Clash of features?

[Barneygoogle]

What cordless phone can I add? I have just bought a landline with answerphone and call blocking. What happens if I now buy (for another room) a cordless phone also with answerphone and call blocking?

[XRaySpeX]

Any cordless phone system you please.

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@Barneygoogle wrote:

 I have just bought a landline with answerphone and call blocking. 

What does this mean? That with your BB from EE you have a landline, 1571 Voicemail & Anonymous Call Rejection?

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If so, 1571 only kicks in when your phone is unanswered. If you have an actual handset in your line (in any room) with Answerphone it will answer if you don't & take a msg on itself. 1571 will only come into play when your phone is engaged with another call incl. taking a msg.

As for Call Blocking it will be far more sophisticated than anything EE can offer.

[Barneygoogle]

Thank you. I have EE Broadband and landline, but the phone I have purchased is a BT Décor 2600, with its own answer machine and call blocking (it is being delivered on Thursday). I already have caller display from EE.

As I need a phone in other rooms, I intend to buy a couple of cordless phones. They mostly offer the same features as the 2600 and I was concerned that an incoming call might get answered by two answer machines. But, from what you say, the corded phone would take precedence. I guess I do not need the answerphone feature on the cordless phones as it would be superfluous.

[XRaySpeX]

OIC! You already have a corded handset with Answerphone & want to buy handsets for other rooms. I wasn't considering that scenario at all.

As things stand you could get a cordless base station w/out Answerphone + slaves for the same model & leave the Answerphone  & Call Blocking to the existing corded handset.

However if it's not too late to cancel the Decor 2600, it would be better to get a complete system of a cordless base station with Answerphone + slaves for the same model which includes a similar Nuisance Call Blocker such as BT Premium Phone - Three Handsets . That model is top of their range; there are cheaper ones.

[Barneygoogle]

Great advice. I only wish I had asked before I bought the corded phone. Never mind, I shall save on the price of the cordless. Many thanks for that.

[XRaySpeX]

As it hasn't yet arrived you must have ordered online, by phone or by post. As such you have a statutory 14-day cooling-off period from delivery to cancel FoC.