Free calls, a great range and crystal clear phone calls. Three reasons why it really can be useful, in addition to your smartphone, to have a house phone at home. What opportunities are there and what to look for when buying a home phone, we will tell you in detail.

# 1 The Phone Is Not Dying ?Certainly not! Although you are now flooded with advertisements for smart phones, the home phone is still not on its way. Indeed, the market is growing. In 2012, the house phone was already in the elevator and the country had 6.16 million fixed connections. The end of 2013 even the score at 6.25 million lines and telecom experts had predicted an upward trend for years.

The driving force behind this growth is the number of consumers switching to VoIP (Voice over Internet) for their fixed telephony connection. VoIP lines accounted for over 80% of all telephone connections. More information about the capabilities of a VoIP connection you read further on in this buying guide.

# 2 What types of home phones are there?Do not worry of terms such as DECT and GAP, namely, it is quite easy to assemble. Almost all wireless telephones today are equipped with the DECT communication system.

DECT
The term stands for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications and with this system you can add additional handsets (devices) on your network. It is also better protected against eavesdropping than the old analog signal.

GAPGAP stands for General Access Profile provides you the opportunity to use home phones of different brands overlap. GAP is interesting, for example if you already have a home phone, but wants to expand the number of handsets. Additional functionalities of your original handset (like transferring your address book), however, are not supported and will not be available on your phone GAP.

# 3 Features and capabilities of a home phoneUnlike a smartphone, you usually buy home phone only to make calls. Even though telephones have several additional features that can be very rewarding. Think of features as:

  • Answering Machine / Voicemail
  • Texting
  • Address book
  • Internet calling (VoIP)
  • Caller ID
  • Baby Monitor
  • Camera

# 4 What makes home phones are worth?
We can answer: Gigaset, Philips and Panasonic. These are the largest players with the best products in the market. Home Phones from these companies are almost always found in top 5. Take a look at the five most popular IP Telephone System today.

# 5 Smartphone vs. home phone: With what I call the cheapest?A home phone offers you opportunities to make cheaper, but you have to use this one. The regular rates for fixed and mobile telephony nowadays often lie very close together. There you go so probably not make a difference. Sometimes calling your mobile even cheaper than calling from a landline (obviously depending on your carrier and service plan). To call anyway quite cheap with your home phone, you can use the very low rates of VoIP network provider.

Always compare the current rates of your current (mobile) subscription with a price tag attached to a fixed connection. Do not also just lay down in the rates of well-known names in land telephony, but go online to find a VoIP provider that suits your requirements.

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Misty Jhones