That's interesting you mention that. I bought my first 900 MHz phone while
in college and it was about a month before graduating. The reason I
replaced it was because my old phone/answering machine was getting worn out,
but when I bought this phone and was in a dorm where it is awfull getting a
signal in or out in some places the phone worked great. I could go outside
the dorm and down the street and even into one of my classroom buildings and
could get messages and make calls as though I was back in my room. I would
take the elevator to the 3rd floor of the class building I was in, and could
use my phone with no problem when standing near a window. However, at this
house I have tried nearly every trick in the book, including setting the
phone in a window up stairs and don't get nearly as far as I used to in that
first floor dorm room. It also is note worthy that when I left the dorm I
would have to cross the hall and go out a door on the other side of the
hall, and it worked out that way.
----- Original Message -----
From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: need advice on wireless connection
> Downstairs isn't too bad either, in fact the 900 mhz
> cordless in Mom's room downstairs has quite a range.
> We live on a hill top, and it works about a city block
> going west down the dirt road, down hill, and about
> half a mile from the house, I top the next hill, and
> it works up there if I hold my mouth just right,
> actually, I have to wear the headset, and hold the
> phone up like I'm the statue of liberty, but it works,
> analog phone.
> --- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > With antennas, I also have the same problem and I am
> > on the second floor,
> > but our house is brick and has very thick walls. On
> > some repeaters I get
> > into with no problem up stairs using my magmount and
> > even some form out of
> > the area, but downstairs forget it, and even the 900
> > MHz phone that is
> > downstairs doesn't work well upstairs.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 12:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: need advice on wireless connection
> >
> >
> > > That's what I was thinking, houses in Phoenix are
> > > mostly made of chicken wire and stucco. I've
> > noticed
> > > the difference with our wooden farm house here in
> > > Kansas, I can get out real good on 2, 10 and 11
> > meters
> > > from inside antennas. If I go up in to the attic
> > > though, forget it, I think the roof is metal. I
> > know
> > > the roof over the kitchen, which I could go walk
> > on to
> > > from my step dad's upstairs den, is metal,
> > magmounts
> > > stick.
> > > --- Darrell Shandrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > Hi John,
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure the construction of the walls makes a
> > huge
> > > > difference. If they're
> > > > mostly just wood, plaster and such then the
> > signal
> > > > should go right through
> > > > with a minimum of loss. If, however, there's
> > lots
> > > > of metal inside the
> > > > walls, well, then, the signal losses will be
> > huge.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:32 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: need advice on wireless connection
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Not sure,b ut they're on the same bands as
> > > > everyone else, I think 2.4 gig.
> > > > I
> > > > > argued for hours with tech support on that 1
> > day
> > > > and they pretty much told
> > > > > me it won't work well through walls, and my
> > signal
> > > > really is nowhere near
> > > > > what it should be, I should cover my hole
> > house
> > > > easy and I can't do it but
> > > > > with sohoware, I could cover the hole house
> > easy
> > > > on the worst day.
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 4:51 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: need advice on wireless
> > connection
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Could linksys be using 18 gigahertz or
> > > > something? that
> > > > > > why it doesn't go through walls well?
> > > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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