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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
Good Sound Quality – User Interface needs work
By B. Ellis
I am reasonably technical and run a VOIP PBX for our little business with various dissimilar providers, IP Phones and gateways. This seemed like a nice addition where cordless IP phones are needed. I have almost returned this various times because of the UI and contact import issues, nonetheless I am keeping it in hope of an modified firmware release.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
Nice having a landline again!
By William A. Charlton
This phone is rock-solid and I’m genuinely glad I purchased it. Works well with Google Voice and Gizmo5.
It’s unquestionably an entry-level product, which is what I was looking for since I didn’t want to commit too deeply to VOIP without testing it out first. By entry-level, I mean the system is missing a few features (e.g. no built-in voicemail; the handset doesn’t have a headphone jack). I didn’t need those since I use Google Voice.
Initial set up was fantastically simple for a VOIP phone. Call quality is much better than my mobile phone even when it has full bars. I have an entry-level DSL connection at home and that seems sufficient.
The phone has mechanically picked up two firmware updates since I’ve owned it, making the UI much rapidly and without delay and posing no difficulty to use.
I was reluctant to buy an IP phone for a long time after a bad experience with a well-known national VOIP service. When I moved to a new house, I tried to go mobile-only, but the sound quality from my cellphone just wasn’t good sufficient for a lot of purposes, specially for work calls. This phone has been a completely dissimilar story – works great, sounds great. For me, combining this hardware with my free Google Voice / Gizmo account has given me a landline without any on a monthly basis fees.
Minor complaints: (1) No way to permanently disable blinking “messages” LED on handset after missing calls; (2) No headset jack; (3) web interface on base unit is slow. None of these were dealbreakers for me.
Love it.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Great one of a kind device.
By Keenan Tims
This is a nice product. There fundamentally aren’t any other proper cordless VoIP (ie. SIP) phones out there for a reasonable price, just the enterprise-y stuff. As an added bonus, this one uses DECT, so you will have to be competent to just add handsets at will.
I’ve had it for a while now and haven’t had any difficulties with it whatsoever. It does what it says on the tin, and while it’s distinctly a consumer-oriented device and I’d like to see more functionality, it’s been great.
Pros:
- Proper SIP support, connected effortlessly to my PBX
- Each handset (up to 6 I believe) may be related with a distinguished SIP account
- Battery life is good, but not great. Lasts in regards to a week on standby with occasional use, my non-DECT Panasonic from a couple years ago may do closely twice that.
- POTS connection may ring through to the handset and be applied for emergency outgoing, or all outgoing calls. Useful if you have an Enterphone system, for example, or if you use VoIP for free calling to other VoIP users but not PSTN calls.
Cons:
- Handset build quality doesn’t feel very good. Seems sturdy enough, but the switches just have a poor sentiment to them.
- I can’t figure out how to control the volume in-call, if it’s even possible
- Web interface is rather slow
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