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Need help understanding which home office phone will work with wireless headset

I am looking to buy the following wireless headset and handset lifter. I currently have a clarity polycom office phone, but the problem is that the handset lifter will not attach correctly because the RJ11 jack is right on the side of the phone where the handset lifter will attach. So, I'm looking for a new home office phone. I was looking at some Cisco phones, but all the ones I've looked at are IP phones. Am I correct that those won't work unless I'm plugged into a Ethernet port? My home office has a standard RJ45 Ethernet port that plugs into my PC for internet access and my Polycom phone plugs into the RJ11 jack. Can I not use an IP phone? Do I need to choose something different? Sorry for the novice question.

Thanks for any help.

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Thanks for your reply to my message. I can go with another standard phone that uses the rj11 phone jack. I've had issues with this clarity polycom phone, which is ridiculous because of the cost of the phone. If I talk on the handset it has had issues of disconnecting my call. Any recommendations on another standard office phone that isn't VOIP and doesn't break the bank?

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