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edr · Nov 17, 2003, 12:54 PM

can anyone share their experience with 5.8 ghz phones and their airport network? which phones do not disrupt the network?

thanks
ed

Angus_D · Nov 17, 2003, 01:14 PM

AirPort works in the 2.4GHz range, so there should be no interference.

edr · Nov 17, 2003, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by Angus_D:
AirPort works in the 2.4GHz range, so there should be no interference.

hi angus. thanks for the reply!

i'm trying to get specific phone info. for example, in the archives of this forum i've read that the at&t 5.8 ghz phone transmits from the base to the handset at 5.8 but transmits back from the handset to the base at 2.4. i've tried to find detailed specs on these phones but haven't yet. so, i'm looking for success stories :-)

ed

tooki · Nov 17, 2003, 02:08 PM

Well, I can tell you that Panasonic 2.4GHz phones are disproportionately likely to cause AirPort problems.

I use a Siemens 2.4GHz without problems, my former roommate an inexpensive (but actually rather nice) V-Tech 2.4GHz, also without problems.

tooki

fergnetserv · Nov 17, 2003, 05:06 PM

I am using a Uniden PowerMax 2.4 GHz dual wireless phone with my AEBS and have had no problems.

Landos Mustache · Nov 18, 2003, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by tooki:
I use a Siemens 2.4GHz without problems, my former roommate an inexpensive (but actually rather nice) V-Tech 2.4GHz, also without problems.

tooki

My Siemens gets all sorts of clicking and popping because of of Airport. Drives me nuts. The phone also doesn't let you change channels.

larkost · Nov 20, 2003, 03:05 PM

Landos, you might want to try changing channels on the AirPort then...

Landos Mustache · Nov 21, 2003, 01:11 AM

Originally posted by larkost:
Landos, you might want to try changing channels on the AirPort then...

I did, the phone goes though ALL the channels all the time according to tech support, so no way around it.

edr · Nov 21, 2003, 10:43 AM

Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
My Siemens gets all sorts of clicking and popping because of of Airport. Drives me nuts. The phone also doesn't let you change channels.

fwiw, i got a uniden 5.8 ghz phone. i bought it because of difficulty in finding out the precise specifications for other phones and because i'd heard reports that it worked all right. it doesn't interfere with my airport reception. however it's sound and reception are both inferior to the panasonic 2.4 ghz phone that it replaced.

ed

red44dog44 · Nov 24, 2003, 01:38 PM

I just got a panasonic 5.4 and it works great with my airport. Does not cause any loss of signal now. I experienced lots of problems with my old 2.4 cordless. You could watch the signal level drop from 5 bars to 0 with the old 2.4. Now a constant 5.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 24, 2003, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by edr:
fwiw, i got a uniden 5.8 ghz phone. i bought it because of difficulty in finding out the precise specifications for other phones and because i'd heard reports that it worked all right. it doesn't interfere with my airport reception. however it's sound and reception are both inferior to the panasonic 2.4 ghz phone that it replaced.

ed

That is odd, sounds like it is jumping into the 2.4 ghz zone then. How is that Uniden anyway?

edr · Nov 24, 2003, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
That is odd, sounds like it is jumping into the 2.4 ghz zone then. How is that Uniden anyway?

good things about it: doesn't interfere with airport network. also, it is small, doesn't have a built-in answering machine (which i don't need), is reasonably easy to program and operate. has a speakerphone built into the handset. in fact, operationally i like it.

less good things: sound quality is not equal to what i had before. in programming long numbers, such as numbers that require dialing a number, putting in a pause, entering access codes, the registers don't hold enough numbers. the range in my household doesn't seem that great (however, i am *forced* to have the phone's base station in a bad place, in one corner of the house and near a computer.

all in all, it's growing on me.

Casper Crane · Nov 29, 2003, 11:19 PM

i can confirm that the siemems 4015 makes a clicking noise with any wireless activity.

i went back to 900Mhz which has become very cheap. no big deal. just not as cool phones. hopefully we will alll be rid of landlines soon anyway.

zl9600 · Dec 9, 2003, 09:46 PM

Originally posted by edr:
hi angus. thanks for the reply!

i'm trying to get specific phone info. for example, in the archives of this forum i've read that the at&t 5.8 ghz phone transmits from the base to the handset at 5.8 but transmits back from the handset to the base at 2.4. i've tried to find detailed specs on these phones but haven't yet. so, i'm looking for success stories :-)

ed

vtech makes at&t's cordless phones, btw.

AFAIK, vtech's 5.8ghz phone does use *both* 2.4 and 5.8 spectrum. they may have changed that in the past couple of months, but i know that as of two months ago, their phones were not true 5.8 ghz.

SciFrog · Dec 15, 2003, 02:19 AM

Problems here with 3 Siemens 4010, Airport b and Bluetooth.

zl9600 · Dec 15, 2003, 05:05 PM

just to further muddy things up here... i have read (i believe it was walt mossberg in the wall st. journal if not consumer reports) that 900mhz is actually not any worse for the most part as far as voice quality and reception, and that the only clear thing you should .look for in any 2.4, 5.8, or 900 mhz phone is that you want to make sure it utilizes Digital spread spectrum instead of analog, as the latter will allow your calls to be easily monitored.

i think CR calls the 2.4 ghz phenomenon among phone mfr's as a marketing ploy to sell phones as there is not much of a need for voice on this frequency, which is too bad as it causes interference these days w/ just about everything else wireless.

it's hard to find good digital 900 mhz phones but i've been happy as heck w/ my uniden 9650's and they have the exact range and quality as my dead vtech 2.4ghz had.

for what it's worth...