Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Speed Dialing: CO vrs. Premises Equipment Message-ID: Date: 6 Jul 89 13:25:20 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Joel B Levin Organization: BBN Communications Corporation Lines: 18 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 5 of 7 I use CO speed dialling for two reasons: (a) I have two extensions at present, both vanilla. Speed dialling works from both. (b) If I had two phones with speed dialling I would have to be careful to keep the programming identical in both (required by the nature of the users around the house). Of course, the on-premises solution which would satisfy these is a separate box on the line to do the speed-dialling. I have never looked into the cost of this option. Steve Elias mentioned the rapidity. I hadn't thought of that; but it's true. When I speed-dial a number on one of the local ESS exchanges, the call is placed _instantly_ (e.g., if it is busy, I get the signal with no delay after keying #). This is not one of the reasons I have it, though. /JBL UUCP: levin@bbn.com (new) or {backbone}!bbn!levin (old) INTERNET: levin@bbn.com POTS: (617) 873-3463 "Earn more sessions by sleeving."