David Combs wrote:
In article ,
mm wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:25:20 -0400, "MiamiCuse"
wrote:

Can someone recommend a cordless phone that has long lasting
batteries that will not "degrade" a lot over time?

I have two cordless phones, and when they were new, the batteries
last 3 to 4 days, then after a few months or so of usages and
charging/recharging, they no longer hold charge as long, and it
gets worse and worse until the charge will hold for only about 15
minutes.

If you spend a lot of time talking on the cordless phone, this
might
not be true, but otherwise, if you can get an old phone with an
on/off switch, you'll be better off.

On current phones the switch goes from standby to on, but the phone
is always in receive mode, running down the battery.

On old phones, when the switch was Off, the phone was off. No
current was used from the battery. It wouldn't ring, but you can
still hear one of the wired phones ringing, pick up the phone and
turn it on to talk.

Getting rid of the on-off switch strikes me as stupid. If new
phones


Yeah, but this way "they" can *always* know where you are. Might
that be the reason for no more switch?

If you read the fine print there's generally a way to power down the
phone, if you're talking cellular, rather than putting it in standby.
But I believe the discussion was of the kind of phone that has a
hard-wired base unit and a handset that can be used within a few
hundred feet of the base. The only people who are going to track you
with one of those would be your parents.


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