Best Landline Replacement Phone for $15/ month!
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- I review the Straight Talk cellular home phone base unit. This unit allows you to connect a wired or cordless home phone to the cellular base to replace a wired landline at a fraction of the cost.
***I was incorrect about being able to use a rotary phone in the video. Please do not try this.
If you have questions feel free to ask and I will do my best to respond. I am not an expert on phone systems so do your own research before purchasing this unit by contacting Straight Talk directly. I assume no responsibility. If you are unsure seek professional help.
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Dan, Thank you for this video. Everyone seems to forget about the elderly. God bless you for taking care of your mom. ❤
Battery lasts 8 HR. I actually took this in the car on a 4 hr trip to family funeral. I made calls in my CAR with the cordless phone, which also has a 10 hr battery life. Yes it actually worked in the car, driving !! Since this is an actual cell phone, if you take your set up in the hotel so when you're gone for days at a time you still have your HOME phone with you. Yes you take the whole set up, meaning you take the base, the cord, the cordless and its base; (I personally have a corded ATT small trim- line 210 push button in your hand-) corded phone; we took the whole set up all 3 pieces, the unit the cords and the trim-line, to the trip to funeral. Never missed a call on the home number, on an 8 days trip. Fun. Economical. Easy peasy. Old school. Cheap.
M. Illinois. 🇺🇸
Thank you for this!
I have this system and it works pretty good. I just reboot it once a week. This runs on verizon. This phone worked when att went down.
Also i use it alot to ring my cellphone when i cant find it!
Their previous base set was terrific. It just kept working.
This one won't let me either make or receive calls to parts of the US like New Jersey or West Virginia with my "National" plan. It also keeps playing the "this number is not in service" shrieking sound for about 50% of calls to me. I spent HOURS on the phone with Straight Talk trying to get it to work. I'm looking for a different base set that will work with some other provider!
Straight Talk can be iffy in the service department. The one I installed for my mom is still working flawlessly.
THAT WOULD BE BEST. FIND SOMEONE ELSE. THIS SERVICE SUCKS!
Thanks for the video ! Looking into this for my grandmother, she's not trying to learn all the new cell phone tech.! 👍
Same with my mom. She has an aversion to learning anything new.
Me too
Works good, more clear than the digital landline my grandmother had with ATT. Only issue so far, the battery life on the moxee base really sux !
Can't help with the battery issue. Sorry.
This upgrade we had to do a year or so ago was really a downgrade. I would try another company. I've called the repair line at least 4 times over the problems I'm having with it. I'm always told the same thing to reset it and waste about an hour or so of my time doing so. The problem we are having with it is it makes a like a fax coming in sound when you answer it often, but not every time. After you do what they say to do it gets better but never stops all together. When that does happen, you can't talk on it. Have the person hang up and call you back. It keeps the voicemail going when I never wanted it activated in the first place. They said it was turned off, but it isn't. The paint has peeled off the thing and they will do nothing about it. They will try to change the subject on you if you say something about it too. All 3 people that I know are all having the same problem with it and I think the upgrade should be recalled.
Yea, AS OF SEPT 2022, this service no longer works and shame on Walmart for selling this still. The customer service sucks, you cant understand the representatives either.They pretend to help you then after 40 minutes they say they have to transfer you to someone else because they are not trained to help you with your problem.
Old people like consistency??? Im 50 but I like it too.
Thank you. I've been looking for something like this. My husband won't let me get rid of our landline. He's a first responder.
I would argue this is better than a landline. Wires can get damaged or cut outside. This will operate without being plugged in for quite a while.
How's it working for y'all?
If power goes out. Doesn't the internet go down too?
Dan Thank you for the video. In the past, had basic talk and it worked great. But I only need it to forward my calls. Do you know what happens, your internet knew down and your calls are flowered. Will the forward calls stop until your internet is fix or will the forwarding still work? I appreciate any help you can offer? Thank you
I had this for years and was happy, then they changed to this new home base and have had crappy service every since. When I call home sometimes I get a be , be ,beep sound and have to hang up and call back. Have called tech support and still fd up. They won't send a replacement so I'm looking for a new service.
