Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: voder!wlbr!pete@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Pete Lyall) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Cordless Phone Questions Message-ID:Date: 27 Sep 89 21:31:42 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Contel FSD, Westlake Village, CA Lines: 42 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 414, message 2 of 10 Hello! I am a cordless phone neophyte with a question or two that I hope the group(s) can help me with. We gave my daughter our old kitchen phone last week (her first apartment), and went off in search of a cordless phone. We ended up at Sears because of a sales flyer. Experience has taught me never to buy the cheapest of anything (at least not in the techno-toys department), so I steered clear of the $52 special, and bought the $80 AT&T 4200. I took it home and found that while I could still hear, there was a bit of audible static & distortion when I went around a wall or two, and also when I went outside. I talked with a friend who was blissfully happy with his AT&T 5320, so I went back to Sears and took the 4200 back. They didn't have a 5320.. only a 5310 @ $175 or so. I compared features on the box with the 5200 (next model down that they carried) and it appeared on the surface that the 5310 was just a feature-fat version of the 5200. Since the latter was $134, I opted for it. Well - we still get some buzzing and static, sometimes even in close proximity to the base unit. Now what I'm wondering is: o - Is this just the nature of cordless phones, and should I just get used to it? o - Is the 5310 really worth the extra $40 or so ? o - Is there another make that I should check into? o - Is 'compression' a valued feature or a marketing gimmick? o - What are other folks' experiences and what are they using? Thanks for any and all help. Please mail replies vice posting them if possible.. Thanks! Pete Lyall Contel Corporation Compuserve: 76703,4230 OS9_Net: (805) 375-1401 (24hr 300/1200/2400) Internet: pete@wlbr.imsd.contel.com UUCP: {hacgate,jplgodo,voder}!wlbr!pete