Do you need to pay a monthly service fee to the phone company to have the caller id announce feature work>
336030
As long as you already have caller ID, there is no extra charge for this phone to announce it.
336031
I would think you would have to be signed up for caller I.D. I was, so it just was a great benefit to have it voiced. I think caller I.D. Is worth the money since no one follows the "no call" ban like they should.
1791843
My understanding is that for International call, there is an additional fee, but yes, you can. I have had nothing but poor customer service with the company and problems with the Duo unit. I have been without service for almost 1 month. I was promised that a replacement unit would be sent last Friday and here it is Tuesday and no unit. They ignore e-mails, phone calls take around 1 1/2 ~ 2 hours to connect to a person who then cannot help with most issues. Then you wait for a Tech. That takes some doing as well. I have written to the CEO, but I never received a response. Spend a little more with another voIP service. NetTalk is a joke.Be well. My understanding is that for International call, there is an additional fee, but yes, you can. I have had nothing but poor customer service with the company and problems with the Duo unit. I have been without service for almost 1 month. I was promised that a replacement unit would be sent last Friday and here it is Tuesday and no unit. They ignore e-mails, phone calls take around 1 1/2 ~ 2 hours to connect to a person who then cannot help with most issues. Then you wait for a Tech. That takes some doing as well. I have written to the CEO, but I never received a response. Spend a little more... » Read More My understanding is that for International call, there is an additional fee, but yes, you can. I have had nothing but poor customer service with the company and problems with the Duo unit. I have been without service for almost 1 month. I was promised that a replacement unit would be sent last Friday and here it is Tuesday and no unit. They ignore e-mails, phone calls take around 1 1/2 ~ 2 hours to connect to a person who then cannot help with most issues. Then you wait for a Tech. That takes some doing as well. I have written to the CEO, but I never received a response. Spend a little more with another voIP service. NetTalk is a joke.Be well. « Show Less
47801
I used (and still do) this one as a replacement for an older one that did still work. However, you have to go to Verizon to get it "registered" and have it receive the phone number you formerly had or assign a new number. I do not recall if there was a fee for this or not.
1700765
No, you program in which ever phone number you desire. The device calls the number directly so you are not paying for a call center. Simple to use and I like not having to deal with a service that is redundant.
1064700
This is like your phone. You have to get the WiFi from a company before use it. Yes, you have to pay monthly fee for the company when using the WiFi ,just like pay the WiFi for the phone.
436253
No fee. Mine is tied in with my alarm system and for that I pay a fee. The perk to tying it in with the alarm is my ability to unlock it from my phone. The code to unlock it works no matter what.
687335
I haven't used that feature if it indeed has it. I will say 99% that it doesn't. It's a good phone. I actually used it to replace a $3k clunky system a local vendor sold me upon opening my business that proved useless. We use this phone at a retail store & restaurant- it handles all of our incoming calls quite well & the caller ID has proven very useful for pesky marketing calls while trying to do business without announcing it aloud. Best of luck!
604473
That depends on the plan you subscribe to with your service provider. We have that plan and this phone shows caller ID and works with call waiting.
2037382
Yes, it does have the voice announced caller ID. It is limited to the base station as well
300428
If your phone broke and want to switch it to this phone it won't cost you anything. If u wanna add a line w. This phone I think its an extra $10 a month
1440816
NO, there is no monthly fees. This is great unit and I still use it almost every day. But, it basically has the same functionality of a smart phone (Iphone, Android phone), plus a $2-$3 app (e.g tunein) and a speaker (like Ihome or JBL) designed for smart phone. Any stations that you can get on this radio, can be gotten on the smart phone or a tablet with WiFi and then routed to the speaker.
765740
The LCD display will show caller ID info if you have that feature through your phone service. When I had basic land line service(no caller ID) it did not display caller info, when I switch a VoIP phone service that included caller ID, it started showing caller info.
1214031
Thanks for the reply. I don't want to pay a monthly fee since I will be using the phone very sparingly over the year.
2196823
Yes, it does, provided you subscribe to caller ID with your phone service provider.
837568
It is not a voice announce and if it has it I have not found it. However, my caller id does pop on my TV so I can screen my calls that way. However, we are very happy with this on all levels.
219810
Do you have to pay your phone company to activate this call block feature or is this something that it totally free that is built into the phone? Thanks in advance for your feedback.
1675692
If this system does support caller ID please tell me how to implement it. I would love to use that feature. BUT I do NOT see it mentioned in the user's manual.