I hear T-mobile has a new 5G internet service. It comes with a router that seems like would be able to work with VOIP?
Same! I hate the new base. The old ones were wonderful!!
hi
just wanted to add a friendly FYI. these base stations do not support Rotary (pulse dialing) phones. it is possible to use a pules to tone convertor though. just wanted to add that for any vintage phone enthusiast out there :-)
they do work very well with a basic corded touch tone (push button) desk or wall phone. as well as cordless phones .
great video thanks for posting.
I wouldn't think it would but good to know none the less.
Dan
Yes for the most part it’s a dead Technology. But in your video you had said a plain old desk phone as you made the circle motion with your finger or hand along with The rotary dial sound .sorta implied to me that you meant a rotary phone would work on these.
I’m a collector of all things vintage LOL and I have a few rotary phones and I keep an eye out for any thing they will work other than a POTS line as most VOIPs don’t support it anymore. I commented about pulse not being supported because there are many vintage phone collectors out there and thought it would be helpful for anyone who came across your video.
I think that you made a great video. It has to the best one I’ve seen on you tube about these straight talk base stations :-) very informative
@@jca1924 Thank you! You are correct, I confused this with another device I tried previously that some people had luck using a rotary phone with. I have tried several solutions I can't even remember them all. This has been the best solution. Non-tech savvy people may need help setting it up but so far it has been stress free for my mother.
Thanks for the information I was just recently sent this unit as a replacement from my old unit which worked flawlessly but currently after hooking this up I have a solid green light so I’m assuming it’s still updating or upgrading because I get no dial tone I cannot receive any calls or make cars but when I call the number it goes straight to voicemail so not sure what’s up.
The two antennas that are connected to the back of this unit are currently horizontal I’m wondering do these antennas adjust by tilting upward at any degree or do they simply stay horizontal being visually impaired I’m not quite sure I would like some advice
I wish this kwould have it so you can hook up a fax machine to it.
Bought it this weekend in late October 2021. Waiting for my home phone number to transfer over. Monthly service fee of $10 CAD.
Ben, who is your service provider?
@@pauldinis4767 Telus
Thanks for posting about this.
You are welcome!
just FYI this model # ZTE Z723EL or just watch to 10:55 to find out
Thanks, can it work with fax machine?
Probably? I haven't had a fax machine in 20 years.
U can put in a sim card in them use with any carrier.
This one is locked to Verizon's network.
Please can I get the details I need it
Thanks. Works great.
Glad it worked for you!
Will caller ID work with this base unit? Does it show both name, number and time call was received ? Thank you
Yes, both work. It's a cell phone basically.
@@FabiusMaximus1000 in my area we only got tho number not the name, with caller I.D. which doesn't bother me since that's all ya got anyway with spam numbers, on any phone. Either way the ball goes to vioce mail so if they leave a message, I call back. If not, who cares? M. Illinois. 🇺🇸
These are nice phones. Now Google Voice is free; however, if the modem is interrupted (and it will happen sometimes) you lose the phone tone.
I had a VIOP phone for them and they are not computer savvy. If the internet went out they had no phone. With this they have phone service even if the power goes out.
what I like best I can take it out to my Garage in the back yard and plug it in and it works. I am thinking of taking it for a drive in the truck and see if it works. I guess it should until the battery is drained.
@@CorbinAce It should? It's basically a cell phone.
Very informative thank you
I currently have Verizon home connect wireless home phone base and had it for years, unfortunately it's 3G technology n plan shut down 3g towers after Dec 2020, they have new one "Home Connect" with 4g but have bad reviews and will not allow the caller ID to work on our home phones so I am looking at finding a replacement. Just not sure if this will work with 4 or 5G, not sure what ZTE is? Just don't want to buy something that's going to be obsolete come January, my Verizon home connect has been having difficulty for over a year and thought it was my old AT&T base with 7 extension phones that are 18 yrs old but thought wow it might be Verizon, so glad I called Verizon as I also bought new phones! They told me my box would not work @ all soon, and I said well being a customer I would think you would be letting me know this as we are in November! Anyway just not sure but think I may need to call Straight talk n see if it is 3G! Thanks for a great video!
sorry about your dad... your mom is lucky you are looking out for her....Can she add more minutes for herself or do you take on the responsibility to add talk time?
