That sounds good, but with cell phones taking over the prices in these
things are dropping fast.  I remember the first cordless phones in the
early 80's that operated just above the AM band, and were expensive.  Are
there any brands to stay away from?  I have decided to go with a 5.8 GHz
phone.





On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, John Miller wrote:

> Ya, it has an answering machine on it, I don't know what my mother
> paid for it but it wasn't much, maybe like $50 but it's a duel hand
> set phone so if you can find the single phone version of the same
> thing if that's what you want, you can probably save a little money
> on it. The answering machine even talks for a lot of things which is cool.
>
> At 09:30 AM 04/03/2006, you wrote:
> >Thanks, how much did you pay for this phone, and does it have an answering
> >machine on it?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, John Miller wrote:
> >
> > > 5.8 won't interfere with wireless networks and actually, the range is
> > > pretty good on them.2.4 isn't' bad but that can interfere with
> > > wireless networks though I didn't used to have much trouble when I
> > > had one, once in a while there were strange noises or stuff that I
> > > could only contribute to the network. I get better range out of my
> > > 5.8 GHz phones anyway and the panasonic 5.8 GHz phones my mother got
> > > a few months ago have very good range. I was probably 1/4 of a mile
> > > away the other day looking for my dog and still was able to call my
> > > mother at work clear as a bell to tell her the dog ran away with his
> > > chain.  Then I found him and dropped the phone when I got him and
> > > it's still working.
> > >
> > > At 09:12 AM 04/03/2006, you wrote:
> > > >Good morning everyone.  I am planning on going out later on today, and
> > > >getting a new cordless phone.  The one that I have has just about had it.
> > > >I am leaning towards getting one that is either 2.4 or 5.8 GHz, and I am
> > > >just wondering what works best in terms of range, and other features, and
> > > >what will not interfere with any wireless LANs?  Any suggestions would be
> > > >great, and thanks in advance.
> > >
>