Choosing digital handsets for the home phone

[KHaynes]

I'm buying a new cordless phone. Is there an advantage of either a 5.8Ghz or a 2.4Ghz?

[MikeCam]

Keith, the claim is that 5.8 is less prone to interference and has a better range around the house and yard.

Both still subject to intercept if that matters to you.

My 900Mhz model still manages from center of house to 40-50 feet through walls in either direction. The 5.8 isn't noticeably better.

I'll have to ask the FBI guys if the taps work any differently for them.

[KHaynes]

Thanks Mike, I searched the net and couldn't find anything regarding the comparitive advantages of frequency ranges.
I'm off today to buy a digital phone for our new home. I understand the problem with transmission intercept but when my wife is on the phone to her mother, the listener would be in danger of being bored to death.

[rdsmith3]

We seem to go through a lot of phones. I've had 900 mhz, 1.2ghz, and 2.4 ghz. I have not noticed any differences at all.

[KHaynes]

Given my limited knowledge of this, I'm not sure if the operating frequency makes much difference but I expect it might depend on what other local interference there is within the same frequency ranges.
I'm really after someone who can educate me in this respect.

[arkline]

If you're doing wireless networking at home, you'll want to make sure that the phone and the access point are working at different frequencies. It is a pain to figure out why one thing or the other quit working when you don't have the equipment to recognize the interference...