It says the USB input is for servicing only.
Thank you! 😊
Will my answering machine answer calls from the Straight talk home phone box?
Have you tried plugging into a normal wall phone jack to see if that allows you to add more phones on the other wall jacks in the house?
I have not sorry. I would have to run a phone cable to the wall jack and then back to the phone and I didn't see a reason to do that.
I did try when my parents had a VOIP service and it worked. I do not see why it wouldn't work with this?
No, tt doesnt work if you plug it into the wall jack. My provider lied to me about this BEFORE I bought it. Outgoing calls work but it doesnt ring on incoming calls. I am going to try crossing the wires on the rj11 cable to see if that works. Update:crossing wires didn't work either. Ended up not being able to make outbound callse either. Basically if you think you can connect this to your home phone wiring, it won't work. I wish they had more qualified people at Rogers Telecom. False advertising. I want my money back. What a scam.
Thank you for this!!!
You are welcome. I just made a video. This thing existed before.
We just upgraded my grandma’s Straight Talk home phone box and it won’t allow her to make any outgoing calls. We’ve contacted straight talk customer service and they weren’t any help. Any suggestions?
I had the same problem with my parent's phone as well. I called and it took about 3 hours but the customer service manager eventually got in contact with Verizon (we have Verizon towers in my area) the issue was resolved. However, her caller ID doesn't work it doesn't show the name or number calling in, you have to dial the full phone number with area code to make a call, and it makes beeping noises as well at times. I'm going to try to get these issues resolved soon.
The old boxes were great!
SELL THE BOX BACK, THIS SERVICE IS PHASING OUT. THE MOXEE WOULD NOT WORK FOR ME, I COUNDT MAKE OR RECIEVE ANY CALLS WITH THIS UNIT. I BOUGHT THIS AND WITHIN 4 DAYS I HAD TO RETURN IT. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CANT HELP YOU. I THINK THEY GET PAID FOR HOLDING YOU ON THE PHONE PRENTENDING TO HELP YOU. THEY PRETEND TO HELP YOU FOR SOMETIMES HOURS AND THEN THEY SAY THEY HAVE TO TRANSFER YOU. THEN YOU GO TO A PRETEND HOLD AND YOU HEAR MUSIC WHICH MAKES YOU THINK YOU ARE ON HOLD AND GOING TO BE HELPED. THEN THE PHONE DISCONNETS AND YOU HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS HAPPENDED TO ME 4 TIMES IN 24 HOURS AND 2 OTHER TIMES ON DIFFERENT DAYS. THAT IS WHEN I KNEW I WAS NEVER GOING TO GET HELP FROM STRAIGHT TALK CUSTOMER SERVICE. ALSO THERE IS NO ONE YOU CAN TELL OR COMPLAIN TO ABOUT THE SHITTY SERVICE. THERE IS NO CORPORATE EMAIL ADDRESS OR WALMART COMPLAINT SERVICE FOR YOU TO GO TO.
@@anitaherbert4248 UNTILL THEY STOPPED WORKING AND WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE A CALL YOU HEAR LONG TONES. AND WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE A CALL YOU GET A RECORDING SAYING YOUR CALL CAN'T BE COMPLETED. I WAS VERY UPSET TO HAVE BOUGHT 3 $15 DOLLAR PHONE CARDS AND I CAN'T USE THEM.
I have a battery but how the heck do you open the bottom to put the battery in ?
Was this before or after activation
Could you have a phone in multiple rooms how would you do that?
Yes. My mother has a cordless phone system with extension phones that just have to be plugged into power.
Will my cell phone show me the house phone number from the Straight talk home phone box if I call my cell phone number from my home phone with he Straight talk home phone box?
