American Telecom 6.0 INTERFERENCE-FREE Digitally Enchanced Cordless Telephone with Answering System, Plus 3 Extensions!! Includes FREE Bonus!! | 
| Brand: American Telecom
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $15.99
You Save: $64.00 (80%)
New (15) Used (4) Refurbished (1) from $15.99
Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Electronics
12 Distinctive Ringtones
over 900 foot range
FREE 500 Minutes of Prepaid Long Distance
Remote Control Accesss
MPN: RA2184BB
Model: RA2184BB
UPC: 893426000651
EAN: 0893426000651
ASIN: B000L5TT5Q
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 4 Handsets Using Only 1 Phone Jack!! | | • | INTERFERENCE FREE with Dect 6.0 | | • | NEW!! Access Digital Answering System from Each Handset | | • | Records Up to 24 Incoming Messages | | • | 20 Number Caller ID Log, Caller ID Call Waiting, 40 Number Speed Dial Phonebook, and MORE!! |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Get Four Quality and Modern Cordless Phones, with an Integrated Digital Answering System, Caller ID Call Waiting, and a 40 number Speed Dial Phonebook. This phone features a sleed design, internalized antennas, and by using NEW DECT 6.0 Enhanced Technology, you gat an Interference Free Phone Experience. Has SO MANY FEATURES including Handset Speakerphone, over 900 foot range, Intercom between handsets, and a single button to access prepaid long distance and MORE. Comes with 500 Bonus Minutes Included to Try PayN'Talk Prepaid Long Distance. WOW!!
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| Customer Reviews:
These people should not be designing phones July 26, 2008
Jeff (Kennewick, WA United States)
To the best of my knowledge, I've never written an Amazon.com review. But this phone has been so horrible, that I feel I've got to try to protect people from ever getting mixed up with this company.
The picture shown does not look exactly like the phones that I have, but everything else seems the same. In any case, just being the same company would be enough for me to say RUN--don't walk, away from this company.
I guess I should be thankful that they work at all, considering the other two reviews here. But here is an extremely partial list of the failings I've been annoyed with:
- Lets say the phone rings. Two people in different parts of the house try to grab it. I grab it, I say "Hello", and just as the caller starts to say who it is that is calling ("Hey, this is Joe!"), someone else in the house grabs the phone. This stupid system puts a 2 second tone on the line, blocking out what the caller says. I suppose it is to stop people from eavesdropping, I don't know, but the tone blocks out all communication, and I have to start the conversation over, confusing everyone. I didn't ask for, and don't need an "anti-eavesdropping" phone. Don't help me with some feature that isn't needed.
- The answering machine does not allow you to interrupt any of the voice prompts while you are listening to the message. You hit "play", and it goes through telling you the date and time and everything, and you can't just forward-arrow to start listening to the messages.
= The answering machine regularly cuts people off in the middle of their message and hangs up. No rhyme or reason to it. There is plenty of space left, etc.
- The addressbook is different for each phone. This could be a plus if, for example, you have a phone for a telephone active family members who each want their own directory, but for our family, where we are very close and we all call the same people, it is a pain to have to try to keep each handset updated. Adding a new number? Multiply the operation by 4.
- The icons on the display are EXTREMELY small. Yes, I know that I have the old 40+ year old eyes, but seriously, the icons are about 1-2mm in size. Very difficult to see.
- Several functions, such as turning off the ringer on a handset, muting a call, signal strength(?), etc. are on buttons that if you hold them down just a second too long, it activates the function. The only indication that you've done it is the tiny icon that you can't see. So my wife will occasionally bring a phone to me complaining that it doesn't work. I've got to break out the granny glasses and try to figure out what got activated accidentally.
I truly could go on and on. It absolutely chagrins me that I regularly encounter new annoyances with this phone. You name the feature, and they've found a way to screw up on a telephone. But the "all too helpful" two-second BEE-BOO-BEE-BOO tone mentioned at the top is the most annoying. It is especially annoying when you're on an important phone call, and someone picks up an extension, inadvertently. Without the silly tone, you'll know real quick that someone was using the phone when you pick it up, and you'll hang up, no harm, no foul. But this stupid phone has got to make a big issue of it, and it helps no one.
I can't warn you more strongly against this phone. An alternative? Well, I have less strong feelings about this. I'm still looking for a replacement, myself, but my parents have a VTech set that is similar but without any of the problems. You might consider that.
american telecom junk phone sys. February 21, 2008
C. H. Ashley
over a period of 14 months american telecom has replaced my phone system four times. ra218 and ra2364. the longest lasting went for 60 day before crashing,always the base unit goes bad.buyer beware
These phones are useless. Don't Buy January 4, 2007
Scott Young (Missouri)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
I have had nothing but trouble with these phones. They are too small, the sound quality is poor (when they work), and they rarely work. I bought one set from Staples which quit working after about 2 days so the company sent me a replacement set which never worked. I am done with these phones, I am sending the replacements back and taking the originals back to Staples for my money back. I also aquired another cordless phone from American Telecom which has extreamly poor audio quality. It seems to me that American Telecom sells cheap junky phones and tries to make money on the prepaid long distance feature that comes on the phones. Don't bother unless you are in desperate need of a headache.
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