Battery life on Panasonics is supposed to be quite good. The one I just purchased supposedly has 7 hours of talk time. We'll see though. I'm kind of concerned about what the sound will be like. The phones are designed to be a bit smaller, a little bigger than a Nokia 6160, so they may have skimped on components. Why doesn't some company just come out with a high quality phone regardless of the cost and charge what they need to make money on it? Most cordless phones are crap and I would definitely pay extra to have a high quality phone. > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe [mailto:pcdoc at snapreporter.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 3:12 PM > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] OT -- cordless phones > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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