On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:04:55 GMT, "PipeDown"
wrote:

The higher the frequency the phone uses, the greater the range and less
interference (and more channels for same bandwidth). You want a 2.4Ghz

Isn't this the frequency that interferes with wireless routers?

cordless phone, don't even bother with 900Mhz as there is too much use in
that band

THere are also phone line extenders that use the house AC wiring as the
signal conductor. Plug into a wall outlet and phone and go.

60' is not too far to run a phone wire overhead or direct burial and it will
not suffer from power outages. Run the wire alongside the AC (but not in
the same conduit). Far cheaper and more reliable.

Right. If the patio is in the way, go around it, even if it is twice
as far.

amej. said
Or if you don't wanna
involve ma bell, find a reel of bury-rated phone cable. Unlike electric
service, distance isn't really an issue, so you can take a roundabout route
that doesn't mess up your patio and such. A flat shovel and a slit in the
turf, shove in and tamp down. Make sure you also put a phone out there, and
check for dial tone and make a call once in a while to verify cable is still
good.

Heck, he'll probably end up using the phone as a phone far more often
then he has a burglar.


"Frank" wrote in message
roups.com...
I need a phone jack in a workshop to allow my burglar alarm to call out
when required. The building is about 60' from the house and on a
separate electric meter.

Is there a wireless phone jack with this kind of range? Nothing I see
advertised mentions a range, but I get the idea they're very short
range.

The obvious answer is to bury a cable, but there's a patio and other
obstacles that make this very difficult.

thx . . . frank