Does it show caller id on your home phones?
Yes, it has all of the features of your home phone line. Caller ID, call waiting, ect...
can the moxee box itself be plugged into an ac wall outlet, thereby eliminating the radiation?
I don't really understand the question. It does plug into the AC outlet but it also has a battery backup.
My sisters battery swelled up after 2 yrs. Can't find one to replace.
Can another cordless phone system + wireless extensions be plugged into this unit?
It has 2 outlets to plug a phone cord into so you could have 2 different phones connected and add extension phone to each of those. They will all ring when calls are received.
I have bad satalite internet and bad cell phone service due to living in the woods. Satalite internet is all I can get where I live. My question..can I get just an old fashioned land line phone??
Depends on where you live? There would have to be service nearby to connect to. DO any of your neighbors have a landline?
Can you use an existing landline number? Or can you use an existing number only if it's cellular?
I believe you can transfer any number to this service? Call their customer service to be sure.
Do you get full caller ID as in it shows the name of the person or business who's calling or just the phone number like on a cellphone?
No those units were made by ZTE a Chinese company not Panasonic now banned from doing business with US telecom the earlier units were by Huawei until they got banned the later ones are made by MoXy and are identical to the ZTE still made in China though which I found hilarious on the part of the US government
I am having issues opening the back. Can you please let me know how you did it? Thanks
The whole bottom slide off. I don't recall which direction. It should say in the directions. I am not near the unit to look.
Dan H Thank you. I got it off after and hour trying lol. Great video btw
@@richarddinapoli4457 It's easy once you figure out how it comes off. Thanks!
Dan H Now it’s much easier 👍
We bought one from consumer cellular. Alot of calls can't get through...shrieks.
I got a question I’m having problems with my Ooma device and I’m thinking of switching. I have a house with multi phones through out and I plugin through the system to the Ooma box. Can I do the same with this device, just plug in to my system through a multi Jack to run the hole house system. It looks like you posted this video a year ago
I never tried it with this phone but I did with another service so I would think you could plug this into your wiring jack in the wall and plug your phones into the jacks in other rooms. Basically you would be using the wiring in your house as a hub or splitter. I cannot guarantee this will work but this machine is a great value even if you have to buy a new cordless system to have phones in other rooms. My mother still uses this phone and has not had any issues.
I would think so. Have you set it up/tried it yet?
Support God bless
You are welcome.
There is another model from KonnectOne aka Moxee that is also available at Walmart. Model number for that unit is K500HPEL and it comes with a Tracfone (Straight Talk) Verizon SIM card but does have ATT and T-Mobile LTE bands.
@Michael Horgan
Thanks for confirming because I want the 🤗Verizon towers zte version & not the new Moxee T-mobile towers one at Walmart. I see moxee brand is on T-Mobile website they run on T-Mobile 😢
@@spreadlove8947 I purchased this model and set it up and outgoing calls as well as retrieving my messages works great however incoming calls goes strait to voicemail and phone does not ring in when calls come in. I've reset box and spent endless hours on phone with straight talk techs and no go...still no ringing in
THIS NO LONGER WORKS IN 2022.
@@janedoe1957 sure it does
How many phones can be hooked up? I have 2 corded landline phones and 1 cordless
It is probably better to use cordless phones? I have not tested it with a landline phone, although I imagine it would work?
Another thing you could try is to plug this unit into the phone wiring of the house through a jack and then plug your phones into other outlets.
What if they don't have a phone number at all? How would you get a number to go with this? Will straight talk give you a number with the sim card???
You can set up a new account with Straight Talk and they will give you a number I believe?
RIP to pops
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@@jasminemiller2946 his daddy transitioned.
Does this work like wifi also? Consumer Cellular has the same thing and I am really struggling with my mom to change to the "new technology world" . Three months later how do your mom like it? I see that Verizon's wireless home service has only 1 star...I keep trying to bring my mom to the 2000's and she just get frustrated and goes back to her old school landline and cordless phone with the answering machine...HELP
Hello Bobbi, No, it is not like wifi. It is a cellular base station.connection. You can simply plug the cordless phone she is used to into it and she won't know the difference. She can make and receive calls as if it was connected to a landline.
