One brand to check if you don't mind the price is Polycomm. Their big market are corporate teleconference phones and systems but they do make a couple of home office oriented models that are really solid with fantastic speaker phones.
Best regards, Rick Alfaro -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2015 5:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: New Telstra Corded Phone, Dreadful Thing That I did, not bringing in phones to Australia - well corded one's at any rate - it would appear. On 4/05/2015 7:44 AM, Nick Giannak wrote: > Check what Panasonic themselves are doing? You might find an equivalent. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 3, 2015, at 5:40 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: >> >> Subject line says it all. >> >> Had to finally throw away my Panasonic Corded phone which has done me proud >> and has given good service for 12 years. >> >> At the time the phone cost $300 I think it was and was an executive model, >> offering everything in a corded phone that a user of a desktop phone could >> want, excellent hands free, 300 number phone book which was easy to scroll >> through - just scroll to the number you wanted, pick up the phone and the >> selected number would be called, some speed dial keys, music on hold, socket >> for a headset and so on, a pricy phone for the time but when I compare it to >> the Telstra rubbish I now have? Well the Telstra phone is just that, >> absolute rubbish. >> >> I’m going to have a look on eBay to see if there are sellers up there >> offering anything better, I doubt I’ll get what I had in the Panasonic but >> one never knows when it comes to eBay, I’ll keep you all posted. >> >> >> ********** >> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >> halfwits in this world behind. >> >> >> -- ********** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
