Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihuxs!okie From: okie@ihuxs.UUCP (B.K. Cobb) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Nomad 4000 Responses Message-ID: <653@ihuxs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Nov-84 11:16:48 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxs.653 Posted: Tue Nov 6 11:16:48 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Nov-84 08:17:19 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 54 A few days ago I posted a query on the AT&T Nomad 4000 cordless phone. Thanks to those of you who responded and helped answer my questions. A summary of those responses follows for general interest. NOMAD 4000 QUERY RESULTS Tally: 5 for purchasing 1 against purchasing Positive comments: "Like it a lot" (twice) Sound on the other end of transmission from the Nomad 4000 "perfect" Very easy to use Batteries last about 16 hours (average use) No interference (respondent lives in the country) Durability seems to be akin to pre-divestiture standards ("40-year" quality) Can use out to advertised range limit Negative comments: "Security" feature can be inconvenient if switched on and someone takes the phone from the base without knowing it is "secured" You can tell you're on a cordless phone, but that's true of all cordless phones Some noise farther out in its range Mic also picked up sounds within the room Some hum/buzz beyond 200 feet, as on other 2-way radios Supposedly, you can "eavesdrop" on conversations up to two miles away (this was not specific to the Nomad 4000, but another article posted for cordless phones in general and then sent again in reply to my questions) Again, thanks! B. K. Cobb ihnp4!ihuxs!okie (before 1600 today) ihnp4!ihuxi!okie (after 1600 today)