General Electric 29878GE1 Digital Answering Machine

Pros: Cheap. Responds well to baseball bat therapy.
Cons: Doesn't work with DSL line filters. Horrible audio quality.

You get what you pay for, indeed. This answering machine does not work over a dsl/broadband filter. And if you hook it up to your line without the filter, the already poor sound quality gets worse.
Steer clear of this glorified junk.
I have had good luck with the wired GE phones, so i bought their compatible answering machine to save some $$ instead of getting answer service with my service provider. It was a mistake. A waste of 35 bucks CAD.

Pros: it has all the features that anyone needs even a prerecorded message
Cons: I'm sure i can call from an outside line but don't know how

its small and compact, you can see the call light flashing from a mile away, not too sure if thats a good thing sometimes, the fact that its white it will get dirty quickly

Pros: Inexpensive, good for no frills user who doesn't care about sound quality
Cons: DOES NOT WORK WITH DSL/BROADBAND FILTER

I wish I had read these reviews before I bought this machine. I recently got DSL service and the answering machine has been giving me problems ever since. Some calls just wont come in, and the sound quality which was never great to begin with really become awful. You do get what you pay for.