[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by NYBob

My mother's Assisted Living Facility is using VoIP telephones. I'm not very familiar with these. Her phone is a large corded base unit. I'd like to swap it out for a cordless model. How could I go about doing this ? Can I just connect the new phone, or does it need to be programed in any way ? Both phones will be from the same company.


Current phone...
SIP-T30P - Single line entry level IP phone | Yealink

Cordless...
W73H - Professional Business DECT Phone System | Yealink

Originally Posted by phylt

You're not wrong - exactly right. We have VoIP - OOMA. Have it for 8 years, only pay Fed tax each month - like $8.

We have a Panasonic base unit to ethernet/internet connector and 3 cordless phones-remotes around the house. Works great. We use as a backup to our cell phones.

The OP is not asking if the phone will work on a VOIP system. Yes, most any phone can work on a VOIP system, with the proper "adaptor".

The OP is asking if the phone will work, with a proprietary, business phone system (that just happens to use VOIP). It's not the same thing as plugging a phone into a telephone jack or ethernet jack, to access VOIP lines that someone like Xfinity has provided to your home.

The answer to the question, is "yes" with some reservations. All functions of the system may not be available. Some modicum of "programming" may be necessary, depending on the functions the Assisted Living Facility has programmed into their system.

Yealink is one of the premier providers of commercial phone systems. When you plug the phone into the system, the phone should update automatically, with the compatible software. Some functions may not be available, without some modicum of simple "programming". [This from the Yealink website]