Wol's lists wrote:
On 11/12/17 18:37, Per Jessen wrote:
ken wrote:
On 12/11/2017 05:04 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
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El 2017-12-11 a las 07:53 +0100, Per Jessen escribió:
The Fritz 7590 will do analogue telephony too, but I seem to remember something about the wiring in a US phone being different. Not a big deal IIRC. I don't remember Canadian POT phones (which are the same as USA phones, I believe) being different from Spanish phones. The system on UK was different, because they separated a ring wire - at least when I looked decades ago. There could be other subtle differences, specially regarding modems.
Cordless phones are currently different, yes (DECT). Good point, yes. DECT is worldwide now, but the frequencies in the US are different.
True. There are about eight different bands used in different countries throughout the world. I've had lots of different cordless phones, but never used a DECT phone. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see the point in DECT phones anymore if a smart phone can serve the same purpose. (?)
There is some truth in that, I've wondered about doing it for a while, but it's not as convenient. For instance, we have 2 handsets for the home# - can I make that ring through to two smartphones, pick one and the 2nd one will stop ringing? I would also want my office phone to ring through to my smartphone, but with a different ringtone.
DECT won't do that. The base station will cause all handsets to ring, and answering any handset will stop all the others from ringing.
Well, DECT does that today just fine. Three handsets, in two groups. Works very well. On one handset, I get two ringtones depending on the line. (this is VoIP with SIP & DECT). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.3°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org