tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post6117068622306159067..comments2024-01-19T12:36:03.846-05:00Comments on My Review Blog: ZTE WF720 Wireless Home Phone Device ReviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-56657341034331555272018-04-17T22:30:40.803-04:002018-04-17T22:30:40.803-04:00Thank you for reading and commenting on my blog. T...Thank you for reading and commenting on my blog. To get the messages remotely, it will depend on your carrier. I disabled my carrier's voice mail and connected my device (when it isn't inside my car) to a standard answering machine so I remotely listen to my messages by calling myself and then keying a code but this is dependent on my answering machine. lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-13946470422138582022018-04-17T22:23:36.270-04:002018-04-17T22:23:36.270-04:00Thank you Jim Cassels for reading and commenting o...Thank you Jim Cassels for reading and commenting on my blog. I use a simple car power inverter adapter which plugs into the car's cigarette plug and converts this to an AC outlet.lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-57587472181653763142018-04-15T11:00:44.269-04:002018-04-15T11:00:44.269-04:00What power source do you use when in a vehicle? I ...What power source do you use when in a vehicle? I noticed you said it worked in your vehicle. I am asking as the battery will only last an hour or so.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755360567271812727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-84307699339821636782017-10-18T16:46:43.275-04:002017-10-18T16:46:43.275-04:00Not sure if this is being maintained but my questi...Not sure if this is being maintained but my question is how can I retrieve messages remotely? I set up a code for remote message but I cannot get messages. No info in the starter guide. If I set the code up as 08 does the system add a preceding number I have to use? Would be great if I could get it working.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387936689873227432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-89579895133874055982017-04-02T21:49:12.331-04:002017-04-02T21:49:12.331-04:00Thank you Mark F. for taking the time to read and ...Thank you Mark F. for taking the time to read and post your comment/experience on my blog.lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-13247801307644279502017-04-02T21:46:23.374-04:002017-04-02T21:46:23.374-04:00Thank you Cathylea for taking the time to read and...Thank you Cathylea for taking the time to read and post your comment regarding my blog. To answer your question, if you port your Bell number over to this service, anyone who paid long distance to call you at your Bell number will continue to pay long distance to call you since the phone number will be the same when ported. People who didn't pay long distance to call you at your Bell phone will continue NOT to pay long distance when calling you after your number is ported.lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-64285534100638577212017-04-01T13:50:53.331-04:002017-04-01T13:50:53.331-04:00Am I correct in assuming that once I port my Bell ...Am I correct in assuming that once I port my Bell phone number over to this service and cancel my Bell service that anyone who previously called my old phone number locally at no charge will now pay long distance fees calling me on my old Bell number? And if this is the case is there any way to avoid this and still use this service?CathyGaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992822393368487833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-69601878147007017792017-03-09T10:51:55.214-05:002017-03-09T10:51:55.214-05:00Thanks for your review it was quite helpful. I am...Thanks for your review it was quite helpful. I am currently using the ZTE with AT&T in the US. I moved from a location where my family had the same landline number for 75 years. I moved to a different central office and could not take that number for a regular landline. So, I ported it to AT&T and I am using it with the ZTE wireless home phone device. In my case, the sound quality is like a regular landline. I am amazed. The device is connected to one jack to distribute dial tone through my home. It rings all 5 of my phone, 2 of which are old Bell system phones with a real bell. There are two minor functionalities that are different from a regular landline. First, it takes about 6 seconds for the call to connect once you are finished dialing. A regular landline connects instantly. And, second, you have less time to dial the number before you get an error message. So if you pause in the middle of dialing the number you have to hang up and redial. However, all in all, this is a superior service....$20 unlimited nationwide calling on AT&T and no bundling or installation required (unless you want to wire it to your phone jacks).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403688228138659644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-87884620397227370262017-01-08T20:43:41.839-05:002017-01-08T20:43:41.839-05:00Thank you Par for taking the time to read and comm...Thank you Par for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. Is the signal strength displayed on the box showing green or amber? If it is amber, it sounds as if the signal strength is not adequate and you might have a defective unit or the signal where your device is located is not strong enough. If this is the case, an external antenna might help. I replaced the antenna that came with my unit with an antenna that was designed to be mounted on a car and I find that it improved the signal strength of my device. lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-79467552929133062432017-01-08T20:32:48.414-05:002017-01-08T20:32:48.414-05:00Thank you Duffman for taking the time to read and ...Thank you Duffman for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. I'm surprised that your phone landline company did not offer you the option of a "dry-loop". I probably wouldn't go for the dry-loop option myself since I prefer cable internet service over DSL service (although I'm using a mobile carrier for my internet service as I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan which offers me the mobility to take my internet wherever I go but restricts my speed to 3G/4G (non-LTE) speeds)lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-28100759374895924142017-01-04T23:22:41.890-05:002017-01-04T23:22:41.890-05:00Hi,
