Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: stanwyc@mtfmi.att.com (D. Stanwyck) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Speed Dialing: CO vrs. Premises Equipment Message-ID: Date: 6 Jul 89 14:49:22 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ Lines: 36 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 225, message 6 of 8 In article , telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) says: > In a conversation with jsol on Sunday, we discussed the merits of speed > dialing. As all TELECOM readers probably know, you can get 'speed dialing' > (sometimes known as convenience dialing) from the telco, as programmed in > the central office switch, or you can purchase a variety of equipment which > maintains the speed dialing repretoire at your own premises. > > Which is better, if either? Is it purely a matter of personal taste, or > can you suggest reasons why providing it for yourself might be preferable > to that version sold by the telco and maintained in the CO? > > Just wondering. We came to the conclusion it was purely an individual > choice, with no apparent advantages to either; certainly not as long > as the CO version can be programmed with ease from your own phone. Opinions, > anyone? The reason why (at my last residence) we chose to use the USWest supplied CO-based speed calling feature was the presence of several (>5) separate telephones in the house. Some telephones had memories - 1 lost memory everytime there was a commercial power flux. Some did not have memories. Some were pulse only, others were tone-dial. The only solution that allowed the user to use a short-dial sequence from any phone in the house was to use the CO-based solution. The alternative was several new phones, and economically that didn't seem workable. Also - the one telephone that couldn't be replaced was a combination phone/speakerphone/AM-FM radio/alarm clock/desk lamp that my wife kept on her nightstand. It was also the one that lost memory everytime the commercial power blinked. Since it was too much trouble to re-enter the numbers several times a week, we choose the above solution. -- Don Stanwyck o o 201-957-6693 AT&T-Bell Labs || mtfmi!stanwyc Middletown, NJ USA \__/ Education Center