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Well, for all of you that don't know, Toshiba cordless phones are made by UNIDEN. It has a different casing, but the internal circuits are entirely the same, so the quality is identical to the 2.4 GHz Uniden phones. One word to summarize the quality of this phone--echo! It echos like crazy, reminds me the early 900 MHz DSS phones. If you want a really good phone, go for Panasonic... VTech make phones for a lot of brands, including AT&T. Heck, they owned the right to market phones under the AT&T brand. This applies to Sony and other name brands. I think the only company design and make their own phones is Panasonic. That's why alot of the echoing or static problems appear phone after phone, because they are all made by Uniden, VTech, or a couple of Korean companies...

This phone has great features such as volume control and light up numbers. It's crystal clear with no background noise or static. My biggest complaint is the echoing. It's really annoying. Although the people you are speaking with can't hear the echo. I prefer Toshiba's 900MGZ phones with much better quality.

This particular Toshiba SG1700 2.4 GHz silver cordless phone was very attractive compare to the traditional "black" phone. It's key pads lights up which makes it great to use in the dark. I was using the Uniden 900 MHz digital phone before, and I just bought the Toshiba, because I needed another phone, so I was able to compare the immediate differences between the MHz and GHz. There is "indeed" a earful of difference. The GHz phone is clearer. Very clear. No noise. No hissy sounds. If you have a long face and big hands then, this particular phone may be some difficult to use, because we are so used to place our phone into our mouth. Actually if you speak away from the phone, the other side still can you you. Good price for under $ 80 phone, that's 2.4 GHz. Other brands, especially, Panasonic is too much! If you feel the phone, its quality if much better than GE, Uniden, or Vtec. From a Happy customer.

The key pad lights up bright, making it easy to see. I do not have any echo problems with mine. Small in size and very clear reception. I have been a couple hundred feet from the base with out any static.

Piece of garbage. Horrible distance. reliability stinks, especially the buttons. Would definitley recommend not buying this phone, no matter what the cost.