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Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:59:11 -0700
From: Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Wider-range cordless phones?
Message-ID: <4E3759EF.1050409@thadlabs.com>
On 8/1/2011 1:13 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Rich Greenberg <richgr@panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Before I married, I always had a phone in the primary bathroom, within
>> reach of the throne. Only used occasionally, but glad to have it then.
>> Currently, my wife has asked me not to install one there.
>
> Your wife doesn't understand. When you're in the bathroom, somehow,
> the people who are difficult to get hold of who won't leave complete
> messages in voice mail or email just know that's when to call with
> important information that you need that you aren't in position to act
> on nor take notes. If you have a phone in there with you, it defeats them.
>
> You want the phone in there so it never rings when you use the terlet.
Definitely! :-)
Which begs the question: which phone instruments are "qualified" for use
in a full-use (sink, shower/tub, throne) bathroom?
For example, my RAZR V3 manual states "avoid temperatures below 0°C/32°F
or above 45°C/113°F, and don't expose your phone to water, rain, extreme
humidity, sweat or other moisture" which is not a formal specification of
operating/storage temperature/humidity ranges. The phone does have a
non-resettable humidity sensor it in (some kind of chemically-treated paper)
and if the color indicates "too humid" the warranty is void. It's 7 years
old now and still works perfectly, so I'm not worried about the warranty.
FWIW, after taking a shower and forgetting to close the bathroom door
afterwards, one of my smoke detectors 30 feet away will sound its siren.
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:17:08 -0500
From: Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Wider-range cordless phones?
Message-ID: <j18193$r3q$1@dont-email.me>
> 3. I recommend Panasonic: I've never been disappointed with them, and
> they're durable and reliable. Avoid Emerson: they're cheap and
> fragile.
>
> Bill Horne
> Moderator
>
I have been disappointed with Panasonic (when it turned out that their
"spread spectrum" cordless phones actually weren't, maybe these days
they are, I don't know). But I have always found Panasonic gear to be
well-designed, very reliable, relatively inexpensive, and a very good
value for the money.
Dave
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:02:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Wes Leatherock <wleathus@yahoo.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Wider-range cordless phones?
Message-ID: <1312243331.73231.YahooMailClassic@web111716.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
--- On Mon, 8/1/11, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> From: Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>
> Subject: Re:Wider-range cordless phones?
> To: redacted@invalid.telecom-digest.org.
> Date: Monday, August 1, 2011, 3:13 PM
> Rich Greenberg <richgr@panix.com>
> wrote:
>> Before I married, I always had a phone in the primary bathroom,
>> within reach of the throne. Only used occasionally, but glad to
>> have it then. Currently, my wife has asked me not to install one
>> there.
>
> Your wife doesn't understand. When you're in the bathroom, somehow,
> the people who are difficult to get hold of who won't leave complete
> messages in voice mail or email just know that's when to call with
> important information that you need that you aren't in position to
> act on nor take notes. If you have a phone in there with you, it
> defeats them.
>
> You want the phone in there so it never rings when you use the
> terlet.
A phone by the throne may save two or three days of phone tag.
Wes Leatherock
wleathus@yahoo.com
wesrock@aol.com
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 23:25:18 +0100
From: Peter R Cook <PCook@wisty.plus.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: L.A. County starting over on emergency communications system
Message-ID: <CFoyC1AOfyNOFwro@wisty.plus.com>
In message <4E34BE67.9010001@verizon.net>, Tom Horne
<hornetd@verizon.net> writes
> "Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt." And likewise "Nobody ever gets fired
> for specifying Microsoft - er, Motorola."
Sorry Tom, IBM were sowing FUD around the computer industry years
before Bill Gates was even a twinkle in his father's eye, and "Nobody
ever gets fired for buying IBM" was also one of their key weapons in
the battle with the competition.
--
Peter R Cook
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