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I need to replace about 20 AT&T/Lucent 8110 analog speaker phones. First off, they are junk. Second, they have this nasty little automatic handsfree button. The possibility of nefarious goins-on are a negative feature.

There are a bunch of cheap analog phones out there and I don't want to go thru a bunch of trial and error. Anyone have first hand experience with a reliable model. Many of them are in conference rooms so the speaker phone needs to work well. Also, I use them at stations where the users have cordless phones, so a "data" port comes in very handy.

Thanks
Richard

I don't deal with single line phones, but when I did the Vodavi had a good SL unit, but not sure if you can even find em.

Features:
Speakerphone with mute capability
Speaker volume control
10 programmable flexible buttons
Handset volume button
Data jack
Message waiting light
Redial/flash/hold button
Ringer control
Off/high/low ringer adjustment
Hearing aid, FCC and American Disability Act (ADA) compliant
Tone/pulse dialing

www.aastra.com

used to be nortel product

The key to a good conference phone is making sure it is full duplex just like your analog handset is . Those autoans buttons should be outlawed . Polycom makes some very good full duplex conf sets . You would need to clarify what the data port would be used for !

Ive always used/liked the panasonic analog phones .

Im assuming you just want speakerphone and not Confrence.

if moneys not a big factor I beleive Polycom makes a speaker phone . no experiance with them but you might want to look at them

something like this

https://www.computers4sure.com/product.asp?productid=122520&affid=10000483

I am with Tom on this one, the Vodavi 2800 series of phones is hard to beat when replacing 8110's. They are solid as a rock, inexpensive and with a five year warranty, you can't beat them. Of the handful out of hundreds we have sold, when we sent them in for warranty repair, they replaced them with new ones.

I am not crazy about having to buy a wall mount kit for them, but at less than $3.00, I can't complain. The phones themselves are inexpensive enough to where you can buy a couple of extras, just in case and still make good money on them.

I've had good luck with the 6221 models though they are grey.. which just means you have to buy more supplies.

I agree with Ed and Tom here. When we need to use SL telephones now we use Vodavi 2800 sets. They really are solid as they can be, and they feel like it too. They also have the data port you were looking for, among many other features. You can find them at a lot of places, including hellodirect.com for a very reasonable price. The two line phone price cannot be beat with a 10 foot pole! LOL, but it sounds like all you need is a SL phone, the 2801 or 2802 (more programmable buttons). They also come in White or Black which is nice. I personnaly have the 2802 sets in my home office in the black model and i like them a lot...the speakerphone is nice as well as long as you are more listening than talking....like others said if you need a real conference phone you should spend the extra change and get the polycom as it is made to be in the conference environment, the only "problem" is they do not have a handset if you need one on that telephone.

Steve

Check into the polycom line, I've used them for years and have not had any issues with them.

We use the polycom units as well, with no major defects.

I think that Richard Morris' original question was directed toward speaker phones, as in phones with the speaker phone capability, not conference room speaker phones. He is looking for a single-line replacement for the 8110. This results in major differences in the position of the decimal point with regard to price.

I think why so many tech's have replied with Polycom is due to this section of his original post . " Many of them are in conference rooms so the speaker phone needs to work well " The only way I know of for a conference room speaker phone to work some what well , is if it's full duplex just like an analog handset . That's where the confusion has been IMHO . Thanks and Last post on this subject .

Just my two cents...
I love the Vodavi sets.
As far as conference rooms, no normal speakerphone that I have ever seen will handle a conference room and do it well. The mics are deliberately made to be unidirectional to avoid picking up background noise and they are basically all half duplex. If you want a conference room solution that is going to work well, you need to go with a full duplex that is made for conference rooms, like a Polycom.

ev607797, OBTW, and paul144,
Yeh, I'm looking for, for lack of a better term, a traditional single line speakerphone. I understand it's "speakerphone" limitations. I also know the company is not going to pop 3 or 400 dollars per to replace them. We have maybe 6 in conference rooms and another 12 to 15 in various offices. I have to find one unit that can multi-task.
The Vodavi sound like a good choice.

Richard

Since this is along the lines of my question, I'm going to drag this thread back up, as opposed to starting a new one.

We currently use the Vodavi single line speakerphones for analog phones, however they doesn't have a great wall-mount option.

Four requirements for the phone I'm looking for:

1. Easily and securely wall-mountable.
2. MWL.
3. Speakerphone.
4. Line-powered (the Vodavi is line-powered).

And similar to Richard's requirements, I'm not looking for a conference speakerphone, just a traditional single-line speakerphone, that meet the above 4 requirements.

Thanks!

Justin

I think Teledex has some phones that would fit the bill....the only question would be the wall mount part, but that used to be quite easy on their older models, but I have not sold one in a while.

Steve

There is one other consideration I will throw into this conversation.

That is, are these behind a LEGEND/MAGIX and, if so, do they have Voice Mail Boxes?

I think we can all see where this will be going.....

In my case they are not behind an Avaya switch.

It looks, so far, like the Aastra phones are maybe a good way to go. I think we're going to give them a try.

Justin

Did you notice that no one said the word = Radio Shack...Duphone Remember them. I still have one of the desk speaker phones, and that thing still actually works quite well. But it has to been 20 years old now. It is amazing what you have in the junk drawer.

for transmission quality consider the auxilliary power for the 8110. for the auto answer problem consider the replacement button kit for the 8110.

I like many of the AT&T/Lucent branded telephones that were made by Phillips back in the mid to late 90's.

Specific single line models are 925, 930, 960 & 965. These came with lots of 1 and 2 touch speed dial memory spaces. Great phones!

Vodavi's 2800 series phones are reliable and come with a five year warranty. The price is right also.