Cingular Go Phone: Southwestern Bell S60860 Travel Telephone Surge Protector Review

After going through about eight answering machines and telephones and grumbling about how "phones these days are such cheap, crappy product-simulations designed to be chucked in a landfill every six months," I spotted one of these little devices in a grocery store and installed it.Lo and behold, turns out it was NOT the phones that were the problem, but just our unstable electric service.

After installing this surge protector, not only did the answerphone stop blowing out, so did all of the phones in the rest of the house.Tuns out, answering machines and cordless phones, since they are plugged in to the electrical system, not only make the phone they are attached to vulnerable, but also any hits they take can travel throughout your home's phone lines and mess up every other phone you have, too!But I haven't had any trouble since starting to use these devices.

Be aware, though, these devices themselves are NOT indestructible.Keep an occasional eye on them - if the little red light goes off, that means they have taken a hit and need to be replaced.I keep a spare around now. Replacing a $10 device every year or so sure beats replacing a phone or two every couple of months!

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Product Description:
Protect your components when you travel, using Southwestern Bell's surge protector. This model provides protection for one AC connection and one phone line. It's simple to use: Just plug the unit into an AC wall outlet or phone jack, and plug your component into the surge protector.