OT- Cordless Phone question

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John McGaw

I've had no problems with my Panasonic cordless and I have four remotes scattered around including in my shop. You say that the master cannot be moved. Why is that?

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Tom Norton

Our home office, computer,printer, file cabinets desktop work area are where we use the answering machine/base station.

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Ray Mtn. Home Ar.

Got the same Panasonic 6.0 plus with 4 phones.. I can carry one down the basement or out in the pole barn and it works fine. One other advantage, it takes regular recharge batteries. You don't have to spend 15 or 20 bucks for special batteries.

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Stuart Johnson

We have been using wifi landline for a few years now. Basically your landline is connected to your router. The connection is to the wire so dead spots is not an issue. I don't know if all providers have this option but ATT and Spectrum do.

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John McGaw

Tom's problem is not with getting telephone service to his house but the inability of the wireless phone system than comes after that to reach everywhere. A wireless phone system (Panasonic or whatever it might be) is pretty much agnostic as to how the connection to the outside world is made - be it old-school copper strung on poles or modern internet-based systems.

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Tom Norton

Thanks John you are correct! I would guess there is some kind of internal antenna. Could it be made external? Guess I need an electronic geek!!

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John McGaw

Yes, there are antennas involved but, operating at 2.4gHz or higher, they are very small and, unless the equipment is designed that way to begin with, going external would be nearly impossible for your average electronics geek (I are one).

If you have a compatible phone system, there is such a thing as a range extender. I've not used one since my regular setup gives more than enough coverage but it might be worth a look:


DECT 6.0 Range Extender

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Larry Clinton At Frankfort, (Central) Indiana

Don't know how old your phone system is but there are range extenders for most phones available on Amazon ~ Walmart etc.

I have a Panasonic system about 4 yo, one of my extension phones is in my Workshop, about 75 foot from the main phone. I have zero problems with it, I can carry one of my phones to any place on my property (city lot about 140' X 75' with no loss of signal.

If you have a very old system it may pay to replace it ~ cost has really lowered in the last few years. Mine was about $140 for Base station + 4 remote phones!

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Bill Howatt

If you don't need the features of having all the phones connected to the same base unit, you can just add another wireless phone and its base unit to the line assuming you can have a line put near the problem area.

Bill