How can I tell if a 5.8ghz phone will not interfere with Wireless?

[Scouzer]

I am looking at this phone:

Link

But I've read several sites that say many 5.8ghz phones only receive at 5.8ghz; they transmit at 2.4ghz.

This obviously would screw up wireless internet, which is the whole reason I'm buying new phones.

Thoughts?

6.0ghz DECT Panasonics are not an option, I won't pay big bucks for a cordless phone.

 

[Phokus]

Get a 900 Mzh phone if you can find them... the signal travels farther too.

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: Phokus
Get a 900 Mzh phone if you can find them... the signal travels farther too.

Yeah that's what I was trying to find, but short of Ebay no one sells them anymore.

 

[alkemyst]

I'd call the techsupport line. Many phones pull this crap. I used a 900MHz here mostly because I can't find a better phone that's just plain and white. All the cordless today seem like something you'd see in a sci-fi movie.

 

[George P Burdell]

If you can find out exactly what frequency (as in, 2.4xx GHz) the phone transmits at (maybe from a user's manual), you could manually set your router to a channel that doesn't use that frequency.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

This obviously would screw up wireless internet

false, there are multiple channels
most people don't have problems with multiple wireless devices

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Scouzer

This obviously would screw up wireless internet

false, there are multiple channels
most people don't have problems with multiple wireless devices

I've tried every channel on my router at home, and the phone borks all of them when used.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Scouzer

This obviously would screw up wireless internet

false, there are multiple channels
most people don't have problems with multiple wireless devices

I've tried every channel on my router at home, and the phone borks all of them when used.

I thought you didn't have the phone yet?

I've used wireless phones with wireless internet and worked fine for me.

But now I just have a cell phone, no land line.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Scouzer

This obviously would screw up wireless internet

false, there are multiple channels
most people don't have problems with multiple wireless devices

Phones are spread spectrum. They step on ALL channels in the 2.4 and 5 Ghz spectrums.

-edit-
and are a known source of noise for WiFi just like bluetooth and microwave ovens.

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Scouzer

This obviously would screw up wireless internet

false, there are multiple channels
most people don't have problems with multiple wireless devices

I've tried every channel on my router at home, and the phone borks all of them when used.

I thought you didn't have the phone yet?

I've used wireless phones with wireless internet and worked fine for me.

But now I just have a cell phone, no land line.

I'm talking about my existing 2.4ghz phones that bork everything up

 

[secretanchitman]

our family uses 4 5.8Ghz uniden phones...absolutely no interference. we've tried a/b/g/n and they work fine.

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

Get a 6.0 GHz phone?

 

[syee]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: Phokus
Get a 900 Mzh phone if you can find them... the signal travels farther too.

Yeah that's what I was trying to find, but short of Ebay no one sells them anymore.

haha...I got a couple sitting in a box collecting dust! Interested in one?

I think the 2.4Ghz phones really only kill the network when your phone is close to your router and the cordless phone is in use.

I had my phone about 2-3 ft away from my router, and it completely killed my connection when I took a call on the cordless. Now that it's out in the living room, it doesn't really affect it at all. I put a DECT 6.0 cordless in my room where the router is and it works great without killing my wireless connection. Even gets better range than my 2.4Ghz phone (which was one of the benefits). DECT 6.0 phones aren't that expensive - they're about the price of a good 2.4Ghz phone. I got the Vtech 6041 and I haven't had any issues with it.

BTW, DECT 6.0 is actually running at 1.9Ghz, and the frequency is assigned solely for the purpose of cordless phones. Hence you don't have the inherent problems of 900mhz, where baby monitors and cordless headphones reside on the same frequency, and 2.4Ghz which wireless networks amongst other things run on.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: syee

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: Phokus
Get a 900 Mzh phone if you can find them... the signal travels farther too.

Yeah that's what I was trying to find, but short of Ebay no one sells them anymore.

haha...I got a couple sitting in a box collecting dust! Interested in one?

I think the 2.4Ghz phones really only kill the network when your phone is close to your router and the cordless phone is in use.

I had my phone about 2-3 ft away from my router, and it completely killed my connection when I took a call on the cordless. Now that it's out in the living room, it doesn't really affect it at all. I put a DECT 6.0 cordless in my room where the router is and it works great without killing my wireless connection. Even gets better range than my 2.4Ghz phone (which was one of the benefits). DECT 6.0 phones aren't that expensive - they're about the price of a good 2.4Ghz phone. I got the Vtech 6041 and I haven't had any issues with it.

BTW, DECT 6.0 is actually running at 1.9Ghz, and the frequency is assigned solely for the purpose of cordless phones. Hence you don't have the inherent problems of 900mhz, where baby monitors and cordless headphones reside on the same frequency, and 2.4Ghz which wireless networks amongst other things run on.

Yes but 1900 MHz interferes with GSM 1900