AT&T 992 2-Line Corded Phone

Pros: LCD is backlit. Large buttons & lettering. Can be wall mounted.
Cons: Poor quality control. LCD's LEDs can go dim. Caller ID problems found on some telephones.

(Note: This review of mine was written a while ago. At that time, there was only 1 listing for the AT&T 992 and the listing had mistakes. This listing is correct, so I am re-posting the review here and have deleted the original posting). The ...

Pros: 2-line, speakerphone, headset jack, black, Caller ID, 100 entry directory.
Cons: Slight static on the headset line.

I have no one to blame but myself if this phone doesn’t work out. I read the reviews of this phone here on Epinions.com and Amazon.com and most were decidedly unfavorable. Most reviewers had a myriad of complaints about the phone ...

Pros: Nice looks, plenty of features, big buttons, easy to use
Cons: Needs more 1-touch dial #'s, QA/QC issues (but not with my phone)

Wow. OK, well it seems I'm about to offer a completely different opinion of the AT&T 992 corded telephone! After reading the other 2 opinions (as of 3/29/06) I had to ask myself if I had the same phone! The answer is YES and my experience could not be ...

Pros: Simple, easy to use 2-line phone with relatively easy setup.
Cons: Programming of quick-dial preset buttons is cryptic.

AT&T is one of the few manufacturers offering a reliable two-line desk telephone at a reasonable price. This phone is ideal for a small or home-based business or a home with two lines. Set-up has been improved over previous models such as the 972. ...

Pros: A basic phone with some nice features.
Cons: Speaker lacks volume and LCD screen is dim.

Cordless phones have many conveniences but when I'm at my desk, I prefer a landline connection. No batteries dying mid-call, known voice quality and with this one, a speaker to conduct calls while doing work on the computer. Having used a Panasonic ...

Pros: Good feature set, good price.
Cons: Manual/Menu misleading, not setup properly. Caller ID either inop or intermittent.

*** I thought I had the phone figured out, but I guess I didn't. The Caller ID now works intermittently. Everything reported below is still valid. It's just that the "fix" only brings it from INOP to INTERMITTENT functioning status. Not ...

Pros: Headset and CID compatible, battery backup, speed-dial, well laid-out keypad.
Cons: Poor audio quality, hard to read LCD display, terrible speakerphone.

A true case of you get what you pay for, this phone is fairly cheap for an office two-line, and is of fairly cheap quality as well. I paid around US$63.00 and I feel like it's worth about US$40.00. All SOHO phones seem to be of poor quality, and this ...

Pros: 2 line w/ CID Speaker phone Headphone jack No answering machine
Cons: Known issue with caller ID on 2nd line in some cases

Wanted a 2 line phone w/ caller ID, speaker phone and headset jack. Didn't want wireless and didn't want integrated digital answering machine - and didn't want to spend a lot of $. Found options to be limited. This phone has everything I wanted ...

Pros: Very good sound, feature packed
Cons: Loud key beeps when programming (no beeps when calling)

I use this phone primarily with an AT&T headset and have been told that the sound on the other end is excellent. It has many nice features including selectable 1) primary number, 2) data pass through number, 3) headset or speaker plus many others. The sound is very good for the handset, speaker and headset.

Programming is straight forward with good features, e.g. you can program a 30 sec wait in addition to 2 sec pauses in your dialing directory.

The only annoying thing about the phone is loud key beeps during programming. There does not appear to be any way of turning it off.

I purchased this phone at OfficeMax for $59.95.

Pros: Not the most expensive phone.
Cons: Sound quality is BAD!

My small business needed a inexpensive phone system. I bought these phones for about $100.00 each and the quality is very poor.
The handsets do not work well; my callers cannot hear me. The speaker phone sound quality is terrible as well.
Cannot change rings for different lines and not easy to program or even intuitive.
You can dial and the line does not always connect immediately so you have to dial again.

Pros: nothing
Cons: everything .

My wife 's name for this phone .
We have a home office .
3 phones needed .
success w/ATT 972 .Is what we had previously .
992 was better designed . wife liked style .
It doesn't work ! Nothing works .
Exchanged it at Staples for another same model .
In the mean time , wife buys another 992 @ staples .
Now we have 2 that don't work .
Called ATT customer service line .
They can't figure out the problem after 30 minutes of phone assistance .
Used a ATT 972 , it functions as advertised .
Day 3 , load up car , 2 defective 992's .
Staples refunds purchase . Staples is good .
ATT 992 is bad .
So we've had 3 992's that don't function .
Lesson now applied to slow husband .
No buy 992 .
peace reigns again .