AT&T BL102-2 DECT 6.0 2-Handset Cordless Phone for Home with Answering Machine, Call Blocking, Caller ID Announcer, Audio Assist, Intercom, and Unsurpassed Range, Silver/Black by AT&T

Picked this up for a family member who still has an old VOIP land-line to replace a pre-existing AT&T set that was over 15 years old and had seen better days.

This was a perfect and exact replacement for the older model. Even the answering machine voice is the same! Setup was a breeze. No fancy call blocking needed, so I can’t comment on that. What I can comment on is it works, has good clarity and distance – worked even out in the backyard (some 70 feet away) – and made someone really happy.

Big buttons, easy to read, bright display, color exactly as depicted, easy to operate answering machine and call screening. *Boom* Sorted!

These are very nice phones. Easy to set up. Nice size screen with big font. The buttons are also big so you dont hit the wrong number. I love the back light. Date time is visible when you pick up the phone and it lights up. I would highly recommend these phone. I also like the volume button on the side of the phone. Easy to get to.

جيد

Muy buen equipo

I purchased the AT&T BL102-4 cordless phone set from the Amazon Warehouse (like-new used in original packaging) when our family switched from a traditional landline setup to a VOIP landline with our local cable provider. We previously had been using a cordless system from another brand with our phone company’s service and the call quality was never good – often lots of crackle on the line, making callers hard to hear. I wasn’t sure if it was the phones, the service, or the cords, so I replaced all of them and started anew.

The build quality of this AT&T phone system was a little less substantial than I expected, but the phones do their job and call quality is good. The handsets and the base feel kind of cheap, but this is an under-one hundred dollar phone system so I guess that’s to be expected. It works well though, and the features are good.

The only feature I miss is Bluetooth. If this system had it I could pair it with my cell phone, but other than that, it’s not missing anything.

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➡️ SETUP & USE:

I put the batteries in the phones and charged them as I went to the included user manual to try and figure out how to set it up. The manual is a bit overwhelming, but if you read it carefully and go step by step, you can figure it out.

Some features on the phone duplicate those offered by my cable company, so I did need to figure out which ones to set up and which ones to leave off on the phone. For example, my cable provider offers voicemail, and thus using the answering machine feature of this phone system isn’t something that I do.

Once I set up things like the number of rings before the calls were answered, I started adding numbers into my phone’s contacts. Doing this let these callers come right through, and helped with call blocking. I set it up so that callers I didn’t recognize would have to press the pound button on their phones to get through. This eliminates robocalls, but real-live telemarketers can still get through.

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➡️ CALL BLOCKING FEATURE:

Call blocking only works if your phone service provider has caller-ID enabled for your account.

It works like this…

When a call comes through that you have not put on your call block list already, or that your provider has not filtered, you get an audio announcement of the number and associated caller name. You can disable the audio announcement if desired.

You can then decide if you want to answer or block the call. If you wish to block it, you press the call block button on the handset which is in the lower right corner. That stops the call from coming through and the ringing stops on the phone.

Call blocking has been a life-changing feature for us. The combination of our cable provider phone service and this phone has eliminated 98% of our telemarketing calls and all of the robocalls. We no longer have to unplug our phones to get some sleep, and the calls we do get are nice and clear.

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The top 3 reasons I purchased this phone system…

1. I got a heck of a deal through the Amazon Warehouse during Prime Day (an additional 20% off the warehouse price), making it under seventy for me.

2. The call blocking feature to eliminate robocalls and telemarketers.

3. The ability to increase the volume easily on the handset, for my hard-of-hearing husband.

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This phone system works with both traditional phone service providers and VOIP cable company phone services. It comes with four handsets and has a built-in answering machine along with the call blocking feature that works with the caller ID provided by your phone service provider.

The handsets are lightweight, have big numbers that are easy to see along with the LCD display. The caller ID announce feature is a nice addition and most of the time it’s easy to understand.

🎯 I think this phone system is a good one for those who want to eliminate robocalls and telemarketing calls from their life. I also think it’s a good choice for those who are impaired visually or have hearing loss.

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