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Unfortunately, there is no good quality two-line telephone set. Any consumer-level telephone (4 lines or less) is manufactured to be disposable. Panasonic is probably the highest level of quality, but their products are expensive and not carried by all retailers. Retailers don't like to carry expensive products. The "at&t" products are about the best that you are going to find in the two-line phone price arena through mainstream retailers.

Remember that the "at&t" name is just a licensed trademark; AT&T hardware has been gone for decades and today's "at&t" has nothing to do with the manufacture of phones. This name has nothing to do with quality; it's a matter of which off-shore manufacturer came up with enough money to buy the use of the retired (AT&T) trademark.

Also, remember that consumer-level products are priced to make it difficult to justify warranty service. They may have impressive long-term or even lifetime warranties, but the shipping/handling charges and restrictions make them cost-prohibitive to the end-user.

If you want the quality of a real phone system, you are going to need to pay for one. The "buzzing" issues that have been discussed throughout this thread are indicative of how these consumer-level products DO NOT perform.

Retailers tend to leave consumers with the misconception that phone installations are a "do it yourself" project, just like painting a bedroom. "If the plug fits, then it must work, right?" These same retailers also encourage people to run their own gas lines, replace water heaters, wire hot tubs and install new electrical services on their homes.

No offense intended, but there really isn't an easy answer to your question otherwise. Buying additional retail gadgets to isolate an inherent problem with the product is like using a Band-Aid to close a gaping wound.


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It was just not meant to marry the wildly variable conditions of the archaic switched telephone network with the relative precision of even such a simple device as the VOIP unit I have.


:rofl: I think you have it backwards my friend! I really wish people would see VoIP for what it really is, a can of worms. If the VoIP device were designed properly to telecom standards by someone who actually took into consideration that it might be used with a multi-line phone you wouldn't have this problem.

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Here is long list of two line wired phones

https://www.hellodirect.com/hellodirect/Shop?sort=price&actn=100300&dsp=30005&PCR=1%3A1%3A5%3A25%3A240%3A2040&numDisp=100

Anyone have experience with RCA or Aastra phones?

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Well I think you're trying to take one cheap piece of junk (VoIP) and make it work with another cheap piece of junk.

That being said and making me feel somewhat better, are you plugging your VoIP in the 1st or second line and have you tried it both ways? Reason is the 1st line has the intercom digitally super imposed on it. So possibly that's the problem.


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Pay me now, or pay me later.

Its a catch 22 affair. laugh


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I have been trying it with the POTS on line 1 and VoIP on line 2. As soon as I plug in VoIP I get a hum on Line 1. No hum on the VoIP line. The VoIP line is a straight single run from the cable modem/ATA to the phone. I have tried multiple cables. The cable does not pass any power lines.

If I switch the lines with VoIP on Line 1 and POTS on line 2 than the hum gets MUCH worse and it becomes much louder and sounds like more than a hum.

I think that I will try a different 2-line phone before trying the RF jack extender. Anyone have experience with the RCA 2-line phone (25202RE3). I can get a new one thru ebay for $70 which includes shipping.

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Go to your local best buy and two or three units. Test em and return the ones you dont want.

p.s. Get a panasonic like said earlier might be your best bet.

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Scott:

I purchased one of the RCA units at Wal*Mart for my father and it seemed to work well for his application. Their price was about $20.00 less. While I don't advocate using these devices, if it works for you, then that's all that matters. All home centers carry these units as well, so maybe you can save yourself some shipping time by going that route. I am sure that if it doesn't work, you will be able to return it.


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I have a Linksys PAP2 VOIP adapter connected to a Panasonic KXT-30810, along with a Verizon landline. The setup works fine, has been for 3 years.

I expect your setup would work fine if you were using a Linksys PAP2. The problem is that your Magic Jack isn't isolated from ground, and is causing a ground loop.

Using the phone extender breaks the ground loop, solving the problem.

Another option would have been to plug the computer into an isolation transformer. These occasionally turn up on Ebay pretty cheap, intended to provide ground isolation to computers used for medical purposes.

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Brian - I am using a Moto cable modem with an integrated ATA. If isolating the cable modem with a transformer would solve the problem then I would consider it.

The phone extender is interesting, but I would want to use it on the VoIP line which did not work for kjkauffman.

Planning to swing by Walmart or Bestbuy and buy and few 2-line phones.

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