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Best House/Home phones

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Old 19-11-2009, 7:59 PM   #1
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Best House/Home phones

Mobiles are so far ahead of home phones... wish there were some good ones ...or is there?

Ones that extend doorbell noises would be good !
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Old 21-11-2009, 6:26 PM   #2
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I've got one of these (twin set) and it's a very classy, full-featured home phone.

Siemens Gigaset SL785.

Great call quality, well-built, looks nice, lots of features (including ringtones and PC sync), but expensive.

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Old 01-12-2009, 9:44 AM   #3
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We use the Siemens SL565 and its excellent. The base unit sits right next to the wireless router and neither have any interference issues. I've not read anything about doorbell extenders tho, interesting.
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Re: Best House/Home phones

What pray thee is "expensive"?

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I've got one of these (twin set) and it's a very classy, full-featured home phone.

Siemens Gigaset SL785.

Great call quality, well-built, looks nice, lots of features (including ringtones and PC sync), but expensive.
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Old 02-12-2009, 8:04 AM   #5
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i got these, very clear audio

Panasonic KX-TG8424EB Colour DECT Quad Telephone with: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

and you can put them in night mode so that your annoying kids cant ring up at 3 am drunk and expect a taxi
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Old 02-12-2009, 1:30 PM   #6
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What pray thee is "expensive"?
Er, the phone is. The place I bought from charges £165 for the twin-set. (But I think the price has dropped since I bought it.)

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