How does a phone cord become twisted in General Questions

How does a phone cord become twisted in General Questions http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21258679 en Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:37:19 EDT Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:37:19 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21336490 Hayward :

said by Mele20

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What phone cord are you guys talking about? The one between the handset and the base is coiled. How can it twist? Now, the one between the base and the wall outlet that one, depending on how long it is, twists a lot. Mine is 25 feet long and it is always knotted up. But the short coiled cord between the handset and the base has never

Because a traditional desk phone the cord comes out the left side (Bell was a lefty) and hand set should be replaced with its cord end facing that way too.

A right handed person will tend to after chat put it down with the handset cord end to the right... repeatedly doing this will twist it, especially if others in the house replace it properly afterwards.

Another reason is even if it is a center bottom cord... is most people tend to pace and circle while talking or spin in their chair etc.... this adds to twisting too.

Again simple sollution already mentioned, harder before modular era (had to pick up the whole phone and let the handset dangle).... modular just unclip one end and let it untwist itself.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21336490 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:18:03 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21334826 Mele20 : How would you know they are using the speaker? They tell you and that makes you mad? You are not making any sense. I have NEVER had anyone know I was using the speaker. If I tell them they are astounded. Tell your friend to get a GE CORDED Speaker phone. NOT one of those garbage, throw away, crap cordless phones. A GOOD SPEAKER PHONE REQUIRES A CORD. Cordless phones act like two way radios so, sure those are crap, when used on speaker. But cordless phones are crap anyway. GET A CORDED SPEAKER PHONE.
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said by Mele20

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I put the phone on Speaker. The only time I used the handset is when chatting with a friend for a long time. Otherwise, all calls are on speaker. That leaves my left hand free for writing or my hands free for typing on the computer. I can't recall the last time I had a phone that did not have a speaker. Even when I had cordless phones they have had a speaker in both the handset and base. I consider a speaker phone indispensable. I don't like cordless phones partly because the speaker is like a two way radio where both parties cannot speak at the same time. A corded speaker phone is not like that. They are great!

I have used speakerphones that were half-duplex and found them annoying due the switching between transmit and receive. I have a new phone in my office that works quite well on speaker and I will probably use that feature more often.
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Get a cordless and all will be well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21323518 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:02:34 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21323309 Mele20 :

said by wilbilt

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I don't know about anyone else, but I am left handed and answer the phone with my right hand and hold it to my right ear. This leaves my left hand free for writing down any info I might need related to the phone conversation.

I put the phone on Speaker. The only time I used the handset is when chatting with a friend for a long time. Otherwise, all calls are on speaker. That leaves my left hand free for writing or my hands free for typing on the computer. I can't recall the last time I had a phone that did not have a speaker. Even when I had cordless phones they have had a speaker in both the handset and base. I consider a speaker phone indispensable. I don't like cordless phones partly because the speaker is like a two way radio where both parties cannot speak at the same time. A corded speaker phone is not like that. They are great!

They are especially needed when calling Dell hardware support. Dell makes you take your machine apart before they will send a part with or without a tech. It is much easier to follow instructions when you can put them on speaker. Or calling Microsoft about the recent IE patch which borked IE. I was on the phone with the engineer for two hours. Not only would my arm have been stiff and sore after holding a receiver that long to my ear but how would I have followed all the myriad of instructions from the engineer trying to fix it? I needed both hands free.

Plus, I am not about to sit and wait for some business to answer. I get put on hold, it is on speaker and I can move about and do other things while I wait. When I do use the handset though I always pick it up with my left hand and put it to my left ear . How can a left handed person hold it easily to the right ear? It would feel too awkward...like trying to write with my right hand. If I had to write something and did not have a speaker phone, I would hold the phone between my ear and shoulder by scrunching my shoulder up and tilting my head sideways. I hate trying to use the phone with the right hand and right ear because I am not right handed or right eared.
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said by Mele20

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What phone cord are you guys talking about? The one between the handset and the base is coiled. How can it twist?

That's the one. They often are twisted and knotted. It seems to happen more when the user stretches the cord to full length. When the cord is relaxed, it tends to twist.

said by Mele20

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Besides, what is this about picking up the phone in the right hand and then putting it in the left? If you are right handed, you pick it up with the right and put it to the right ear. If you are left handed you pick up with the left and put it to the left ear. You always use your dominant ear which is the same side as the dominant hand. So, how can it twist?

I don't know about anyone else, but I am left handed and answer the phone with my right hand and hold it to my right ear. This leaves my left hand free for writing down any info I might need related to the phone conversation.
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Besides, what is this about picking up the phone in the right hand and then putting it in the left? If you are right handed, you pick it up with the right and put it to the right ear. If you are left handed you pick up with the left and put it to the left ear. You always use your dominant ear which is the same side as the dominant hand. So, how can it twist?
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I tried one of those swivels, but it got dirty inside and the handset started cutting out.

