But it uses a lot of battery power, and the 2.4 GHz spectrum is also widely in use by devices like Wi-Fi networks--and cordless phones and microwave ovens can cause interference in that range.

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Ours is on a rack too shallow and low to accommodate a laser printer, and placed out of the way to minimize interference with the signal from TV sets, cordless phones and microwave ovens.

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Apple has recently updated the firmware for the base station to help with the interference problem, which, we hear, is most pronounced from microwave ovens.

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