900 MHz Cordless Phone Frequencies
Long Range Cordless Landline Phones

900 MHz cordless phone frequencies were first allocated by the FCC in the early 90's. While the phones of that era were chunky by today's standards, they were better in some respects than the 2.4 GHz, 5.8 GHz and even DECT 6.0 phones. The original 900 MHz cordless phones had exceptional range and were not affected by interference from WiFi networks. These features account for the continuing popularity of 900 MHz phones on farms, car yards, self storage warehouses, hotel complexes, stadiums ...

Ultra Long Range Cordless Phones

EnGenius cordless phones have no competition in any situation where cordless handsets need to be used more than 100 yards from a base station. They are capable of providing coverage over a 3,000 acre farm or a 250,000 square foot warehouse. Put another way there range can be measured in miles rather than yards or meters.

Unlike most cordless home phones, EnGenius phones have also been designed to withstand a good deal of abuse. They are an industrial quality phone capable of surviving repeated drops onto unforgiving surfaces.

Because they use 900 MHz cordless phone frequencies, EnGenius phones have been able to secure FCC accreditation. From time to time long range phones using other frequencies have been imported into the U.S. Without FCC approval it's illegal to use them and distributors are unwilling to provide local support.

Expandable

While the original 900 MHz cordless phones were fairly basic analog phones with just one handset, EnGenius phones are highly expandable and can be interfaced with existing cordless phone systems and PBX's.

For example the EnGenius Durafon 1X can be expanded from 1 to 4 lines and from 1 to 4 base stations each with up to 9 handsets.

900 MHz Cordless Home Phones

The original 900 MHz home phones may have been chunky, but the handsets were solid, well made and easy to grasp. On the down side they were susceptible to interference, communication was far from secure and users had to make do with only one handset, they weren't expandable.

Sony cordless phones set the benchmark for the best codless home phones in the 90's. Unfortunately they disappeared from the market long before DECT 6.0 technology was adopted as the standard for cordless phones.

It's still possible to buy "new" 900 MHz cordless phones and interestingly there are quite a few buyers. They are often people who have had ten or more years service from an old Sony or Panasonic cordless phone that's finally given up the ghost.

Summary

Around the home cordless phone range is seldom an issue with DECT 6.0 phones. Furthermore the latest Pansonic DECT 6.0 Plus cordless phones support optional range extenders that can effectively double their coverage. However they can't compete with EnGenius 900 MHz cordless phones on the farm or in similar situations where range must extend to miles.

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