Cordless phones provide you with the flexibility to carry on your conversations anywhere in your home, freeing you from proximity to the phone jack. Rather than talking about business within earshot of the dining room, you can excuse yourself so that you do not disturb your guests. You can also leave the handset in a location that is more convenient than where the base station is located, allowing you to answer calls quickly. The newest technology in cordless phones is 5.8 gigahertz (GHz) technology. While older cordless phones operated on the same bandwidth as baby monitors and two-way radios, 500 megahertz (MHz), 900 MHZ, and 2.4 GHz cordless telephones improve not only the clarity of the phone calls, but also the privacy of your conversation. 5.8 GHz phones operate in the same frequency range that was once reserved for military and commercial applications, so there is much less congestion, leading to the best possible audio quality. A popular option in cordless telephones is an expandable cordless phone system. In the past, you would be limited to a single handset--or two handsets if an additional one was included with the phone. In the event that you do not have additional phone jacks in your home, many cordless phones are now expandable and allow you to purchase additional handsets at a later date if you need them. Some telephones now support as many as eight cordless handsets, all operating from the same base station. Cordless phones are now available with an abundance of options. Many cordless telephones integrate digital answering machines into their base stations. Also, if you subscribe to caller ID, you can see the caller's telephone number on your handset. Those who need to keep their hands free while talking on the telephone (such as people who are working on a computer at the same time) can benefit from attaching a headset to the wireless handset.
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