It' di fi ult to ca ry on conv rsa ion wh n t at ha p ns.
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said by Fluke

said by ptrowski

said by boaterbob

If you solve this mystery, maybe you can figure out where one sock disappears to in the dryer. I swear there is an alternate universe somewhere filled with random socks.

I explained that back on the 1st page :P

Ha! I did not see that. Nice post!
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said by ptrowski

said by boaterbob

If you solve this mystery, maybe you can figure out where one sock disappears to in the dryer. I swear there is an alternate universe somewhere filled with random socks.

I explained that back on the 1st page :P]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21264769 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:25:44 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21264527 TSI Gabe : Can somebody pleasssseee think of the children!!!

(and yeah that's probably THE reason)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21264527 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:46:59 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21263641 ptrowski :

said by boaterbob

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A coiled phone cord on a desk phone - the cord is not kinked up - I pick up the handset in my left hand, say my piece and hang up the phone in the exact opposite movement as when I picked it up.

How the heck does the cord become twisted/kinked up??

I didn't twist the cord when I used it - but somehow it get all twisted and I have to hang the handset by the cord and let it un-kink/un-twist.

What's going on?

If you solve this mystery, maybe you can figure out where one sock disappears to in the dryer. I swear there is an alternate universe somewhere filled with random socks.
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quote:
How does a phone cord become twisted

drinking
drugs
low self-esteem
bad companions
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Does this apply to cordless phones as well?

The ether gets very twisted in the neighborhood of cordless phones. You are supposed to untwist it every now and then :D
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and you're still asking?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21263243 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:41:00 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21263202 boaterbob : Ah so, as pointed out by 'boatct', it may well be that we, as phone users, have no responsibility for the coiled cord becoming tangled and in fact, it may be some spontaneous act:
"Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string

It is well known that a jostled string tends to become knotted; yet the factors governing the “spontaneous” formation of various knots are unclear. We performed experiments in which a string was tumbled inside a box and found that complex knots often form within seconds."

Could it be that, as we talk, that we "jostle" the cord?

Case closed - use a cordless phone!

Thanks to all for your shared wisdom!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21263202 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:24:09 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21263042 zxt :

said by nwrickert

Maybe it's simply a phenomena built into a 'coiled' cord that it will tangle itself.

Exactly.

My office phone always twist because people sometimes use it if I wasn't there. But it never twist whenever I'm the only person who use it because I'm always mindful not to twist it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21263042 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:18:54 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21262818 dvd536 :

said by decx

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What are these "phone cords" you guys are talking about. ;)

the thing you plug into your modem.
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BTW, you can check for the slightest amount of twist by holding two distant parts of the cord up together, letting the rest of the cord hang down almost touching itself in a bobby pin kind of shape. If there's any twist, the cord will spin into a double helix when you do this, and you can easily figure out which way to turn to untwist it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21262644 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:39:11 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21262568 Hayward :

said by boaterbob

Well interesting you say you use yopur left hand.... as that is the most common way right handed people (guess BELL was a lefty) picking up from left and putting down to the right over and over.

Are you the only person using the phone or are there some righties too?

Otherwise there is noting inherant in the cords that should cause this.

I am a lefty, and never tangle cords on a standard/traditional left corded phone.

Then there is another aspect... long cord and pacing in circles while talking... that can do it too over time.
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»www.pnas.org/content/104/42/16432.abstract
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The lengths listed on the website for coil cords represent the maximum reach of a fully extended cord."

The shortest cord they sell is 12'. That must be the standard as their FAQ above says that is 12' stretched.

They're not expensive, but shipping is! Radio Shack says they have a heavy duty cord that resists tangling - but, I'd try the Softalk cord first (wonder if WalMart sells them - probably not).

So, as the problem of kinking can not be really identified, a solution is at lease seemingly available - a better memory retention cord!

Now, why is that a squirrel will run exactly 2/3 of the way across a road, in front of a speeding car, and then turn around and run back instead of completing the last 1/3? It would seem the built up forward momentum of speed would get it across quicker than needing to come to a stop and then reverse direction as the car bares down on it - plus it was most of the way across anyway before it reversed direction. What's with the squirrel's logic? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21261091 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:49:46 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21261085 quatrix :

said by Rob

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I use to have that problem. It was because I'd answer it in my right hand, then switch it to my left hand, then switch to back to my right hand to hang up.

