AT&T (TL88102) Dect 6.0 1-Handset 2-Line Landline Telephone Bundle with 3 Handsets and Dual Caller ID/Call Waiting

I waited a month before reviewing this item, because it annoys me when people post a review three hours after opening the box. We have two phone lines - one for my home business and the other for the family. This unit was very easy to set up, and it took me less than 20 minutes to set up the base and synch all the portables. I am no electronics expert, and if it takes you much longer than that (other reviews) - it's not the product's fault; you're just not paying attention to the clear step-by-step instructions. There's a simple sequence that must be followed, so, just - - follow it. Choosing different ring tones was also easy, as was having two different settings for the answering machine. I want the unit to pick up calls to the family after 3 rings, but not pick up at all for my business calls, which I prefer to handle through my cable company so I can easily access my business calls when away from the office (there's a simple button on the base for each line to turn answering on/off). That's just how I like it, the point is that it's easily customizable to your preference. Call quality is just fine on both regular mode and speaker mode, and I get full coverage throughout the whole house from the base downstairs. Caller ID on all portables is very useful. Does not synch with my cell phone, but I really didn't need or want that feature especially at significant added cost. I always have my cell phone with me anyway for texts, quick email or news updates, so why have a portable phone that syncs for calls only? For me, that wouldn't allow me to put my cell phone by the front door so why bother? Bottom line, both my wife and I are very satisfied with this system for our family's needs as well as those of my small home business.

Sep 30 2016Works as advertised. Very good sound quality and range. I bought a few extra handsets so that I have phones everywhere I need them, even on the porch. The handsets are very lightweight, and the standby time is far longer than older phones. The instruction manual wasn't quite correct on the setup, so I lost some time trying to link each handset with the base unit. A bit of internet research solved the problem, so once I learned the trick I was able to quickly mate the handsets with the base unit. (hint: it involves putting tin foil on your head and reciting a chant).I program each handset with different ring tones and volumes such that my office doesn't hear the home phone, and the bedroom doesn't hear the office phone. My only disappointment so far is that each handset can't be named (i.e. "Office") in the handset display. So we sometime return the wrong handset to its charger and get rings in the wrong place. Not a big problem, solved with a sticker, but some way to electronically label each phone in its display (as found in other phones) would be a nice update to the firmware.So if you need an inexpensive 2-line cordless set with good battery time, and sufficient range for whole-house coverage, then consider this model. I've always had good luck with AT&T products, and this one hasn't let me down. I've had it over a year and have it's always worked well for me.

Liked phone and it does the job fine. Only suggestion for improvement on the phone system would be for the phone to automatically roll over to the other line when the first line is in use and for it automatically roll over to the second line when making another call or answering the phone for an incoming call. Several times accidentally interrupted other people's phone calls when trying to pick up the phone or to make a call on the other line. The Panasonic phone system this AT&T replaced had that feature and we never accidentally picked up on someone else's call. Overall a good phone system. Range is a little better than the Panasonic.

I had an AT&T phone before but it did not have a headphone jack. I looked at a lot of phones but most had horrible reviews. It is very difficult to find a phone with good reviews that has a phone jack. This AT&T phone has good reviews and a phone jack. I did not need a 2-line phone as I only use one line. This phone meet all of my other requirements so I bought it. I am happy to have this phone it works very well and the sound quality if great. I think the design of the of the software to control handling of messages and the call log (reviewing and deleting) could be better. It is usable but it takes a little longer than it did with my old AT&T phone.

I have spent 3 hours trying to get the handset to connect to the base. No luck. It is a laborious process because you have to unplug the handset base and then unplug the battery (very difficult) and try again after each failed attempt. Also these are very cheaply built. The buttons have to pushed really hard to register a number. And the overall handset design is bad--the difficult of plugging and unplugging the battery is one of many examples of this. Finally, you can't plug a headset into the base. You have to put it in a handset, which makes for bad quality calls and puts you at risk of losing a call because the battery runs down. This is only really good for a small business that is running some kind of consumer fraud--you won't get any customers pestering you about the money you stole.I'm a tech writer, by the way, so my opinion isn't the result of not being able to figure out how to plug in a phone.