I have an expandable Panasonic 2.4 ghz 2 line system. I only have 2 extra handsets with it, but it has worked great so far. I keep one handset at my business partner's house (about 3 houses away) and it works great from there as well. I don't know about interference with wireless networks as I do not have that up and going yet. I don't keep track of the battery life much because I keep the handsets in their bases most of the time, but I do know they last at least 3 days on standby. I bought all my stuff off eBay factory referb. for about 1/2 list price. On Mon, 26 May 2003, Austad, Jay wrote: > I need another phone for my house. I was thinking of getting an expandable > system, but after buying a Siemens system and returning it because of poor > sound quality, I figured I should probably ask around to forego having to > return a bunch of phone because they suck. > > I was thinking of either the Panasonic expandable, which is 2.4ghz, but I > want to make sure it's not going to interfere with my wireless network. I > have a Panasonic one now, but it's only 2.4ghz one way and 900 the other. > It doesn't interfere too much. Or I was thinking about the Uniden 5.8ghz > system. I read mixed reviews on both of them though. My primary concerns > are sound quality and battery life. My roomie has a Uniden phone, just a > 900mhz, and the sound quality is crap. But it's also a cheap phone. > > I saw some phones by EnGenius which are long range 900mhz DSS phones. They > actually look quite decent, but they are expensive and I would assume that > the increased power output of these will drain the battery fairly quickly. > I found a long range cordless phone on Ebay by Senao which has a range of up > to 230km. Unfortunately, it's not legal for use here as it uses frequencies > somewhere between 230 and 450mhz. It's a seller in Austrailia. > > I also have a Spectralink 802.11b cordless phone, but I don't have a POTS > gateway to use it with yet. Has anyone used these? How are they? > > So, I basically have 4 choices: > 1. Panasonic > 2. Uniden 5.8ghz > 3. Spectralink system > 4. Some unknown as of yet super cool phone system that I haven't heard > about. > > Jay > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list