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From: Andrew Stephenson on 26 Aug 2006 14:27 In article <1hkhdy6.5k4fpfgmnqu3N%NEWS(a)wodger.demon.co.uk> NEWS(a)wodger.demon.co.uk "Roger Merriman" writes: > Andrew Stephenson <ames(a)deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > [description of lightning-strike on house phone system that > > killed an old phone, not a new one] > we have found that BT (spit hiss) phones are bloody robust and will take > surge after surge that will fry others. hence have cheap simple bt > phone. as folks place gets phone line surges fairly often during the > winter months due to its location. My new phone is a BT, a "Decor 1200" (well designed ergonomically and cheap). The old was Brand X and was replaced by a BT "Dual". I tried a Binatone before getting the BT -- nasty poorly designed overpriced-even-at-a-low-number-of-pounds lump of owl-throughput. The BT was cheaper, though priced GBP2 more than the Binatone: it had everything in the box, whereas the Binatone had no batteries (therefore requiring a trip to the shops + cost of batteries). Reminds one of TCO discussions of Certain Operating Systems. -- Andrew Stephenson
From: Roger Merriman on 30 Aug 2006 14:06
Andrew Stephenson <ames(a)deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In article <1hkhdy6.5k4fpfgmnqu3N%NEWS(a)wodger.demon.co.uk> > NEWS(a)wodger.demon.co.uk "Roger Merriman" writes: > > > Andrew Stephenson <ames(a)deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > [description of lightning-strike on house phone system that > > > killed an old phone, not a new one] > > > we have found that BT (spit hiss) phones are bloody robust and will take > > surge after surge that will fry others. hence have cheap simple bt > > phone. as folks place gets phone line surges fairly often during the > > winter months due to its location. > > My new phone is a BT, a "Decor 1200" (well designed ergonomically > and cheap). The old was Brand X and was replaced by a BT "Dual". > > I tried a Binatone before getting the BT -- nasty poorly designed > overpriced-even-at-a-low-number-of-pounds lump of owl-throughput. > The BT was cheaper, though priced GBP2 more than the Binatone: it > had everything in the box, whereas the Binatone had no batteries > (therefore requiring a trip to the shops + cost of batteries). > not sure what phone it was but as i'm still not in a city i got a cheapish BT phone with hands free, useful for dealing with call centurers. > Reminds one of TCO discussions of Certain Operating Systems. roger |