Can you beat Verizon?

glatt · 01-05-2009, 07:56 PM

I have another related question and seek advice from anyone who feels qualified. Our new service offers caller ID, which we never had, plus our current 900MHZ analog cordless phone has sticky buttons, so we want to get a new cordless phone with a caller ID display.

I'm curious if I have to look for a certain frequency phone to avoid interference with the wireless router. I looked at the wireless router for information on the frequency it uses, but could find none. The router is a Verizon branded MI424WR router. 2 Is there a specific frequency phone I should be looking for? I tried a Google search but can't find anything.

I love our current 900 MHZ analog Panasonic cordless phone, but its life is almost over.

tw · 01-06-2009, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I'm curious if I have to look for a certain frequency phone to avoid interference with the wireless router. I looked at the wireless router for information on the frequency it uses, but could find none.

The frequencies are FCC assigned and per industry standards. 802.11G uses 2.4 Ghz which is also used by so many if not most electronics wireless devices (including portable phones, Bluetooth, and even remote weather monitors). That frequency is also used by microwave ovens.

What frequency will you router use? Well, negotiations determine that. If router and computer are 802.11N, then both may use 5 Ghz. Or may use 2.4 Ghz.

Problem is so few channels in so few ISM bands shared by so many wireless devices. Good news. All those devices are designed to use same frequency and work fine.

What is important? Waste no time with nonsense such as 'five bars'. Useful information is in numbers such as signal to noise ratios measured in dBs. Many other devices on the same frequency simply reduce that S/N ratio. Only then does anyone really know whether the device is and will be reliable.

Your father used his portable to measure signal strength? Then what were the dB numbers? Again, '5 bars' is one or two steps above useless.

dar512 · 01-08-2009, 03:09 PM

I'm not big on clone threads but this thread could have been titled Cellular Dreamin'.

01-05-2009, 07:56 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I have another related question and seek advice from anyone who feels qualified. Our new service offers caller ID, which we never had, plus our current 900MHZ analog cordless phone has sticky buttons, so we want to get a new cordless phone with a caller ID display. I'm curious if I have to look for a certain frequency phone to avoid interference with the wireless router. I looked at the wireless router for information on the frequency it uses, but could find none. The router is a Verizon branded MI424WR router. 2 Is there a specific frequency phone I should be looking for? I tried a Google search but can't find anything. I love our current 900 MHZ analog Panasonic cordless phone, but its life is almost over. Last edited by glatt; 01-05-2009 at 08:04 PM.

01-08-2009, 03:09 PM	#3
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I'm not big on clone threads but this thread could have been titled Cellular Dreamin'. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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