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- Path: sparky!uunet!pacdata!jimh
- From: jimh@pacdata.uucp (Jim Harkins)
- Subject: Re: Tropez 900DX Cordless Phone
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.003825.24647@pacdata.uucp>
- Organization: Pacific Data Products
- References: <1992Jul17.131015.18557@wri.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 00:38:25 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- In article <1992Jul17.131015.18557@wri.com> markm@wri.com writes:
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- >
- >With all the talk about cordless phones recently, I thought I'd post
- >information from a brochure for the new (and very expensive) Tropez 900DX
- >cordless telephone. I wonder if this digital transmission and voice encryption
- >stuff really works? And is it worth the extra $150-200 over a similar phone
- >without those toys?
-
- Over in comp.dcom.telecom they've been discussing this. Essentially, the
- Tropez is better than the Panasonic (the Panasonic is junk), and if you
- have more than 1 the range drops drastically. The factory knows about the
- range problem and is working on it. I'm waiting for someone to explain
- *why* the range drops when more than 1 are in use in the area. Maybe they
- use a spread spectrum or something, I dunno.
-
- jim
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