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I liked this product, when it worked.

The sound is better than the Philips VOIP841 (incoming, outgoing, quality, and volume), and it works well with phone systems that require keypad entries (voice mail, banking by phone, etc).

But be forewarned that if it stops working within the 1-year warranty, their policy states they will replace the unit in 4 to 6 weeks.

That is a loooong time to be without a cordless/computer-less phone.

(Of course you can still use Skype through your computer/laptop/wi-fi device.)

So, yes, you can save a lot with VOIP solutions, but be prepared for higher failure rates in service (considering all the required electronics/systems: VOIP service, ISP, DSL/cable modem, router, DECT base, handset...) than you've ever experienced with land lines.

I'm glad we've kept our land line (at the most basic bare bones service rate) as a back up to tide us over the next 4 to 6 weeks. Let's hope it's only 4 to 6 weeks!

This is a great phone. Keep an eye on the price though, I've seen it swing between $82 and $160.

I bought this phone almost 2 weeks ago and I really recommend this phone to everyone. It does what I paid for ! I created my skype account and only with R$14,95 ( it is almost U$6) I can talk 400minutes. I work home office for an international company, I've just plugged the fone in my internet broadband connection ( 6MB ) and also plugged the landline so people that call me are calling using the landline, when I call I select skypeout.
The quality of sound is excelent, the speaker phone is also great.
When I connected the phone on the internet it detected a new version of firmware, I updated very easy, just selecting "next, next, finish" it took 15minutes without any interaction after I confirmed.
I gave 4 stars because of the following problems:
1-) sometimes the phone just hang and I can not type the phone number, I have to remove the batteries.
2-) the status of the batteries does not indicate the right amount of battery.
3-) I noticed the problem start when you are visualizing the features on the phone, checking all the options and menus. The phone is not very tough you need to be careful .
4-) The batteries that came with the phone are not so good, maybe it can be the problem, a good point is that they are rechargeable .

The truth:
I saw a bunch of reviews saying a lot of problem and some wrong information.
1-) is very easy to raise the volume during the call, just pressing one key.
2-) some problems are due old version of firmware, update the firmware and the quality of sound will be improved
3-) I did notice any delay to type the numbers and the noise when pressing keys are normal
4-) the design is not poor, the design is simple, this phone is the cheapest voip phone that I found.
5-) only the phone I had to remove the batteries ( 2 times ) and eventhough I am sure that it is being caused by the batteries . The base I never unplugged.

I've now had 2 of these phones and they both have had problems. When I initially got the first phone, it was great but after a few weeks, I was having connection problems and had to reset the phone very often. GE customer support is almost non-existent. It finally died on me after a few months. I got a new one and it seemed to work better for a while, although I was having some problems with the auto-login with Skype from time to time. The phone was already preset to be logged in at all times but it would lose that function and wouldn't let me log-in manually so I wasn't able to make the call. I've had this second one for about a year and it has to be reset every month or so and I am waiting for it to eventually die. It's no longer under warranty so I'll just have to eat it! Hoping to find another better quality Skype phone that doesn't require a computer and that has CUSTOMER SUPPORT.

Hi,
I purchased this phone in Jan 2009 on Amazon. This phone is very easy to setup and has excellent call quality. Initially I had a problem in dialing the extension. So I was not able to make calls to India using 'Reliance' or 'Airtel'. Then I upgraded the firmware of phone to the latest level. After that I could dial extension and make calls to India.
This is really a BEST phone for such a low price. Good feature is that phone has two ports. One is RJ-45 and another is standard PSTN (RJ11).
Amazon delivered it just in 3 days.
I would recommend this phone to all SKYPE users.
Thanks !

- Kiran Kamley