Just got the fido home phone! My mic on 2 dev...Hi,<br /><br />Just got the fido home phone! My mic on 2 devices seems to be picking up too much sound. The other caller can hear nearby voices or even a tv in the background. I tried with a corded and cordless DECT phone with the same results. Is there a fix for that?Parhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093636995197331058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-23065555275892190012016-11-18T10:51:02.445-05:002016-11-18T10:51:02.445-05:00Thanks for your response. We got the device and al...Thanks for your response. We got the device and all is going well. Getting used to not hearing the message being left on the device like it did on the Panasonic phone base. <br />Thee only problem we have had with dropping the land line phone was the three letter phone carrier also dropped our DSL service and then proceeded to tell us they were capped and couldn't restore that service. Was forced to get internet through the cable company.Duffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067075744680803428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-91292928301502330282016-11-13T20:28:01.653-05:002016-11-13T20:28:01.653-05:00Thank you "Unknown" for taking the time ...Thank you "Unknown" for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. I'm not sure why your call forwarding doesn't work but it might be as you stated... that you are with Virgin. The only suggestion that I have is to try removing your Virgin SIM from the phone unit and putting it into a traditional mobile/cellphone and then use the same *21*phonenumber# to see if this will cause your mobile/cellphone to forward your calls. If it doesn't work, you've found your problem and you must ask Virgin what the proper code is to enable call forwarding on a "dumbphone" (smartphones generally have menus to do this so you want the keystrokes on a non-smartphone).lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-31492769919648206202016-11-13T20:24:31.578-05:002016-11-13T20:24:31.578-05:00Thank you Helen for taking the time to read and co...Thank you Helen for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. Unfortunately, this device does not have any WiFi capabilities and it can NOT be used as a router or an access point. You also cannot plug a DSL router into this unit (nor ask the carrier to enable internet on the device like you can on a traditional landline phone) like you can to a real landline phone since the technologies are different.lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-50866071946493086192016-11-13T20:21:10.484-05:002016-11-13T20:21:10.484-05:00Thank you Duffman for taking the time to read and ...Thank you Duffman for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. You will not lose the Caller ID function on your phones provided that your carrier's plan comes with Caller ID. In my case (with Fido), it comes with callerID so the Panasonic cordless phone that I'm using with this unit has Caller ID. The only thing that I don't get is name display (unless the number is in my Panasonic cordless phone's built-in address book). My Panasonic cordless phone even has a feature to speak out the phone number which works well with the ZTE WF720 wireless home phone device.lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-80709164789291339112016-10-31T14:46:00.748-04:002016-10-31T14:46:00.748-04:00Can I access WiFi through this device? So instead ...Can I access WiFi through this device? So instead of a router can this be done?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402724311032985952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-82197495812773784752016-10-29T14:07:54.900-04:002016-10-29T14:07:54.900-04:00I have the Rogers wireless home phone service and ...I have the Rogers wireless home phone service and like it a lot. We are close to the tower, so have great signal strength. Last month I decided to add call forwarding as a feature, so that I could receive calls to the house on my Cell. I tried everything the book says, and it will not forward. I get the tone after entering *21*phone number# as the instructions say, but my home phone just rings anyways. My cell provider is not Rogers, it is Virgin. Is that the problem?