My mother still likes it. She hasn't had any complaints, which is less anxiety for me.
@@FabiusMaximus1000 thanks I will have to keep working on my mom. the words save money isn't working. smh
@@Bobbi705 I understand. They are not quick to change old ways.
@@Bobbi705 haha had the same issue but since I basically help her set up everything including autopay for her CenturyLink account I just got this service and switch it with out here knowing and didn't even realize it till she noticed the box couple months later when cleaning and ask what as it and she was oh so that's why it's been working when it rains( every time it rain the CenturyLink went down maybe old wiring gets wet so stop working idk I have same problem at work when it rains our internet from CenturyLink goes down) but she likes it even told my aunts and they got it too
Does a extension phone also will work or only the base phone?
If it's a cordless phone the other units should work just fine. You could also try lugging the cord into your house wiring to distribute the signal. I have not tried that yet.
Dan H Yes it’s a cordless phone ..Thank you very much!
Can you choose how many rings it does before Voicemail;?
Sorry, I do not use this unit for voicemail. In my case I got my mother a Panasonic cordless phone with an answering machine built into the base. So all of the voicemail settings are controlled by the phone. That would be a question for Straight Talk.
@@FabiusMaximus1000 Thanks Dan... Smae situation here.. She wants the panasonic to be her answering machine but the ST device kicks to Voicemail after only 4 rings... tht is too fast for her since she walks slow
@@leweezo33 I just looked at the directions. Dial *86 and select "manage your personal options."
@@FabiusMaximus1000 Thank you so much Dan.. I am doing this with her from 100 miles away and I am sure you know how tough that can be... You just saved me lots of grief! Thanks again
@@leweezo33 Hope you got it? Thanks for watching!
i have a hamburger phone which requires a landline so i need this
I want to adopt you.
I wanna try this but I’ll have to have all the features turned off
Sorry, I don't understand. You plug any regular touchtone phone into it and use that phone's features. This just sits there plugged into the wall.
Dan H features are called id, call waiting, etc
@@LadyHelm19 Those are the features of whatever phone you use and can probably be turned off or ignored?
I'm looking for land line phone that does not use any high tech crap. I really appreciate the video but it still is way too complicated for our older folks needs.
I determined for my purpose that a landline is a waste of money and my mother's phone line isn't working anyway. So for me this was the best solution. Good luck!
@@FabiusMaximus1000 Thanks Dan. We currently have landline service through Centurylink.net and the old style landline was a life saver when all power was lost during hurricane Florence. No cellular service was available for almost 4 days throughout the state. Thanks again.
@@houndsmanone4563 It is possible that landlines could be taken out by a storm but cellular left in tact. In fact that is why I went this route. My mother's landline just stopped working one day.
How do you keep same phone number???
You have to contact Straight Talk for that.
@@FabiusMaximus1000 ahh ok one more question. Since I want to keep same number, do you know if I cancel my current phone provider first before I set up straight talk or do I call straight talk first then cancel my old provider? Thanks in advance.
@@bryanterry7012 I would get the number ported over to Straight Talk first then cancel your old service.
My provider did all that for me. All I did was plug it in. When your new provider cancels your land line they give your number to the new provider.
Easy, we've had the same number for 30 years
Magic Jack is cheaper
Yes it is but 6 years down the road you have to upgrade in other words buy another box online cause they dont sell them in the store.
Has any one found that they or others exposed to this product have accelerated health deterioration when using this product?
I'm not sure why that would be the case?
@@FabiusMaximus1000 its the signal being pulled in like a cellphone. I think is what they mean. Like 5g causeing cancer. I could be erong but i think thats what they mean
@@jessies3236 This isn't 5G so....
Even if you don't use a cell phone, you can't avoid the signals all around us.
Your putting me to fking sleep dude. Just get to the point all you do is blab and blab and blab. Give it a break.
Dude you are rambling all over the place.