Landline Telephone with Answering Machine

[grasscutter]

Is there any particular model that's a favorite of yours?

Just throwing this out there in case someone has a landline telephone with answering machine that they like for whatever reason.

I realize most of you guys probably have a cell phone as your home telephone.

 

[Tdbo]

If they are still available ( I haven't shopped one in awhile,) anything Panasonic.
We have had ours for over 10 years and still like it.

 

[Rmay635703]

My mom buys whatever is cheap at Walmart,

She uses a handset that transmits to other landline phones using the homes outlets

 

[JayhawkRoy]

Vtech and Panasonic has done our family well. A couple of us oldsters still have landlines. We got our devices from Walmart or possibly Best Buy.

 

[Fitter30]

Vtech Walmart

 

[Carmudgeon]

Have had a Panny DECT cordless system for 13 years and counting.

Has been solid, and appliance-like all those years. Only recently have noticed that the batteries are due for replacement, and not a problem since they're standard AAA NiMH cells.

 

[tburke]

Hard to beat Panasonic... Costco usually has one for about $100, I've had the same one running for 10 years or so without issue.

Up until we moved into this house, I always had an "old faithful" POTS line. Unfortunately, the ILEC that serves the house abandoned the 20 year old copper plant in our neighborhood, couldn't get my POTS line connected, and didn't offer a replacement until recently, so I switched to VoIP via an ATA. Still nice to have a "second" number to give out to folks that don't need our cell phone numbers.

 

[goblin]

Always been a Panny guy, but I have to admit that it's difficult to beat Uniden.
Connect cellphone to the base via BT, and you can answer both landline and cell calls on the Uniden device, while your phone is charging - hopefully at a the Uniden base station, which has usb, and is hopefully placed at a spot where cell coverage is perfect.
Then, roam around the property Uniden in hand, with DECT range that is orders of magnitude better than BT.

 

[Papa Bear]

Have a VOIP with our ISP - they store messages

 

[supton]

Panasonic. Although I was miffed for a bit as ours could not be paired with Bluetooth, I wanted to stop cradling the phone while doing things. So I'd keep an eye for that, just in case you want to talk to people while doing the dishes or working on the car.

 

[Toy4x4]

Always bought Panasonic since 1996. I think I'm on my third phone set since then (?). I've replaced the batteries in one handset (of three) as they were failing. I use Ooma, too, and give out that number for most things. That way, all the scam/telemarketer garbage gets sent there and I done have the cell going off all the time. The $6.34 a month is worth it.

 

[Learn Ya]

Answering machine??? Sounds complicated. What type of oil does that machine use?

 

[grasscutter]

Right now my landline is completely dead. No dial tone. Just happened today.

 

[wavinwayne]

Whichever one plays the George Costanza greeting by default.

 

[Carmudgeon]

Link2Cell is what Panny calls their mobile proxy feature.

 

[dubber09]

We used Panasonic with cordless handsets, one 'base' with digital answering machine built-in and 4 cordless sets, one was from another older Panny that I was able to pair with new 3 sets kit, 'Land line' is long gone now, it was Vonage system running off Internet connection.

 

[grasscutter]

I finally got my phone line repaired.

The AT&T repairman said my address was one of five addresses that still have a landline. The neighborhood has over 400 houses.

 

[skyactiv]

Panasonics Link To Cell is something to look into if not for yourself, for someone you may know. It acts like a traditional cordless phone by going through your cellphone by its bluetooth. When either your dumb or smartphone has its bluetooth turned on and is near the Panasonic base, it auto connects, no thought needed. You can come and go with your cellphone and have one phone number.

 

[alarmguy]

I finally got my phone line repaired.

The AT&T repairman said my address was one of five addresses that still have a landline. The neighborhood has over 400 houses.

If you ever lose it for good or if you just want to start saving 100's of dollars a year. Just buy a Ooma device, plug your current phone into it, plug Ooma into your router and you have your home landline again. If you want to keep the same number there maybe a charge, or just select a new number. (this is assuming you have a good internet connection)

Best part is except for the device, the service has a free tier except for your local taxes. Our Ooma landline cost just under $7 a month in taxes. Had it for gosh, I dont even know anymore, 10+ years? Saved $1000's of dollars not paying for the copper wire phone line.
We used to use it a lot, even for overseas calls but now we rarely answer it and let the answering machine pick up. We give out that number to companies we do not want bothering making phone calls to our cell phones. It was also a back up phone number when our kids went to school, in case we missing a call to our cell phones and as @rijndael points out below.
https://www.ooma.com/home-phone-service/

 

[rijndael]

The neighborhood has over 400 houses.

If you've got kids at home, it seems like having a fixed/known location phone for 911 makes a lot of sense.

At my home, at any given time, there's a 50/50 chance my wife knows where her cell phone is.