As I hung up the phone from a marathon conference call today, the only problem I had was a slightly warm ear. No neckache, no headache, no sore shoulders.
That’s because I own a telephone with a headset.
The one I have is a Plantronics. It has a teeny, lightweight headset with a mic that’s really easy to position, and the sensitivity is just right–people can hear you clearly without picking up a ton of background noise.
The body of the phone is so small that rather than bother with the clip, I just put the phone in my pocket.
Every time I get stuck on the phone for more than 30 minutes, I am reminded anew how handy this phone is. The only issue I have (and it may be unique to my setup) is that sometimes when I use it, I get kicked offline.
It’s just a channel conflict. Some phones, as an additional security measure, randomly choose a channel whenever you pick it up. Since I can’t assign a channel to the phone, thus eliminating the conflict, I run the risk of losing the net every time I use it.
When I’m ready to get a new phone, I’m going to see if I can get a model that perhaps will allow me to exclude one or two channels (and I’ll put my router on those), but given how uncomfortable marathon phone sessions used to be, this is a small inconvenience.
If you think you may have to spend any amount of time on the phone for your work at home job or business, this is a must-have-item!