Shola's Home Gadgets

Have you ever thought how dependent we are on technology at home? Recently our DECT phone became faulty, and we had to plug in a corded phone to receive and make calls. Quite a few calls went un-answered because we were either too lazy to pickup the phone or we did not want to be tied down to the phone point as the ability to roam and talk was not available on the corded phone, something we never had to worry about with our DECT phone.

In digital cameras, I mentioned the fact that almost all home technology is now digital, and the humble telephone has not escaped either. Gone are the days when it took over a minute for a call to be made (remember those phones with the dials, the clicking on the line as the analogue relays on the phone exchanges switched the call?), now with a press of a button, a couple of tones and the phone is ringing at the other end, all thanks to the DECT phone.

So why get a DECT phone?

Quality of calls are excellent, just as good as a corded phone.

Digital technology used on DECT phones means your calls are secure and can not be intercepted by the local radio enthusiast as used to be the case with the analogue cordless phones.

The ability to use multiple handsets means you can transfer calls between DECT handsets as well as make internal calls between handsets, very useful if you live in a multi-level house as you can answer the phone, find out the call is not for you, put the caller on hold and transfer to your teenage daughter's room or call your spouse in the kitchen from the study and whisper sweet nothings into her ear while your son chats to his friend next door using the external line.

Most DECT phones on the current market have LCD displays and thus can display Caller ID if enabled on your line by your phone provider, allowing you to check who is calling before answering and if appropriate you can greet them with 'Hello Dave'.

Note: From 1st July 2005 CallerID is free to BT customers who make at least one call a month through them if you join the BT Privacy program. If you currently pay for CallerID as a BT customer, call them up and change over, as they don't switch you automatically.

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