landline phone recommendations..

[joz*garage]

ok i just checked my messages and didnt realize i had 15 of them on there!

the answering service comes with my internet (voip) provider

im currently using a simple landine phone, it doesnt indicate any messages.. you have to dial in to check

im looking for a corded phone with a built in answering machine thats compatible to voip internet

any suggestions,? so it indicates ive got a message...like an envelope icon or something, anything that lets me know ive recieved one?

[azureline**]

I have a telstra connection with a corded phone. If there are messages, my phone makes an odd beeping noise when I pick it up................... according to a guest who used it last week..............

I thought it was static

[joz*garage]

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@azureline** wrote:

I have a telstra connection with a corded phone. If there are messages, my phone makes an odd beeping noise when I pick it up................... according to a guest who used it last week..............

I thought it was static

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what if you dont pick up the reciever, how are you supposed to know you recieved a recorded message?

[ca04]

any message recording phone will do it but you have to set them, press a button, when you want them to monitor.

You can also get software for your computer to do the same job.

[joz*garage]

any message recording phone will do it

really? i heard it has to be voip compatible?

You can also get software for your computer to do the same job.

how does that work?

[freakiness]

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@joz*garage wrote:

ok i just checked my messages and didnt realize i had 15 of them on there!

the answering service comes with my internet (voip) provider

im currently using a simple landine phone, it doesnt indicate any messages.. you have to dial in to check

im looking for a corded phone with a built in answering machine thats compatible to voip internet

any suggestions,? so it indicates ive got a message...like an envelope icon or something, anything that lets me know ive recieved one?

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Can't you set up your service to email alerts or sms alerts on your RSP website?

[freakiness]

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@joz*garage wrote:

any message recording phone will do it

really? i heard it has to be voip compatible?

You can also get software for your computer to do the same job.

how does that work?

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You are more than likely right.  What type of service do yoou have?

Do you plug the phone into your phone socket or do you plug it into a voip device?

[carls*world]

Hey Joe.....

Have you checked with your VOIP provider if there's a setting to email messages? Mine does. Records them in WAV then emails it to me, plays back on the computer via any media player.

If I do feel like answering any of the few calls I ever get, I have a program installed called Jitsi, which is VOIP software. Either use your speakers and a mic, or a headset as I do. Your computer rings like a phone, a little pop up comes up in the corner, click on it and it answers the call.

[carls*world]

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@joz*garage wrote:

any message recording phone will do it

really? i heard it has to be voip compatible?

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That depends on the method of call conversion used. If you have a VOIP modem, then a standard phone works in it, the modem converts the phone to a digital signal.

If you need to use a dedicated VOIP phone, plugged directly in the socket, then you'd need a VOIP compatible machine.

[freakiness]

Does it have to be corded for a reason?

I got a cheapie Siemens for home but it's cordless.