Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: dileo@brl.mil Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Speed Dialing: CO vrs. Premises Equipment Message-ID: Date: 6 Jul 89 16:02:33 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: USAMSAA, APG, MD 21005 Lines: 37 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 229, message 4 of 7 Pat-- In article you write: > >In a conversation with jsol on Sunday, we discussed the merits of speed >dialing. > >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? > My response to this question is that the personally owned equipment beats the CO maintained system far and away on price and convenience. In Maryland (C&P country), the charge for 8 number speed calling is $1.50 per month and $4.00 per month for a 30 number list. Approximately 30 months ago, I purchased a 40 number memory feature phone for $80.00 (LCD Display, speaker, hold, redial, etc.). Thus, on speed dialing alone, I've already saved $40.00. The convenience aspect comes into play when it's time to dial one of these numbers. My phone has 20 buttons and a shift button, so no number requires more than two keystrokes to dial. To dial from a regular Touch-Tone phone to a CO maintained list requires that you 1)Remember a CODE for the number you want to dial and 2)Press a three key sequence (two if you don't press '#' and are willing to wait..). Oh yeah, programming the feature phone is easier, too. Just in case you're wondering, I did have the CO maintained speed calling way back when. I just decided, for the reasons outlined above that it was more worthwhile to buy a feature phone (my decision was aided by the premature death of my standard desk phone at the hands of my cat). --John DiLeo-Lopez dileo@amsaa-seer.brl.mil