Cortelco 255415-VBA-20M Single Line White Wall Telephone

We have a vintage kitchen & wanted an old wall phone to hide the ugly wall mount phone jack. We also need a corded landline for the frequent power outages. (Because in the boon docks, cell phone reception is merely a rumor... The stuff legends are made of!) I digress, this phone is perfect ... So it's not a 1950's robin's egg blue rotary phone, but it works! It's quite sturdy and I'm not sure what issue people are having with volume control. I'm guessing they either upgraded the phone or people couldn't figure out how to adjust the volume. (Call and ask your mom or grandma she'll explain it!!) My phone works exactly like the wall phone that hung in my parents house growing up. It has the ring volume that ranges from fire alarm loud to completely silent. The handset volume ranges from obnoxiously loud to whisper quiet. There has been no issues with crackling on the line, etc. It mounted on to the old wall jack perfectly. The cord was a bit short, but I have mad skills. I went to the local big box store and bought a long, white cord for about $3. All in all, if you're looking for a sturdy, wall mounted, corded phone with all the latest technology of 1983, this is the one for you!!

I Love This Phone! I have been searching for a replacement kitchen phone and tried several push-button, all-in-one giszmos with speaker phone, answering machine etc. Don't need all the bells and whistles. Tried three electronic phones and they would NOT work well with my U-verse home system. They did NOT play well with the other phones in the system. I don't know why, and I don't care. I found this brick of a 1960's style kitchen phone and it works like a champ. Feels like a phone, solid as a rock, nice old-fashioned ring (adjustable, but "soft" on my phone--which is OK with me.) Only gizmo is a dial in the handset to regulate volume. Perfect.

I purchased the ITT 255415-vba-20m Wall W/ Volume when my slim line phone hanging in the kitchen finally developed a short in the plug and was constantly cracking and popping static during a conversation.This ITT 255415-vba-20m Wall W/ Volume is much easier to hold because the handset hearkens back to the day when phone handset fit into your hand solidly and comfortably. Mainly because the "buttons" aren't on the receiver handle, but rather, on the phone. i thought it might be a hassle to have to always go over to the phone to dial a new call after talking comfortably in my chair....but then I can use the excersize. Plus the clarity is so much better, it's well worth the trade off.My new phone does not have a very loud ringer to say the least. I don't know if that is the way they all are or just mine. but I have other phones around the house that can do the ringing, and my wifr thinks the real bell inside the phone is my cuter sounding that the electronic beepers of today. So this phone is kind of "retro" in that respect.One CAUTION: It may take a little wiggling around on the connector to get it into the wall jack. I thought mine wasn't going to go in and it even snapped off the back of the phone twice, but it's easy to put back on.With a little work, it got connected and works great.One other note. It has a short cord and so I've ordered a longer one from a different supplier. problem is the color white is different than other company's white. So much so that I am going to try to find another company that makes a phone cord that the color matches.Even with the few cautions, i highly recommend this phone. It just feels good to use and makes conversation more enjoyable.

I love that this phone is so bright white & the sound is so clear. It has a volume control on the handle, and is easy to adjust. It is so pretty! The original phone that was put in the house had yellowed. We re-did our kitchen and wanted to make sure we still had a landline, just in case cell service would be out. It happed some years back. During a derecho, around July 4th, we had no cell service for 4 days. So glad we had a landline because my husband and son needed to check with their employers. No electricity for 4 days and no water. Glad we had a pool for bathing! I recommend people feel confident in buying the phone.

I am very happy with this phone. It is an excellent replacement for my old AT&T wall phone. Easy to install; works perfect; can turn up hearing when needed.

I ordered this phone twice because I am ever the optimist. When the first one came I THOUGHT it was exactly what I was looking for.......however, it only rang on occasion when a call was incoming.......mostly it didn't. I knew I was getting a call because I could hear the other phones in the house ring. I returned the first one thinking perhaps it was just defective. When the second one came, it also did not ring to let me know of an incoming call, except on a rare occasion. IF it did ring it would either just make one small ding or a strange kind of jangle......not a full ring, maybe a half ring. I used it for a few days and found that often the sound was so bad I could not understand what the caller was saying. Then, it started cutting off calls in the middle of a conversation. It is really too bad these people cannot seem to solve this problem as this is exactly the type phone I was looking for. But we need a reliable phone and this is not that at all.