AT&T 1725 Digital Answering System with Voice Mailboxes (Dove Gray)

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Summary: I love this machine
Review: I bought my 1725 about 6 years ago (in 1998) and it has never failed me. When I recently got married, my husband had the same machine and has had his for 3 or 4 years. We are giving away one of the machines to a friend since they both still work well. Neither my husband or I have ever had a problem with it. I love the amount of time we have on the machine and we can instruct someone to use another box on the machine so we know right away if they have called. I'm sure there are newer and better machines out there now but we don't need to bother with them. This still fits my needs after 6 years.

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Summary: AT&T 1725 and 1726 both gave me headaches
Review: I got about 5 months out of this machine before it went kablooey (sp?). I returned it and they (not amazon, but Staples) could only give me another of the same model. 8 or 9 months later, I am looking at that machine and it doesn't work.
When it did work, the sound quality (announcement and incoming messages was very poor.
My next model I bought was the one that Staples happened to have: AT&T 1726 (!). The look of the machine is totally different, so I didn't make the brand connection. It failed in 7 months. My friend sent me hers ("works fine") thru the mail. I plugged it in and had the same problem. That makes 4 (four) AT&T answering machines that broke. The phone company came twice to investigate their lines/equipment, which were fine.
I suggest that AT&T reduce their warranty to 5 months. That way, they are free and we can just throw the things out.
In fairness, I should say that just today, while speaking to a Radio Shack tech, he told me that power surges could be the culprit. Being ignorant of these matters, I don't know...