Will a cordless phone from USA work in Canada?

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QED

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Originally posted by: ahurtt
Originally posted by: QED
Oh AWESOME here is a great chance for me to go all Cliff Claven and spout off how knowledgeable I am about this security related topic about which the OP never even asked to begin with.

OP, don't listen to these jerks. Your phone will work just fine in Canada.

However, that might be your biggest problem. Allow me to explain.

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I am so smart blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah pay attention to me blah blah blah blah blah I am a genius blah blah blah blah blah Wow I can't believe how smart I am blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah I don't care if you asked for this or not I just love to hear myself talk blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Fixt.

Ok I've stopped laughing now.

Yes, dude, OP your phone will work. Unless you actually mean a cell phone, in which case then it might not.

**Hits ahurtt's sarcasm meter**

Yep, it's broke...




 

Scouzer

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I'm an Air Traffic Controller. Prior to my arrival at this site, it was receiving intermittent issues with the radio frequencies. Many months later involving thousands of dollars spent, Transport Canada pinpointed a guy using an illegal cordless (or cell phone, second hand story is not clear) phone 50km away from the airport. He said he bought the phone on Ebay and didn't think it'd be a problem.

As you can imagine, the fines were likely very hefty.
 

Zach

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Oct 11, 1999
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Originally posted by: QED
Originally posted by: ahurtt
Originally posted by: QED
Oh AWESOME here is a great chance for me to go all Cliff Claven and spout off how knowledgeable I am about this security related topic about which the OP never even asked to begin with.

OP, don't listen to these jerks. Your phone will work just fine in Canada.

However, that might be your biggest problem. Allow me to explain.

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

I am so smart blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah pay attention to me blah blah blah blah blah I am a genius blah blah blah blah blah Wow I can't believe how smart I am blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah I don't care if you asked for this or not I just love to hear myself talk blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Fixt.

Ok I've stopped laughing now.

Yes, dude, OP your phone will work. Unless you actually mean a cell phone, in which case then it might not.

**Hits ahurtt's sarcasm meter**

Yep, it's broke...

OMG mine seems to be broke also.
 

AndrewR

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Oct 9, 1999
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Don't assume a phone will work in a foreign country (not the frequency part, which is silly). We took phones to Japan, and they screwed up our line while connected to the jack. They did work most of the time, but they produced some strange results. Finally, the American phones were all disconnected because they interfered with the DSL we had connected.

The Japanese phone we bought was actually pretty cool, though expensive. The amusing part was that we could NOT change the answering machine greeting -- it was a nice Japanese woman's voice saying something EXTREMELY polite about how sorry we were to have inconvenienced the caller with our inability to answer the phone. We had a local look through the manual, and there was no function for recording our own message. Silly Japanese politeness!
 

Pepsi90919

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Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Jhill
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: Jhill
You will just need a voltage adapter and it should work fine.

for what?

To regulate voltage. Canada is a foreign country you know?????????????

to me and 30 million other people it isn't. and what voltage regulation? explain yourself sir.
 

Fritzo

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Jan 3, 2001
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No, it must use Canadian radio waves. Only Canadian radio waves work in Canada.