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Build Your Own Cell tower

Posted by Hemos on from the beam-with-joy dept.

BlakeCaldwell writes "If you're the type who dreads being dragged kicking and screaming into the use of a cell phone, Samsung sells their Long Range Cordless Phone. With an incredible (for landlines) 30-mile range, the set includes a caller ID-capable LCD and is able to communicate with the base-station, acting as an intercom."

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  1. I just use my normal cordless by PhraudulentOne · · Score: 5, Funny

    I live downtown in a *small* rural community. I can take my 900Mhz cordless to the corner store, the parks, and a couple of restaurants without it dropping calls. Plus, I have bonus of looking like Zack Morris as I stroll around with my big-ass phone.

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    1. Re:I just use my normal cordless by Shakrai · · Score: 4, Funny

      I live downtown in a *small* rural community. I can take my 900Mhz cordless to the corner store, the parks, and a couple of restaurants without it dropping calls.

      Your "small rural community" has a corner store and a couple of restaurants? We were lucky to get that stop light a few years ago....

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  2. * excellent * by bizmark22 · · Score: 5, Funny

    now I can have fake "cell phone" conversations with my "girlfriend" on my own network, with no chance of that phone ringing halfway through to give me away...

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  3. Lost in someone else's couch? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a hard enough time finding my portable phone in my house. Now it can get lost within 30 miles? Eep.

  4. Re:Don't do it in the U.S. by cot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks for taking the time to format that by hand, I'm sure it was tedious.

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  5. Re:Don't do it in the U.S. by isometrick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Learn to use preview, Mr. Perens :)

  6. Oh, great... by kclittle · · Score: 4, Funny
    now my daughter can loose the cordless phone within a 30 mile radius. Just frick'n wunnerful...

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    1. Re:Oh, great... by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 2, Funny

      At least she can still tighten the cordless phone.

      Loose != lose.

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  7. Holy crap! by GatesGhost · · Score: 1, Funny

    think of the brain damage this could cause. it would be cool to answer the phone while im out. "hello" "hi" "can i come over?" "no, im not home" "but im calling your home number" "yup" "...so where are you?" "the next town over" "..."

  8. Re:High-power RF interference by cjsnell · · Score: 2, Funny


    It may have been a CB radio with a linear amplifier. Years ago, when I was in high school, a friend had one of these (300W!!!!) and the interference that this thing could generate was insane. When we drove around, we could talk over peoples' landlines (as you mentioned), over fast food drive-thru intercoms, and most memorably, the PA system at the local little league baseball field.

  9. Re:High-power RF interference by TomorrowPlusX · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was a bus driver in college, there was this one neighborhood ( close to downtown Charlottesville, VA ) where somebody's wireless landline would cause massive interference with our CB radios. Massive enough that we could here *complete* conversations, clearly, if we were within a few blocks.

    Once I heard one hell of a yelling match, he threatened to kill somebody and bury him in his garage.

    Those were the days...

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  10. Re:Fake ! by magarity · · Score: 4, Funny

    do have to wonder what sort of radiation *this* sucker puts out

    Electromagnetic?

    lol

  11. MUAhahaha by geekoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally, bait for my HAM Radio Enthusiasts trap.

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  12. 5 years from now.... by Lokatana · · Score: 2, Funny

    5 years from now, we'll be reading up on how these things produce F.L.K.'s (Funny Looking Kids).

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  13. Re:Sweet! by IHateSlashDot · · Score: 2, Funny
    It operates in a licensed part of the RF spectrum; if operate this in that portion of the spectrum without a license, the FCC can and has fined people $10,000.00.

    That's still cheaper than my monthly Verizon cell phone bill!