Using the Telephone drops my wireless connection from TC

Hello,
I was just seeking some help with why when I use my telephone my internet connection is dropped. I am new to Mac so when I bought my Macbook, I purchased a time capsule also. I have Comcast which provides my telephone service as well as my cable internet service. I never had this problem when I used my linksys router. Is there a reason for this and can anyone help?

Hello thendrzak. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Most likely your portable phone is operating in the 2.4 GHz radio band, the same band used (by default) by your TC. This is not unique to the AirPorts. I had a similar problem with my Linksys wireless router.
There are several options you can try to solve this:
o Operate the TC in one of the 5 GHz radio modes.
o Staying in the 2.4 mode, change radio channels until you find one that the phone does not interfere with.
o If you phone has this feature, change channels on the phone.
o Relocate either the phone or the TC to minimize the interference.
o Replace your phone with one that operates in either the 900 MHz or 5 GHz band.

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