Tony Matthews..thank you for all the helpful info. We wanted to discontinue home service with AT&amp;T, will this phone work without landline?
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Yes you can. You can download the Instruction Manual and page 21 tells you how to use with cell phone only.
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I don't know about ANY land line phone, but it has worked with my AASTRA phone pretty well. Yes. There is an answer button on it (top edge). Range? I don't know in terms of feet, but I have moved up to 2 rooms away, and from lower level to main level and then outside before it lost effectiveness. Customer service has been good BTW.
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This phone will not work with a power outage with your cable company or if you had an AT&T landline connection, either. The base transmits to the phone using electricity, so if there is no electricity, it can not transmit. The only phone that might work with a power outage is an old-style cord phone - such as what we had years ago.
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Yes it will work. But att can tell that it's not a phone and they could shut your service off. You can try it.
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I ended up taking mine into a AT&T; store and the guy took about two seconds and had it working. I had a cord plugged into the wrong outlet and was still trying to use the 'house line'...listening for a dial tone. You don't get a dial tone with the cell phone....dumb on my part!
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If you mean for the phone itself? No. Land line service doesn't automatically come with it though, but it doesn't have to be AT&T.; The phone line you will have to pay for.
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STRAIGHT TALK - You know, a little bit unrelated, but I just got my Motorola Defy XT at Walmart, but I was told by the sales person that it ran on the AT&T; network but I just found out that it's actually a CDMA phone, probably on the crappy Sprint network, I get very weak signals where I live. I don't quite know what to do now... Return it to Walmart and lose half my 45 bucks in airtime credit I put in, or stick w/ it... I also was planning on installing a different SIM card from Straight Talk that I have, this one by AT&T;, can anyone give me advices? Thanks!
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It replaces the land line entirely by using the internet instead. We had AT&T; for land line, Time Warner for internet and Dish for satellite. We canceled AT&T; when we plugged this into our internet router.
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My experience is that the mobile acts as a "second" landline and calls are forwarded only in the house. In addition I can tell you that after having this phone a few months, there is an issue in dialing numbers with the keypad which will require you to press very hard for the number to register. It's consistent enough to be annoying. I wouldn't recommend this phone.
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I do not have an active landline. i have a dsl connection and a filter on an old phone jack that i left from when it was active. Not sure if it is necessary.
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Absolutely - you don't need a landline to use this phone - but the answering system and missed call indicator only work with landline - so if you connect it to your cell phone via bluetooth - you'll have to check the cell phone itself for voice mail.
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If I understand your question, if the base of the At&t; wireless phone system is connected to the old landline service, all the phones should work. In my case I have 3 wireless units including the base they all work perfectly. But, you will still need a landline service through some provider to have it work as discribed, for example my landline provider is Comcast/or it could be others such as Verizon.
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It needs a land line phone, but it does not require land line phone service. It just needs the physical wiring.
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I would not suggest using VOIP phone to connect to your home security as it may not be reliable if the internet goes down. I was in the same situation as you are. I had AT&T; as my local landline carrier which I was paying $36/mo just for a basic line and had my home security connected to the landline. So I decided to upgrade my home security to use cellular and got rid of the AT&T; landline and use Ooma for my home phone. this ends up saving me money in the long term.$35/mon for home security cellular and $3.79/mo for home phone with long distance with Ooma.Hope this helps.
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It is a GSM phone, so it is currently operating off the AT&T; network. If you look up AT&T;'s service area, you'll know if it will work in your area.
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No. It works without the landline. You can link the line with 2 cell phones. Works just like having a landline. Great sound quality. Definitely happy with my purchase.
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@J. Qui, it does work without data plan. I have T-Mobile, so can't speak for ATT:Go under settings -> phone -> app. settings -> positioning -> positioning methods and turn off all but 'Integrated GPS'. That way there is no worry it will ever use a network.