| saves me a ton of money |
i'm definitely impressed with this phone, but even more so with the skype service. i have a one year skype in number and a one year skype out subscription. together, they cost me about 90 dollars A YEAR. its a really great way to save. another great feature of this phone is that you can plug in your landline connection to it to make emergency 911 calls even if you dont have a plan |
5 Rating
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| Great Skype Phone, but a RIPOFF price by this amazon "third-party merchant" |
I bought the CIT400 just a few months ago from Amazon.com for $79. I'm talking Amazon.com prime... the real Amazon. The phone works well and I am very satisfied.
However, this Amazon third-party merchant, "Toyzz", is just ripping you off at this outrageous price of $329.99. What a joke.
Do not buy from price gougers like "Toyzz"... and shame on Amazon for allowing their customers to be exposed to this type of nonsense.
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5 Rating
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| Great but do not overpay for it |
I bought this Skype wireless phone in may 2008, and at the time I paid 90$ for it on Amazon (with free shipping). Now that Linksys has discontinued it, you can only find it above 200$, and that is outrageous.
Last week I needed to buy a second one for my parents and I got lucky: for a few hours, it was available again directly through Amazon for around 120$ with free shipping. My patience paid off.
As for the phone itself, I am very satisfied with the call quality (about the same as when running Skype on a computer).
The only minor glitches I found are: sometimes the clock resets itself without any reason and needs to be manually adjusted (automatic syncing over the internet would be nice);
entering long user-names or passwords with the alpha-numeric keyboard can be fastidious, especially given the fact that logging-in is required after a power outage (of more than just a few minutes);
check your privacy settings frequently, because this phone tends to reset to allowing all incoming Skype calls rather than, say, just those originating from your contacts.
One more caveat: if you plan to use this unit abroad, be advised that the power supply is 120V/60Hz only.
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4 Rating
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