Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: dibble@cs.rochester.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: PBX or EKTS Message-ID: Date: 15 Jun 89 15:59:22 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 200, message 7 of 7 I've been reading the messages about PBX/Key systems with interest. I called AT&T to get information about their systems, and got a good dose of discouragement. They only sound usable if you have no existing equipment like modems, fax machines, and telephones. Was the sales person right? The only way to put a modem/fax/phone on an AT&T key system is through a dedicated port that passes straight through to an outside line? Are there systems comparable with AT&T's but able to support my existing stuff? Why did AT&T fail to support the conventional telephone interface? What do these systems do in case of a power failure or a hardware/software failure? Will any of them let me backspace in a number I'm dialing? Peter