Build Your Own Cell tower

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Posted by Hemos on Monday March 21, 2005 @05:58AM 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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I just use my normal cordless by PhraudulentOne · 2005-03-21 06:03 · 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 · 2005-03-21 06:10 · 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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* excellent * by bizmark22 · 2005-03-21 06:04 · 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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Lost in someone else's couch? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-21 06:05 · 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.
Re:Don't do it in the U.S. by cot · 2005-03-21 06:13 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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Re:Don't do it in the U.S. by isometrick · 2005-03-21 06:18 · Score: 3, Funny

Learn to use preview, Mr. Perens :)
Oh, great... by kclittle · 2005-03-21 06:23 · Score: 4, Funny

now my daughter can loose the cordless phone within a 30 mile radius. Just frick'n wunnerful...

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Re:High-power RF interference by TomorrowPlusX · 2005-03-21 06:56 · 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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Re:Fake ! by magarity · 2005-03-21 07:23 · Score: 4, Funny

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

Electromagnetic?

lol
MUAhahaha by geekoid · 2005-03-21 07:49 · Score: 3, Funny

Finally, bait for my HAM Radio Enthusiasts trap.

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