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From: joe@mojave.ati.com (Joe Talbot)
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Subject: Re: AT&T Multi-line Cordless Telephones
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Date: 12 Dec 89 03:47:01 GMT
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I'll be very honest here in saying that I'm not a fan of the Merlin
System from AT&T. I feel that you get very little bang for the buck,
and you really don't even get the old time AT&T reliability or feel.
But,

	Why do you need four pairs for an electronic phone?

Electronic phones have been out for years, I beleive that the SL-1
phone from Northern Telecom was one of the first. It (and almost every
other) uses two pairs! One is used for data and powering the set,
another is used for an analog tip and ring.


joe@mojave 
I finally changed my dumb signiture. People were always telling me what
a great signature I had.