I don't know, this was a wired phone, but interestingly still when I got the
cordless which as I said is 900 MHz it wasn't near a window either, and it
was across the room on the desk.  I would have put it near a window, but no
jack over there, and no place other then the sill to put it on and it was
across the room.
----- Original Message -----
From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: need advice on wireless connection


> I could never get as far with my old 49 mhz phone, and
> it was upstairs. vhf and uhf are funny where 1 band
> will work in some places and another is better in
> others. 900 mhz and 440 mhz are short enough that you
> can do well if near a window, just the right size.
> Could there be some sort of metal based film on you're
> windows to block uv light? and you'd think the
> screens, which are metal, would actually block those
> signals.
> --- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > 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.
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