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092623389802915867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-33881349101642275252016-10-12T12:56:53.657-04:002016-10-12T12:56:53.657-04:00I am very interested in this device because right ...I am very interested in this device because right now our carrier is offering it free except for the monthly charge. A question I do have though is do you loose the calker ID function using it or will it display on my Panasonic cordless phones plugged into the device? Also, the voicemail feature needs to use a handset to hear, right? My present phone system uses a speaker to hear the message.Duffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067075744680803428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-35080558560517753712016-09-24T17:58:48.918-04:002016-09-24T17:58:48.918-04:00Thank you Sarah for taking the time to read and co...Thank you Sarah for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. The way that I did this is I contacted my carrier (Fido) and I told them I didn't want the voice mail which was included. I asked them to disable voice mail for the phone number. I did this over a year ago so I am not sure if they might still disable voice mail at customer requests (you still pay the same so you aren't getting any discount for asking them to disable voice mail). You would need to contact them. After I had them disable voice mail on my account, I shortened the number of rings on my home answering system (which is a computerized answering machine) and my home answering machine picks up before anyone gets the message "The customer that you are calling is unavailable at the moment. Please try again later". This message happens after ~10 rings so I set my answering machine to answer before that time. My answering machine then e-mails me an MP3 file containing the voice mail but that is just how my computerized answering machine works.<br /><br />The only negative thing about disabling voice mail is that I'm not sure if it has ever happened to you but I live in an area that doesn't have a very strong signal and sometimes my cellphones (including the ZTE WF720) will not ring when people call (similar to calling a regular cellphone and that regular cellphone being off). It happens sporadically and since I don't use my home wireless phone as my "main" phone, I don't really worry about it.<br /><br />If this happens when voice mail is disabled, you won't get any notification that someone tried to reach you. Also, if you have a power failure in your place and your answering machine doesn't have a battery backup, people won't be able to leave you a voice mail. In my case, I didn't really care since no one should be reaching me directly by calling that phone number.<br /><br />I hope that this helps.lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-27047468766142390532016-09-24T17:36:38.372-04:002016-09-24T17:36:38.372-04:00Thank you Dwight Barnes for taking the time to rea...Thank you Dwight Barnes for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. I suffer a similar problem where my signal strength is weak. I'm not sure where you can purchase an antenna for the ZTE ZF720 wireless home phone device but one of my very old cellphones (we're talking over 20 years old), had the same type of screw on connection which was used for an external magnetic car mounted antenna and this is what I use on my ZTE WF720. I then place this antenna close to the window.lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-26000960314666243012016-09-23T10:37:07.654-04:002016-09-23T10:37:07.654-04:00I just got a fido home phone and I would like to u...I just got a fido home phone and I would like to use the answer machine that is built into my cordless phone. Is there a way to do this? I have tried to reduce the rings so that my own machine picks up but after I phone it and leave message on the machine it goes to the dial tone once I hang up. Is there some way that I can stop this? I would like to use my own answering system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-27103320698196996442016-08-24T14:11:08.592-04:002016-08-24T14:11:08.592-04:00Are you aware of any antennas that are more powerf...Are you aware of any antennas that are more powerful than the one attached to the ZTE720. My signal strength is very week and could use a boostAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364223336128631840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-20224590717766280932016-06-18T17:36:19.255-04:002016-06-18T17:36:19.255-04:00Thank you Victor Norwood for taking the time to re...Thank you Victor Norwood for taking the time to read and comment on my blog post. Sorry for the late reply. I am not 100% sure of what MHz the device uses but it would probably use the same frequency as AT&T's GSM frequency which is 850 & 1900 according to http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=14003lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-35570449225551330242016-06-18T17:32:27.077-04:002016-06-18T17:32:27.077-04:00Thank you Myo Swe for taking the time to read and ...Thank you Myo Swe for taking the time to read and comment on my blog post. I'm sorry for the late reply and you've probably already been helped but my suggestion would be to call Rogers if it is your cellphone that always goes to voice mail or Fido if your home phone is always going to voice mail. It sounds as either your calls are forwarded to voice mail or you don't have strong reception where you live. Another possibility is that you have a defective device.lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801581525845892353.post-24303272056232192222016-06-18T17:29:09.087-04:002016-06-18T17:29:09.087-04:00Thank you "Unknown" for taking the time ...Thank you "Unknown" for taking the time to read and comment on my blog post. Sorry for the late reply. I don't have the same set-up as yourself. I don't see any reasons why your set-up wouldn't work. HOWEVER, when you change your existing number to the ZTE wireless home device, Bell might (and probably will) cancel your internet. You will probably have to pay a new installation fee for them to install a "dry loop".lmcjipohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691943816945527933noreply@blogger.com