BrewerGeorge
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The childhood thread made me think of sharing this find with you.
It's a telephone that mounts on the wall, just like the old ones - just like you remember. Heavy, steel bell ringer, the works.
We keep a "house phone" for the same reasons many of you mentioned (though ours is now VoIP with Ooma) and at least one of them needs to be actually corded to the wall so it doesn't get "misplaced." The problem is that most corded phones are REALLY cheap now and I got very tired of them failing after a few months and their crappy sound and feel while they worked.
I did a lot of research and found the phone linked above. The one I linked with the 20M in its model number is still made at the same factory (in Alabama, IIRC) that used to be AT&T before the split, then Bell South, etc. until it became Cortelco. The same company also imports phones with ITT in their model name, so be careful if that matters to you. My experience is with the US-made one.
Anyway, we've had this phone almost 3 years now and I love it - paired with a 25 ft handset cord, of course. Just what I was looking for. I bought one for my mother and my aunt, as well, and all are doing great.
Sharing because I thought some of you might be interested as well.
It's a telephone that mounts on the wall, just like the old ones - just like you remember. Heavy, steel bell ringer, the works.
We keep a "house phone" for the same reasons many of you mentioned (though ours is now VoIP with Ooma) and at least one of them needs to be actually corded to the wall so it doesn't get "misplaced." The problem is that most corded phones are REALLY cheap now and I got very tired of them failing after a few months and their crappy sound and feel while they worked.
I did a lot of research and found the phone linked above. The one I linked with the 20M in its model number is still made at the same factory (in Alabama, IIRC) that used to be AT&T before the split, then Bell South, etc. until it became Cortelco. The same company also imports phones with ITT in their model name, so be careful if that matters to you. My experience is with the US-made one.
Anyway, we've had this phone almost 3 years now and I love it - paired with a 25 ft handset cord, of course. Just what I was looking for. I bought one for my mother and my aunt, as well, and all are doing great.
Sharing because I thought some of you might be interested as well.
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