{"id":267,"date":"2010-09-09T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T10:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmctelecom.co.uk\/news\/?p=267"},"modified":"2021-04-14T11:48:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:48:39","slug":"why-do-cordless-phones-operate-at-2-4ghz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m2staging.pmctelecom.co.uk\/blog\/why-do-cordless-phones-operate-at-2-4ghz\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Cordless Phones Operate At 2.4Ghz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on April 14th, 2021 at 11:48 am<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_36\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmctelecom.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/C595TWIN.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36 \" title=\"DECT Cordless Phones\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmctelecom.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/C595TWIN-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"Digital DECT Cordless Phones - Siemens Gigaset C595\" width=\"180\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DECT Cordless Phones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wired have a great article here explaining why your cordless phone and pretty much all of your other wireless devices use the 2.4Ghz Radio Frequency. \u00a0I won&#8217;t spoil it for you, but it turns out its all to do with your microwave!<\/p>\n<p>Have a read here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgetlab\/2010\/09\/wireless-explainer\/all\/1\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgetlab\/2010\/09\/wireless-explainer\/all\/1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated on April 14th, 2021 at 11:48 amWired have a great article here explaining why your cordless phone and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.3 (Yoast SEO v21.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Do Cordless Phones Operate At 2.4Ghz? 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