My first 900 MHz was a (state-of-the-art at that time) 2-line spread-spectrum unit that worked almost a mile away from home, even with the base inside my house with grounded steel siding. I had the 2nd phone line connected to my computer sound card, for experimental VOIP use. It even supported hot-swapping the battery with a second battery that charged in the base unit, without losing the signal. Unfortunately that great phone died long ago. My one-year-old cheap analog 900 MHz barely used to work outside near a window or door, but now barely works a few feet from the base unit, probably from neighborhood 900 MHz interference. I just want to know what phone to get that won't interfere with my D-Link 2.4 GHz WAP or my Netgear 5 GHz WAP. Even a 900 MHz that works with no chirps/clicks/pops in my neighborhood would be fine... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haudy Kazemi" <kaze0010 at umn.edu> To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [TCWUG] What AP do you use? > >Ok, sure! Agreed! Now back to reality. Companies have all but > >discontinued >>the manufacture of 900Mhz phones and the remaining stuff out there is >>junk. > > I've observed this myself. I want to see 900 mhz phones with the same > high-end features that are on the 2.4 and 5.8 ghz models. The range on > 900 > mhz should be better, provided that the transceivers can handle good s/n > ratios, have decent power output and antennas. Maybe that's where the 2 > mile Engenius 900mhz cordless phones come into play. > > Also, I'm somewhat surprised that cordless phone manufacturers haven't > provided a fix for the popping and clicking heard on these devices. I'm > certain it can be done, perhaps it hasn't been done because it makes the > devices more costly to produce and cuts into profit margins. As far as I > can tell cell phones don't have nearly the amount of popping/clicking as > cordless phones. Is this because they run on licensed frequencies, use > better hardware, or both? > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list