[email]J.Clavox@btinternet.com[/email] wrote:
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> On 20 Feb 2007 21:00:36 GMT, [email]gordon@drogon.net[/email] (Gordon Henderson)
> wrote:
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>>In article <erfdge$6p6$1$830fa795@news.demon.co.uk>,
>>Stephen Hammond <Stephen@haclothesmmond.st> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>>or are they all too dear[/color]
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>>I have a UTS F1000G. They can be had for about 100 quid.
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>>However I'd not recomend it for "serious" use - yet. Maybe they'll get
>>a new release of the s/w out soon though.
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>>Good toy though, and when it's working, it's really good. (It loses
>>contact with the access point after a while and needs rebooting)
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>>Gordon[/color]
> I am pleased you have posted this info Gordon I was thinking of buying
> one on Friday you have just persuaded me not to bother now with your
> comments about this phone , I will wait a little longer and get the
> Linksys at twice the price just goes to prove you only get what you
> pay for .[/color]


I'd wait for a bit more feedback before deciding on this. You might not be
any better off spending more.

I have a UTS F1000 (quite old now) which I had a lot of trouble with at
first - particularly failures to receive incoming calls. I did get it
working OK by forwarding ports, etc. Then my Linksys wireless router
failed. I replaced it with a Draytek and the F1000 has been close to
flawless (with much better range too) ever since. It looks like the router
has as much to do with whether things work as the phone does.

In general, I'm very pleased with the F1000. It connects quickly compared to
a phone connected via an ATA, has handy Caller Display and call log
functions and can be easily used in several different locations provided
that you have the network access configured for each one (maximum 4
different configurations, I think). I've never tried using public access
points though and doubt that it would be easy.

A few negatives though:

The menus are messy.

The phone is sometimes unstable (continuous reconnections) while charging. I
still haven't figured out what triggers this. Latest theory - perhaps it
happens if my mobile phone is nearby.

Very occasionally, the audio will start breaking up continuously in one
direction during a call (a sort of chuffing effect). I don't know if this
is the fault of the phone or not.

Short of setting up an Asterisk server, you can't use the F1000 to make or
receive calls via your landline. A standard cordless via something like an
SPA3000 (or the Siemens???) would be worth considering for this reason
alone if you only want to use it in one location.


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