Handset for ATT 5.8 GHz Cordless Telephone Model...

I bought a new answering system rather than futz with the handset on my four-year-old one. For $80 I got an AT&T 5.8 GHz system with 3 additional handsets, batteries included, ready to go. Better ones can be had (DECT 6.0 Digital) for about $120. Contrast that with the one I bought four years ago, which had one handset, now broken, and cost $179,99 at the time. Made no sense to fool around trying to get the old handset to work.

I regret having spent $15 replacing the battery on the old one first cuz I thought that might have been the problem (though I knew in my gut it wasn't) - lesson learned there. Anywho, solved.