Motorola MA550 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone with Caller ID

A few months ago I purchased one of these for one of our server rooms at work and was pleased with both how well it reduced background noise and the operating range. I recently purchased another MA550 for home along with the MA560 which adds a digital answering machine to the base. I'm quite pleased with the performance and quality of both phones.

I needed another phone so I first got a VTech T2416 2.4 GHz phone and then this Motorola MA550 5.8 GHz phone. I have wireless network so my primary reason for trying the MA550 was because of its 5.8 GHz frequency. Both, however, are analog phones. I have a Siemens 2.4 GHz DSS phone but it is a bit of a pain to use because the keys are so easily pressed that I keep on accidentally pushing buttons when I'm just holding the phone or when it's nestled between my head and shoulder (my usual position when I'm talking on the phone unless the phone has a headset jack which this Siemens phone doesn't have).

The Motorola MA550 is a very good phone but there are some features which I wish could have been better or could have been included with this phone. I will go over its advertised features first and then talk about the additional features I liked and what I didn't like.

Advertised features:

* 5.8 GHz technology
* 40 name and number Caller...Read more

Everything was fine except when I talked, the person I was talking to heard a humming noise. When I stopped talking, the humming noise stopped. Needless to say I took it back for a refund and bought another brand of phone.

I am sick of products that don't work acceptably!