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Title: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Moonshine on Dec 03, 2009, 21:24:02
1) I hope I don't sound really stupid here, but can anyone tell me whether a wireless doorbell could possibly affect a wired internet connection in any way??  I know it sounds naive, but I've read so many threads about things in the home which could affect a person's connection, so I just wanted to check!

2) Has anyone else experienced problems with Hotmail recently?  For the last few days, I have found Hotmail to be painfully slow and laborious.  Other websites seem fine....just Hotmail!  It takes forever to load an email from the point of clicking into it, to the point of the contents actually being visible.

Any help you are able to offer would be much appreciated.

Moonshine. :)


Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Simon on Dec 03, 2009, 22:14:07
Sorry, Moon, haven't got a wireless doorbell, or Hotmail.   I can't say I've heard of a doorbell affecting broadband, but I guess it might be possible.  :dunno:
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Glenn on Dec 03, 2009, 22:15:58
If the doorbell uses the same frequency as the wireless router, it could interfere, I would think.
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Lance on Dec 03, 2009, 22:24:09
But a wired connection should be fine I would think :)
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Den on Dec 04, 2009, 07:38:50
Very, very unlikely that it could  :D
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Rik on Dec 04, 2009, 11:25:00
Unlikely, but if the bell wire is connected on the phone wiring, it might just generate enough extra noise, I guess.
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: talos on Dec 04, 2009, 11:44:06
I guess I might have been lucky but almost everything in our house is wireless, from phones and doorbells to weather stations, and so far :fingers: Iv'e had no problems with cross interference, the wonder of the digital age I spose :)
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Rik on Dec 04, 2009, 11:52:40
I often wonder about the digital age. ;D
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: talos on Dec 04, 2009, 11:55:59
If I find myself answering a phone call from my doorbell, then I'll start to worry :eyebrow:
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Rik on Dec 04, 2009, 11:56:54
You mean you don't? I regularly answer the microwave.
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Glenn on Dec 04, 2009, 11:58:02
I shout at mine, it never listens.  ;D
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Rik on Dec 04, 2009, 12:00:26
 ;D

I shout at Sue, she shouts at the microwave. ;)
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: talos on Dec 04, 2009, 12:00:51
Iv'e put the milk bottle in the oven, and my dinner in the fridge before, does that count?
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Rik on Dec 04, 2009, 12:01:19
Oh definitely. ;D
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Glenn on Dec 04, 2009, 12:02:36
Put the Sunday roast in the oven, come back 2 hours later, to find I haven't turn the oven on.  :blush:
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Rik on Dec 04, 2009, 12:03:11
Classic.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Gary on Dec 04, 2009, 12:11:04
We don't have a Microwave, never have, never will. I am sure I can cook with the amount of wifi radiation zooming about this place with phones, dual band router, wireless doorbell, wireless blu-ray and the static I build up off the carpet that zaps Justina   ;D
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Moonshine on Dec 04, 2009, 15:06:02
Thanks for all the replies.....and the humour!!! ;D
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Rik on Dec 04, 2009, 15:49:14
 ;D
Title: Re: Doorbells (amongst other things!)
Post by: Ray on Dec 04, 2009, 15:52:20
 ;D