HH2 - how to disable DECT hub phone signal?

Question

I have just been upgraded to BT Infinity broadband, which I agreed to mainly because it worked out as  a better deal than my current calling plan with two lines.The extra speed is great, I have no problems with that at all. What I do have a problem with is the microwave emissions of the Home Hub 2.0.
You can call me old-fashioned, call me paranoid, in fact call me what you like; but I'm one of those electrically-sensitive folk who happen to believe that having a microwave transmitter in the home is bad for your health. I have a perfectly good wired LAN serving two desktops and an occasional laptop, and I have perfectly functional landline phones. I do not need and most certainly do not want any wireless in my home.
When I accepted the offer, I specifically stated that I did not want the hub to be emitting any form of microwaves, and was assured that the default option for Infinity was to have all wireless disabled on the Hub so it shouldn't be a problem. This is not the case. I've only had it two days and already I have headaches from it. I also have a meter so I can detect the emission levels from it, and they are well above the recommended levels adopted by many other European countries (but not the UK).
I have disabled Wi-Fi on the hub (that was easy); I have opted out of BT Fon so I shouldn't be getting that either. Yet the hub is still emitting a DECT signal, which I can only assume is for the hub phone that I don't have. The engineers who installed the system were most helpful, and even called their boss about this. He said that it was possible to disable the DECT as well, but that I would need assistance from technical support to delve into the inner workings of the hub software. I subsequently spent three hours on the phone to various technical support staff - albeit most of that time was spent on hold - but nobody it seems could provide an answer to this.
CAn anyone here help with this question? Or if it's not possible to disable the hub microwaves, is there an alternative router that could be used?
I'm hoping one of the tech gurus on here will be able to help with this, otherwise I'll be calling customer services and asking for my old ADSL service back.
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electrostressed wrote:
You can call me old-fashioned, call me paranoid, in fact call me what you like; but I'm one of those electrically-sensitive folk who happen to believe that having a microwave transmitter in the home is bad for your health. I have a perfectly good wired LAN serving two desktops and an occasional laptop, and I have perfectly functional landline phones. I do not need and most certainly do not want any wireless in my home. 
I'm sorry if this sounds unsympathetic, but you are describing an irrational anxiety symptom rather than any real and apparent physical hazard.You speak of your belief - I'll confine my comments to facts.
There are NO reputable studies showing ANY definite correlation between ill health and "Microwaves" (as you put it). On the other hand, there is considerable scientific evidence pointing to suggestability as the source of claimed  symptoms such as "Headaches caused by microwave radiation". For the record, the term "Microwaves" is just a loose description of radio waves in a certain frequency band. There is nothing magical or sinister about this.
The whole "Microwaves are bad for you" scare was whipped up by a small group of malicious and self- interested writers in the USA about 30 years or so ago. It was they who dreamed up the pernicious term "Electrosmog". Their propaganda was seized upon by the anti-technology lobby and cynically exploited to gain support amongst the technologically bewildered. You may yearn for a wireless free home - but you won't find that anywhere on this planet. Naturally occurring radio emissions and everyday man-made signals are with us for good.
I have some background in this - I spent many years working in radio engineering. Some of this was in an environment exposed to much higher levels of radio frequency  than you will ever encounter in a domestic situation. Neither I, nor my colleagues, nor any of the hundreds of others doing similar work suffered the symptoms you report. No headaches etc. None of us have since developed any illness which is outside the normal range of age-related ailment.
I suspect facts won't change any of your beliefs. You are free to believe what you like - but beyond a certain point, you will find it hard to get others to take these beliefs - or you - seriously.