After trying cordless phones from Sony, Panasonic, AT&T, and Southwind, I had just about given up. None of them could compete with the interference put out by my desktop computer, laser printer, and other office equipment. Conversations broke up because of static.
Then I tried the Tropez 900DL. This digital telephone, which uses 900-MHz radio waves forceful enough to penetrate buildings, was designed for today's office. Like the music from a compact disc, the 900DL's signal is digitally protected from interference. Ergonomically designed, well balanced, and filled with features (auto dialer, redial, mute, hold, flash, and volume control), this phone even turns itself on if you pick it up while it's ringing - making it ideal as a desk phone as well as a mobile unit.
Worried about people tap-ping in on your conversations? Don't. Until digital scanners become widely available, there is little chance that anything you say over the 900DL will be overheard by anybody who isn't working for the National Security Agency. (Even the FBI does not have digital scanners - yet.)
Tropez claims a 1,000-foot range; my range was more like 300 feet in the city - far better than the other phones I tried, which couldn't even transmit from my basement to the third floor.
Tropez 900DL Digital Cordless Telephone: US$239. VTECH Communications: (800) 624 5688, +1 (503) 643 8981.
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