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I've just been given the nod from the boss to work from home one day a week on a regular basis. Given I spend quite a lot of time on conference calls our current cordless phone with its terrible speaker function where the sound cuts in/out every few seconds won't cut the mustard.
So what should I get?
I guess i'm after either:
- a cordless phone with a decent speaker function
or
- a cordless home phone that i can plug a [ideally wireless] headset into
Not looking to spend much given its work related and I won't be able to claim owt back.
Any ideas?
I use either lync or Skype on my Mac using the inbuilt speakers and mic. Make sure you remember to mute when not talking 😉
I use my mobile and a simple headset.
Should also add I'm able to route my desk phone to my landline.
Can't use Skype etc as I work for a mega corp so the intenet police don't allow that sort of thing.
Mobile reception is not good at home so I can't divert the calls to my mobile/blackberry.
A proper conference phone is lots of dosh. Your best bet would be to get a phone that allows you to have a headset connected to it. A normal phone on speaker will just sound shit and echoey.
Have you considered something like this - http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/accessories/SKU75375-white
I really like my Panasonic cordless phones. Speaker phone on them is very good.
This would tempt me if I needed pots http://www.telephone-store.co.uk/polycom-soundstation-2-standard-conference-phone-non-expandable/prod_2842.html
I've got a Gigaset phone and had no complaints with using it on speaker for the last 2 years.
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I use my mobile... and suffer not hearing someone speak
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Mobile phone here too, just use my headset with it
I sometimes don't bother with a headset and use the speaker function on the phone, or even a bluetooth speaker, but the headset works great
I second the endorsement for the Panasonic phones, my TGA-711 is old now but pretty good: the important things are its nice and loud and has proper speaker and mute toggles. I tried a headset for a bit but I don't spend all day on the phone so that's just a nuisance: a DECT handset means I can just put it on the desk and talk at it, and carry it around the house if I'm making coffee / having a comfort break / etc. I used to use Skype for a bit but I'm lucky enough that my employer has a freephone number to dial into our internal PBX and it turns out that a physical phone crashes less than Skype...
Top tip: always remember to double-check you're on mute before flushing.
Top tip: always remember to double-check you're on mute before flushing.
IP phone here on the laptop. Took a few days for me to realise that when I pressed the mute button on my USB headset the laptop assumed it'd disconnected my headset mic and switched to its internal mic 😳
I have the luxury of decent blackberry reception so use that.
Worth investing in a femtocell type device as above from Vodafone, Three also do one.