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Netgear Dual Mode Cordless Phone with Skype(SPH200D)I bought this phone a little over a year ago. Than of course you need to adjust time zone again and other regional settings. It is fine if you want to make aa phone call once in a while, but you can't use it on daily basis. It shows "online" but in fact noone can reach you.
It is more a toy than real phone. It is just so annoying. It is always the same. And for this price. Sometmes it would unfreeze itself and suddnely you are getting 20 voicemails and 30 missed calls. It never worked good.
I've tried it with different routers and even different hi-speed internet providers. Forget it. It simply freezes and you don't even know that. You have to unplug the power and reset it.
When I heard about this phone, I thought I would try it. Associates can call and I no longer need to fumble for my headset.
Now anyone can call me, not just Skype users. The computer doesn't have to stay on all the time.I went ahead and got a SkypeIn number.
I work from my home and needed a second line. (It occasionally resets and loses connection).
I am pleased with this. I also use Skype alot to talk with associates overseas.
It has been working out quite well.It plugs right into my router and works fairly reliably.
it never ends=)overall a very very nice and good product. We've had this phone for over a year and we absolutely love it.I bought it for my dad so that he could walk around the house talking to all of his relatives. hes also happy with it.the range of this phone is unbelievable.
The speaker-phone is a nice feature. This is because Skype has a set DTMF.
I have never been able to make it work on an overseas call (trying to log into phone banking for an overseas account, etc).It does appear to work from the computer client, so who knows where exactly the problem lies. We are working to solve this issue."This is incredibly frustrating when you're doing things like dialing into conference calls that require long strings of numbers.
Skype has some great features (overseas dial-in numbers, Skype-to-go, etc) and provides this all for much cheaper than most VOIP providers. I have been in contact with Netgear support over this, their response is, verbatim: "Unfortunately the issue you are seeing is a known issue with most stand alone Skype phones from a variety of companies."Guess what Skype say when I forwarded this on to them:"We are aware that in some cases it is not possible to dial extension numbers using Skype.
good luck getting it sorted out. This is a good way to not need to sit at the computer all the time.The phone generally works well and is simple to use.
Previous reviews mentioned caller-id issues, but this seems sorted now.However, there is one VERY annoying problem -- touch-tones very rarely work.
It also works very good This a great product matched with skype and it will give you very cheap local and international calling. It costs about $9.99 for unlimited ~ (10000 minutes )to many many countries and only $3 for unlimited US and canada calling.
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