OT - Phone for Home Office

[RU Cheese]

I'm in the market for a telephone for my home office. I'd like to use my landline so I'm looking for an analog phone (e.g. no VOIP) that has an excellent speakerphone. Does anyone have something similar that they use at home and would recommend?

Thanks.

 

[Tango Two]

 

[Knight Shift]

 

[RutgersUnion]

 

[Blitz8RU]

Just buy a smartphone and use that as your home office phone. Landlines are soo old school. No need for them in this day and age.

 

[Knight Shift]

You will have a hard time getting a consensus here. Got to amazon.com and search analog speaker phone and check the ratings. There are a couple o AT&T phones that are highly rated with over 600 reviews and cost 30 bucks or less. Hard to go wrong with that.

 

[srru86]

As important as the Bell System break up was one of the unintended consequences is it is hard to find a decent consumer phone. Yes, Ma Bell charged you a fortune in rent for their sets but they were bulletproof. Most you'll find today are really cheaply made, even ones that are not inexpensive, and break quickly. I've looked around and haven't been happy with those I picked up. They were in the $75 dollar price range, not bargain basement models but still chintzy in the end.

 

[PeteGiam07]

What age do we live in where you can't get a good speaker phone without getting recommendations? It's a standard technology now...

 

[Rutgers2000]

I have a Panasonic system (don't recall the model) but the speakerphone on both the base and the wireless extensions are great and can be dialed up pretty loud if needed.

 

[Piscataway_rivals]

Who the hell uses a speakerphone? Pick up the damn handset. Are you making sausages? Are you washing hair? There's nothing worse than talking to someone on the speakerphone!

 

[RU_Planning]

Who the hell uses a speakerphone? Pick up the damn handset. Are you making sausages? Are you washing hair? There's nothing worse than talking to someone on the speakerphone!

If you have a good speaker phone like the OP is inquiring about then it sounds fine. When I was in an office I would always take calls on speaker (because they were good phones) so I could multi-task - take notes, check emails, reference documents for the call, etc.

Now that I am working from a number of places including home I use Line2 (www.line2.com) and a headset on my laptop, but it also is a 2nd line on my personal cell. Does wifi and 3g calls and includes text and can be linked to Outlook contacts.

 

[megadrone]

Just buy a smartphone and use that as your home office phone. Landlines are soo old school. No need for them in this day and age.

Try living in my house with plaster walls and aluminum siding, put an office in teh basement, and carry on a conversation on a cel phone.

Actually though, I have a google voice number that I use...since I'm usually by the PC and don't want to tie up the house line.

 

[RUevolution36]

Who the hell uses a speakerphone? Pick up the damn handset. Are you making sausages? Are you washing hair? There's nothing worse than talking to someone on the speakerphone!

typing and holding a handset are kinda difficult. the crook of the neck technique doesn't really work for any calls longer than 5 mins and can probably cause some serious neck pain when you're on 2-3 hour Friday conference calls.

 

[Piscataway_rivals]

typing and holding a handset are kinda difficult. the crook of the neck technique doesn't really work for any calls longer than 5 mins and can probably cause some serious neck pain when you're on 2-3 hour Friday conference calls.

why not get a headset? or an earpeice? you can probably get a wireless one.

 

[superfan01]

I don't trust the OP. Guy is probably into some freaky stuff that he needs all this technology. Probably best to ignore this guy.
What a freak.

 

[PSU_Nut_rivals17625]

Who the hell uses a speakerphone? Pick up the damn handset. Are you making sausages? Are you washing hair? There's nothing worse than talking to someone on the speakerphone!

For those with hearing aids speaker phone is much easier to hear then on the ear.

 

[ruhudsonfan]

Who the hell uses a speakerphone? Pick up the damn handset. Are you making sausages? Are you washing hair? There's nothing worse than talking to someone on the speakerphone!

Making sausages...lol

Totally random crack of the year...I LOLed...

Get a headset...people who use speakerphones have little dicks and should die in an explosion in a ball bearing factory

 

[scarletjimmy]

I have worked from home for years. I use Panasonic phones that I buy from onlinephonestore.com I have five phones, with a bunch of headsets. They have worked great.

 

[Trekology]

Check out the Aastra Meridian 9316CW (single line) or 9417CW (2-line). The speakerphone is pretty good as is the build quality. A new one is a little pricy but you can get used/refurbished ones on eBay for a lot less.