 2.4 ghz phone can and has interferred with the wireless signal on the home portal.  As far as corded phones you can get anyone that you want.

Best,

Bob

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        bob if u happen to know anybody who works for at&t 

         maybe they should have an approved list or a not approved one ???

       just a thought

       randy

[RCSMG ACE - Master]

I'm getting it installed next Friday and I plan to use the phones I have now.  I will have the tech check to make sure all of the features on my phones work before he/she/they leave.

[showtime48 ACE - Guru]

good plan...

[spursfan_1]

I ended up waiting until after the install and asked the tech. He recommended going with any DECT 6.0 to eliminate interference. I haven't had any issues with the phones, only the phone service, but it has been corrected .... I think!

[metrohillbilly]

i should have said earlier that the vtech 5.8ghz is the phone we have...caller id rarely works...

we've also started experiencing two recurring issues with the system and not the phone...they are:

1. when people call us they commonly receive the message that our number has been disconnected or no longer in service

2. we try to dial out and can't - we get a fast busy

the first time we called the att rep he said that we can check our system settings out online...we know that and when we check, the system says everything is cool...plus, it's not our job to support the service we're paying for...

"technology is a great thing when it works" -- metrohillbilly (hahaha)

[dannyt_1]

That's interesting but not surprising. The same issue came up when AT&T started using "digital pair gain" for it's DSL service. There were phones that AT&T sold that would not work properly. Caller ID was the main feature with issues.

[gymnast46]

I have had Voice for a couple weeks and am kind of ambivalent about it.  The biggest drawback is not knowing when we've gotten a message.  In the past, we came home, walked in the kitchen, and looked to see if the answering machine was lit up.  Now, we're told we have to pick up the phone and listen to the dial tone to see if it pulstates or is steady.  I'm told that there are special compatible phones that will tell you when a message is present but I can't find them on the ATT website.

I do like the fact that I get emails at work telling me I have a voice mail at home but trying to log onto the site to see who sent the message is time consuming and the site is frequently slow or totally down.

My house is equipped with a fairly old Radio Shack cordless phone system with three extensions.  They work fine with Voice other than the lack of message notification.  

I don't really need any more phones but I will buy one for the kitchen if anyone can recommend a cordless one that will display when a new message has arrived.

[CLKroute419]

Just added U-voice today.  Caller ID does not work on GE DECT 6.0 phones purchased last December.  I have plugged directly into RG with no change.  Corded phone works in Kitchen.  Interesting is the caller ID works sometimes on one cordless phone, then the other, sometimes both, often neither.  For for giggles I got out one of those big boxes that you had to have when Caller ID first came out.  For those old enough to remember when you had to answer the phone without looking at it to see who was calling,  It works!!!

I never did like these GE phones as they have very low audio even when turned all the way up.  However,  how do I know what phones will work?  I would have thought that the newest 6.0 would work.  Any suggestions?  Any explinations why cordless phones are having caller ID issues with U-Voice?

[TxGlen]

I agree with the comments made about the GE Dect 6.0 phone.  Sometimes I get the caller ID but most of the time not.  Is there anything being done to correct this or do those of us that have it have to puchase new phones?

[CLKroute419]

For those who care:

I just purchased the Philips DECT 6.0 model SE450 DUO from Walmart for 59.88.  The caller ID is working with this model.

[oz_1 ACE - Wizard]

Panasonic dect 6.0 seems to work great.

[NorthLineTony ACE - Czar]

I'm expecting a Uniden DECT 6.0 phone set tomorrow, three handsets. Any complaints or did I make a good choice?

[wase4711_1]

panasonic dect work perfectly, as do the new ATT 6.0 dect phones..

Caller id/call waiting works perfectly, and, I get a flashing light on my phone, and a stutter tone when a voice mail is waiting..

panasonic kx-tg9344

att sl82518

both cordless/6.0 DECT systems 

[mdarmistead]

I recently purchased a large format display Phillips caller ID device. My install is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 10th. I hope that the display will continue to work. I love the large LCD display and backlight, you can read it from all the way across the room.

[twentw]

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wase4711 wrote:

panasonic dect work perfectly, as do the new ATT 6.0 dect phones..

Caller id/call waiting works perfectly, and, I get a flashing light on my phone, and a stutter tone when a voice mail is waiting..

panasonic kx-tg9344

att sl82518

both cordless/6.0 DECT systems 

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Can retrieval of voice mail be programmed for one button on these phones?  I want to mimic the operation of a regular answering machine as much as possible, so a blinking light and one button retrieval is what I need.

[wase4711_1]

no,  you would have to dial *98  to retrieve voice mail with any phone on the system...

[Computer-Joe ACE - Guru]

I don't have U-VOICE yet, but my suggestion is to go with a 5.8 GHz digital (not analog), expandable setup. You can usually find these with one or two extensions in the kit already.The nice thing about the expandable sets is all the other functions. You can use them as an intercom system, a baby monitor, and you can transfer calls to other handsets to name a few. I have a Uniden set and I can get a clear signal a block away from my house. One thing I've learned, if you like the set you end up getting, go get a couple of extra extension sets for it right away as the models and designs change rapidly and the extension sets could become rare. 

As far as the answering machine blinking when you get home. If you set the AT&T voice-mail to pick up after more rings than your home answering machine, then you should get messages on your home machine instead of the AT&T voice-mail. You can also dial into most home answering machines to get your messages remotely if required.

[wase4711_1]

unfortunately, at this point, you cannot change any of the ring settings on UVOICE; that will change soon, but you cannot add more rings, nor can you change how fast it picks up calls..

[texbru]

I have a Panasonic DECT 6.0 and it works great. Great sound!

I also have a 5.6GHz phone also works great on different VOIP provider. Do not use 2.4 GHz phones.

[oz_1 ACE - Wizard]

Another nice thing about DECT 6.0 it operates where nothing else does and that spells absolutely no interference or at least for the time being.

[RCSMG ACE - Master]

I have Uniden cordless phones and an Ameritech phone, all which show caller id and cidcw that work great.  YRMV

[cornstalkk]

Hello, all.  I just wanted to chime in and say that I purchased Uniden DECT 1560 series yesterday and they work phenomenal with u-voice.  Caller ID/CWCID works great and the indicator light lights up when I have a voicemail.

Message Edited by cornstalkk on 12-15-2008 08:59 AM

Message Edited by cornstalkk on 12-15-2008 08:59 AM

[BrenO55]

We have the AT&T 6.0 GHZ 5 phone base system and I really don't care for it myself.  I liked my Uniden much better.  But I have no idea if the Uniden is compatible with Uverse.