1717 Digital Answering Machine

Pros: Small, Simple, clear, good amount of space.
Cons: needs more buttons, thats all I know of

I personally bought this because it was cheap and I didn't need anything fancy. My wife suggested to just get the phone company voice mail service. But I want to be able to look at a machine and see if I have a message or two, not pick up the phone to...

Pros: At last, a real quality answering machine!
Cons: The time and date settings are hard to figure out

The AT&T 1717 is an answering machine that is an absolute joy to use. I was visiting one of my friends at her apartment when one of her girlfriends called and left a message (we were screening calls due to a scary stalking incident at college). The...

Pros: lots of options, no tapes to buy, clear messages
Cons: 12 minutes or so of tape time

We bought this machine for the times that nobody is home, or when you just don't feel like picking up the call, but don't want to miss whos calling.

The thing that caught our eye about this is that you don't any tapes to buy. So once you buy...

Pros: Extremely Easy to Use. No Tape!
Cons: Have to call people back that you may not want to!

I bought my AT&T Model 1717 Digital Answering Machine off Ebay about 1 year ago. I was tired of fighting with my previous AT&T answering machine that used those darn little tapes. We had a similar model machine (Lucent Technologies) at my place of...

Pros: No tape, compact, easy to use
Cons: none yet

It's tiny, square, white and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It does everything I ask it to do and never refuses to tell me just what I want to hear. That's its' job.

I purchased this machine after my long suffering Panasonic...

Pros: Easy to use, Easy to remote retrieve messages
Cons: Does not withstand lightening strikes very well.

Well, you know what they say, you don't know how good you've got it till you don't have it any more....That was definitely the case for me with this AT&T answering machine! I'm not a big fan of AT&T, or their products, but when I shopped for an...

Pros: easy to use, cheap, good sound quality
Cons: short record time

I love this answering machine. It has the best sound quality of any digital answering machine that I've ever tried, and I've tried quite a few. For the price, it's WONDERFUL!

It is extremely easy to use. I don't really know how they could...

Pros: Simple to use, reliable, great value
Cons: It can't make up excuses for you not calling back

"Hello, we are unable to come to the phone right now, but we'll know the minute that you called!" Of all the features that AT&T brings to this answering machine, my favorite has to be that you will know the exact time that each message was...

Pros: Tapeless, Time/Date Stamp, Easy to Program
Cons: None Yet

Working in the Electronics department of Wal-Mart for over a year, I learned something important-----what not to get for an answering machine.

Day after day I would see customers enticed by the lower priced model answering machines and...

Pros: EZ setup, Nice Generic greeting really throws unwanted callers off
Cons: Phone solicitors will stillleave a message!

If you are away from home a lot like I am or if you just don't like talking to just anybody on the phone without knowing who it is (without paying for caller ID), then this is the answering machine for you!

I needed a durable cheap...

Pros: easy to use, doesn't eat messages, memo function
Cons: doesn't have multiple mailboxes or other extras you might want for office use

This product was a big step forward for me- my last answering machine was an old fashioned one that used those miniature tapes. That thing ate messages almost daily. But I've never had a single problem with this answering machine.

When you...

Pros: Small & tapeless. Has a time & date stamp. Very easy to use
Cons: None

This machine was on my Christmas list last year. It was one of the best presents that I received. This is a great little machine. No fuss, easy to use, but still has all the features like time & date stamping & tapeless recording. The sound is really...

Pros: Easy To Use, Clear Message, Date/Time Stamp
Cons: None That We Have Found

I probably purchased this product for something totally different than most people. I am the administrative assistant to the Pastor of a very active Cumberland Presbyterian Church. We send daily e-mail messages to all of our members with reminders,...

Pros: inexpensive, very easy to use, small, simple, good sound quality
Cons: nothing unique to this model

There are two appliances that I have never had any luck with. My toasters have a history of catching fire, mutilating innocent bread slices, and generally causing mayhem. And my answering machines either lose my messages or garble them so badly that it...

Pros: Small, Compact, Easy to Use
Cons: Recorded Time Audio sounds too Robotic

Everyone reading this review will agree with me that there are several things in a business person's life that is a requirement. Everyone needs a cellular phone, electronic organizer and last but not least an answering machine.

I never owned...