Why?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21261085 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:48:28 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21261032 heat84 : Whenever I see a twisted phone cord, I have a compulsion to untwist it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21261032 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:36:09 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260937 decx : What are these "phone cords" you guys are talking about. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260937 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:18:28 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260520 joako : I think it just has to do with the design of the phone and the quality of the cord. I have a Polycom 501 phone on my office desk which is very high-quality and so is the cord, it never tangles.

I my bedroom I have a Grandstream GXP-2000... really cheap phone with a really cheap cord and I never use it but it gets tangled up so much I could swear gnomes come in at night and tangle it.
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My office phone does not twist or tangle. Of course I set it up to the left and use my left hand and pick it up to left ear and back again.

However several people here had to add the little swivel thing to their telephone to keep it from twisting. It is easy to twist if you change hands after picking up, seemed about 50-50 if i twist it trying it that way. (100% twist when changing, depending on how i hang up determines if i reverse twist or not)

Some people are just more twisted than others it seems :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260309 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:12:09 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260306 Doctor Olds : You unconsciously spun in your chair or made a circle around the desk/table and you had forgot about it. ;)

Solution.

Anti-Tangle Swivel Telephone Cord Adapter (2-Pack)
Price: $1.69 free shipping
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260306 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:11:38 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260293 MagMan : It's the damn gremlins.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260293 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:07:53 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260217 davl : I recall a TV comedy routine from about 20 or more years ago where an irate phone company customer called to complain about the cord twisting and accused the telco of twisting it from their end.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260217 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:52:53 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21260008 Fluke : did you ever actually watch someone on the phone? They may not realize it as I dont myself, but if you arent paying attention to your phone habits people tend to move a little this way and that way and again I dont think they realize it. Maybe after a week or son of this it gets tangle up.
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Maybe it's simply a phenomena built into a 'coiled' cord that it will tangle itself.

No.

My office phone cord never twists. The home phone cord always twists. The main difference seems to be that I am not the only one using the home phone. Some people are twisters. It usually has to do with transferring the phone between hands.
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The process would be:
1) pick up handset with right hand
2) tilt it to the left sightly
3) lay it into the left hand
4) put handset, in left hand, to the ear
5) say goodbye and tilt the handset to the right sightly
6) lay it into the right hand
7) hang up

but, if I did my hangup w/o moving the handset back to my right hand - no, that would be awkward .

Seems that all steps between picking up and hanging up counteract each other ... where's the cord twisting coming from? Maybe it's simply a phenomena built into a 'coiled' cord that it will tangle itself.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259899 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:49:41 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259893 exocet_cm : Does this apply to cordless phones as well?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259893 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:26 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259841 dandelion :

said by boaterbob

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Well, this could make sense as I do lose a sock now and then in the cloths dryer (wonder where they go? Wouldn't the lint screen catch them?)

I thought the Bermuda triangle got them? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259841 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:22 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259838 Santa Fe : I still say it's the Phone Cops! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259838 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:08 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259818 Rob : I use to have that problem. It was because I'd answer it in my right hand, then switch it to my left hand, then switch to back to my right hand to hang up.

I bought one of those retractable cords - never looked back!
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However, I just did some tests and I pick up the phone with my left hand and put it back with my left hand - and do not spin the phone while I talk. But, maybe my 'test' was not a real life test as I was consciously paying close attention to how I picked up the phone and, maybe, when not paying attention, I do pick up with the right hand and transfer it to my left hand - no, I just don't think I do that!

Still, about once every two weeks I have to untangle the cord! Maybe it's my wife??

Possibly this will always remain a mystery?

Still - it seems - pick up with one hand - put it back with the same hand - how can it get tangled??? It does - I just can't figure out how!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259774 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:23:58 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259663 Fluke : When the gnomes come in and steal on of your matching socks, they hear a noise and when they are running out trip on the phone cord, in all the confusion as they are hanging the phone back up, it gets twisted. This is true because I read it on the internet! :P
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then they start to twist your wallet]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21259125 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:23:28 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21258728 nwrickert : People pick up the phone with the right hand, them move it to the left hand, then put it down. One twist each time it is used.
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AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.3]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21258728 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:04:09 EDT Re: How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21258725 Phil : One of life's greatest mysteries.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21258725 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:03:25 EDT How does a phone cord become twisted http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21258679 boaterbob : A coiled phone cord on a desk phone - the cord is not kinked up - I pick up the handset in my left hand, say my piece and hang up the phone in the exact opposite movement as when I picked it up.

How the heck does the cord become twisted/kinked up??

I didn't twist the cord when I used it - but somehow it get all twisted and I have to hang the handset by the cord and let it un-kink/un-twist.

What's going on?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21258679 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:55:03 EDT