want a phone upstairs-corded or cordless-which is cheaper and easier?

rebelpixie

This may have been answered before but I cannot find a specific thread on it.
We got a cordless phone recently as a present (a Sagem D16T). All going well with it. We still have our ordinary corded phone that works perfectly.
We want to have a phone upstairs. We are wondering whether we should get an eircom technician to put a phone line upstairs for the old phone. is this expensive? or could we get another cordless phone? can you just buy a second cordless and will it pick up the signal? or do you need to get a twin pack that work together? does it have to be a sagem?
I am absolutely clueless about these things so would appreciate any help. We have broadband as well. I also wouldn't have a clue how to put an extension line upstairs, hence the technician.

Mister Gooey

Probably the wrong forum for this. But it would be cheaper to some cordless DECT phones (like your Sagem). You can buy your cordless phone with some spare handsets. So check the manual it came with. The should be details on additional sets and possibly some details about who to contact in Sagem (and where to buy them). Otherwise, buy yourself a new set of DECT phones (€40 -€50). It will still be cheaper than having someone do some wiring in your house.

There is no need for extra wiring.

rebelpixie

Ardmore3 wrote: »

Probably the wrong forum for this. But it would be cheaper to some cordless DECT phones (like your Sagem). You can buy your cordless phone with some spare handsets. So check the manual it came with. The should be details on additional sets and possibly some details about who to contact in Sagem (and where to buy them). Otherwise, buy yourself a new set of DECT phones (€40 -€50). It will still be cheaper than having someone do some wiring in your house.

There is no need for extra wiring.

thanks a million. I realised just after posting this that I had it in the wrong forum but couldn't delete it. On the box it says 'upgradable up to 4 handsets'. So if I was able to get another handset, I could plug that into the socket upstairs and then have the phone line connected to the original one downstairs?

Johnboy1951

All Dect handsets I have come across have been capable of being added to an existing Dect base up to the limit of the base - apparently 4 in your case. I have three different makes of handset running off one base station.
There should be an instruction manual with the Dect phone on how to add another handset ..... details the keys to press etc etc.

Once the new handset has been added both will ring on an incoming call and outgoing calls can be made with either.
All you will need for the new handset is a charging station for it, to keep its battery topped up.
Because of that it may be more convenient to get a similar phone to the existing one so that either can use the present charging station.

If you want to use a standard phone then a handyman should be able to run the wires needed for you and make the connection ..... but the disruption for the routing the wires might not be worth the hassle.