Wi-Fi Home Phone Compatible with Testra Smart Modem

barbarella on 20/06/2021 - 17:38

Asking for an elderly friend (really) who is connected to NBN (I'm not)…
she has a Telstra Smart Modem and I want to help her get a second home phone that can be connected via wifi to her modem…is there a wifi home phone that you would recommend? TIA …

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  • triviums on 20/06/2021 - 18:55
    +1

    How much will she be using the secondary home phone?

    • barbarella on 20/06/2021 - 19:56

      occaisonally…it just needs to be an 'easy to answer' option, as she finds it hard to get to phone number one…

  • Meho2026 on 20/06/2021 - 19:36
    +1

    Do you mean a second handset?

    • barbarella on 20/06/2021 - 19:57

      yep….she has one phone that is connected via a 'cord' to her modem…but needs the second phone in another room..

  • RockyRaccoon on 20/06/2021 - 21:02
    +1

    Sounds like you are asking about another handset that can be used in the house which is "cordless".

    The best cordless phone is a Dect6 phone as it doesnt interfere with any wifi being used for the internet and also any microwave ovens.

    You will find that the base station will be conected to the modem, and the extra handset can be placed anywhere in the house (of course depending on how far away it is from the base)

    This will replace the existing handset, unless you get a phone line double adapter.

    If you buy a single cordless phone, then you will have to return it to the base everytime to keep it charged up.

    depending on how much you want to spend there is a panasonic two handset one at Amazon for $59

    https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=tg6822&rh=n%3A4885170051&ref=n…

  • JimmyF on 20/06/2021 - 21:05
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    get a second home phone that can be connected via wifi to her modem

    Err they are DECT phones, not wifi.

  • Meho2026 on 21/06/2021 - 05:57
    +1

    Look on the Telstra website, they sell two different types of cordless phones compatible with their modems and you can purchase an additional handset for both.
    One of them might even be the handset they already have

  • barbarella on 21/06/2021 - 09:54

    thanks guys :)

  • cohiba on 21/06/2021 - 16:12
    +1

    My understanding is that it needs to be a DECT 2 phone to work wireless with the Telstra smart modem. May be best to visit a Telstra store to confirm and see what they have available?

    • RockyRaccoon on 22/06/2021 - 22:14

      Well no one told my panasonic Dect6 that it wasnt allowed to work as it does…

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