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Old 04-01-2025, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
A phone is a phone. Just swap it out and it should work. Usually, these cordless units come with a base unit that connects to a phone jack and several slave units that just connect to a power outlet. If the current phone connects to a phone jack, then the cordless unit must also connect to a phone jack. For less than $100, you can buy a master unit and 4 slave units. That way, you can have 5 phones, one in every room. Panasonic and AT&T are typically brands that are sold at Best Buy or Amazon.

No, there's no phone jack. These VoIP phones connect via Ethernet. Looks like a Cat6/7 cable. They work over the internet.