Rating: Summary: Not really wireless Review: Warning!! This is not really a wireless phone jack system. It uses the electrical wiring. I think its name is a blatant misrepresentation of the product. It works okay, but if you are using many appliances there is static on the line. Modems have a hard time connecting.
Rating: Summary: Good if you are only using for phones, not modems Review: We moved into a condo unit that had only one phone jack for the whole 2 bedroom unit (it was a luxury renovation of an old building). I didn't want to spend on installing extra jacks and with a toddler in the house I didn't want to string wires all over the floor to run to a 3-way Y-jack, so this system looked like a godsend.It works pretty well with the 3 phones in our house. One older phone which also happens to be the furthest away from the "base unit" near the main phone jack sometimes comes out staticky and occasionally disconnects calls, but not enough for me to complain, even though it shouldn't do this at all. The other phones work fine. But using the modem is the problem. I normally get about 50K or so with a standard 56K modem, as they warn on the package, plugged directly into this I only get 14.4K or so, not really enough to surf the web. I did a trick where I put a 2-way Y-jack into the lone phone jack in my condo, in one jack goes the wireless jack system, in the other goes a phone wire that goes right to my modem (so already I'm giving in and carefully stringing a wire on the floor, the reason I bought this is NOT to do that). But instead of completely distinguishing the 2, this still causes minor interference. I still get a slight drop in speed (usually 33-40K), but sometimes it will disconnect me from the Web or not connect me at all (I get the infamous "Error 650" that you usually get when the modem itself is starting to die). The only fix I've had is to temporarily unplug the Wireless Phone Jack from the Y-jack in my wall when I want to surf the Web (which I then get at normal dialup speed). The only problem with this is that the way I have things setup, if I forget to plug everything back in when I'm done surfing the Web, incoming calls when I'm out will not go to the answering machine. So I think it is a great product if you are only using it to add phone jacks without the drilling and expense for the use of additional phones, but not for use with a modem.
Rating: Summary: It works very well but does have some drawbacks Review: We used our last RCA wireless phone jack for a long time with pleasure and assurance of the product. We used it in our motor home for an extra phone jack and for satellite TV selections. It failed when we moved and something got broken. I am ordering another. IT WORKS.
Rating: Summary: Movie access necessity Review: We used our last RCA wireless phone jack for a long time with pleasure and assurance of the product. We used it in our motor home for an extra phone jack and for satellite TV selections. It failed when we moved and something got broken. I am ordering another. IT WORKS.
Rating: Summary: Too much static for data use Review: We've tried several different outlets and cannot find a combination that doesn't give us a buzzing in the background. The static is great enough that we cannot use it for modem or fax machines. Beware.
Rating: Summary: Too much static for data use Review: We've tried several different outlets and cannot find a combination that doesn't give us a buzzing in the background. The static is great enough that we cannot use it for modem or fax machines. Beware.
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