Home Phone - Changing lives till date

This is a blog about home phones. A Home phone is a physical connection between two telecommunication devices. The term is most frequently used to refer to a telephone, differentiating it from a wireless phone, which transmits a signal through a series of relay towers.

Home phones have been a part of our life for a long time. They are simply of great convenience to us and have brought a lot of ease to day to day communication. Land lines were the prototypes of telephones which led to the revolutionary breakthrough of telecommunications. After land lines, there has been a range of several hybrids of telephones. These days, they come in all shapes and sizes. Different colours and styles of phones have flooded the market. Now, it is not just a mere telephone for the purpose of communicating but is a way you express yourself.

I found home phone a very useful device, as by having a home phone we can be in touch with our nears and dears. The best thing about a home phone is that we can talk to any one in the world easily.

Home phones are not what they used to be, as now you can do much more with them, like now you can have video conference, conference calling with multiple lines, and enjoy the facility of a built-in answering machines and intercom. Three way calling has also given a new experience in distant communications. Now, you can talk with two of your friends ornears and dears at the same time creating a great experience. Moreover, it is an essential feature for business people as they can have their meetings and conferences in the comfort of their office rather than taking the trouble to travel to places, saving time and money.



When I wanted to buy a home phone, I found out that there are large number of home phone providers in the UK, like British Telecom, ATS Voice Ltd, Digiweb, Skytel.etc. These service providers provide various plans, and you can opt for the plans according to your own need. There are also some plans in which you get some free calling minutes.

In some countries, a home phone is still considered as the main phone line for a house or business, and people may exchange multiple phone numbers with each other to facilitate communication. People who experience patchy mobile service may tell people to call back “on a land line” to continue a conversation.

One of the most obvious benefits to a home phone is almost guaranteed service fidelity. While cell phone service has improved drastically in recent years, reception nonetheless remains spotty in some areas, including some people’s homes. Moreover, cell phone coverage is sometimes intermittent; so that a house that one day has perfect cell phone reception may the next not get service at all. On a day-to-day level, this may occur infrequently enough that it isn’t a huge deal, but when an important business call needs to be made, or a call drops out in the middle of a heart-to-heart with a long-lost friend, you might find yourself wishing for the stability of a home phone.

Cordless Phones - walk while you talk!

A cordless telephone or portable telephone is a device with a wireless handset that communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line usually within a limited range of its base station (which has the handset cradle). The base station is on the subscriber premises, and attaches to the telephone network the same way a corded telephone does.

If you look from the point of a base station, on subscriber premises is what differentiates a cordless telephone from a mobile telephone. Current cordless telephone standards, such as PHS and DECT have blurred the once clear-cut line between cordless and mobile telephones by implementing cell handover various advanced features, such as data-transfer and even, on a limited scale, international roaming . In these models, base stations are maintained by a commercial mobile network operator and users subscribe to the service. Unlike a corded telephone, a cordless telephone needs mains electricity to power the base station. The cordless handset is powered by a rechargeable battery, which is charged when the handset sits in its cradle.
Whether you are at home or at work, Cordless phones remain highly popular amongst consumers. The reasons behind its growth of popularity are its high storage phone book memory, 40 minutes of recording time, LCD display and polyphonic ring tones. I feel the popularity of cordless phone is because of its easy availability in your local markets with various models and various price ranges. If you search out the market, you will find that the most trusted manufacturers are Siemens, Panasonic and Motorola to mention a few. Supposedly, Motorola is the best manufacturer of cordless phones producing various types of phones.

Moreover, cordless phones also give you the option of hands free usage and illuminated back light, which means you can talk for hours and hours and you do not have to use your hand. Isn't it great? The cordless phone is not a difficult device to understand and is absolutely user friendly. If the particular model's range allows, you may even take it with you while you drive off to some place. Its hands free option able you to drive safely too. Other additional features of the cordless phone are integrated digital answering machines and short messaging services.

Nowadays, consumers are very concerned about the quality of the products they purchase. In the case of a cordless phone you may seek help from the World Wide Web where you could get information on various models of phones with their price range as well.
About the technology behind the cordless phone, we can simply understand it as a device which works on the principle of radio waves. It sends and receives digital signals which is later encrypted and converted into sound.