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Horrible Joip service
Amber light was blinking continuously so tried contacting joip customer service. Looks like there is no way I can reach them.
Sent email at support@joip.com, but it bounced back. Called their 1-800 number which is just a recorded message.
I reset the device a couple of times, but still the same amber blinking light.
No other choice except returning it.
very much disappointed.

I didn't like the sound quality for the land line
I dodn't like the sound quality for the landline. Never used it for internet line, because I already have Vonage (internet phone).
Finally I bought another Panasonic KX-TG1033S which sounds much better with landline.
Otherwise, the system seemed fine.

Nearly ideal solution
The "hybrid" positioning appealed to me and the Globarange delivers it very nicely. The GTA150B handset - I bought four of them -- works as advertised. The Intercom features is nice -- you can use it as a child monitor, listening in on another room, or as an alarm. I do both. Sound quality as a handset and as a handheld speakerphone is very good. There is no interference between the handsets.

I've used the handsets are far as 200 feet away from the base station. Good range!

My chief recommendation to Panasonic is to make the green and orange line buttons work as toggles to answer and hang up calls. When you take a call on the 150B by pressing TEL or IP (the big green and orange buttons), you hang up by pressing OFF. I'd much prefer to toggle using the green and orange buttons.

Going forward, if this service is successful, I hope Panasonic offers DECT-based handsets.

Regarding the JOIP service, I was dismayed when customer service told me I could not bring my AT&T business number with me, even though AT&T agreed to release it. How odd, especially when the competition is advertising this feature on TV. Guess it's too much work for their programmers!

On the other hand, the ability to achieve an assigned number in other area codes has helped me establish better marketing. I often communicate in Silicon Valley and now have a local area code there.

I'm also a little concerned about outgoing caller ID, not certain that my name shows with my number. When I try it, the CID says DELTATHREE. I've programmed my name at JOIP but it doesn't seem to work in the Pay as You Go plan.

Great Digital phone....
Hello,Just bought this product and till now it proves to be worth the money spent. It has a great speaker, good comfortable controls on the base station as well as on the hand set. Holds charge for longer duration. On the attractions - I like the color profiles much,meaning if u use the IP phone the display color will be orange and if u use a landlines(Digital line) it will glow green. And also different callers can be assigned different colors.There is no hassles during setup,quiet simple and straight.I still have to explore more on the IP phone services so I cant write much about that.Thats why I kept the overall rating at 4 stars.

In brief, For the Product & spec:"5 stars" - I experienced very poor sales service through Panasonic.So i would suggest try amazon itself.
IP service: Await more comments.

Nice phone - panasonic quality
Pro:
- The quality on the listening side is awesome compared to many 5.8GHz models, especially the Vtech and Uniden models.
- Received good feedbacks from other end that the clarity is really clear
- Globarange - i haven't used that but seems like a good deal - free calls for 3 years
- speakerphone on the handset - trust me. it will be useful when you are put on hold by some customer service agents.

I have had the VTech 2.4 and Uniden 5.8Ghz models but i always had complaints from the other end that they can hardly hear, or there is some kind of disturbance. I had the 5.8Ghz Uniden with base phone and cordless (dual). The cordless has a bad sound quality, but when using the base phone its good.

I also currently use the uniden 900Mhz which is much better than the 5.8Ghz ones when it comes to sound clarity

I got it for a good deal so i would recommend if you get it for < $79.00. But if its more than that, and you don't plan on using the Globarange and IP phone, don't go for this one. Try other panasonic models especially with speaker phones.