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From: dmr@csli.stanford.edu (Daniel M. Rosenberg)
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Home Phone System
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In <68899@bu.edu.bu.edu> macy@fmsystm.uucp (Macy Hallock) writes:

>In article <14080@accuvax.nwu.edu>:

>>I'm interested in updating my home phones. 
>>A couple manufacturers which come to mind are Rolm...

Oh, yech, Patrick.

>Seriously, I think the Melco is now not even actively marketed, it is
>not even in my North Supply catalog anymore.  About the only Mini-PBX
>that freely accepts single line phones anymore is the Panasonic, if
>you can get one (they are still in short supply).

Hello Direct is selling used 4 line AT&T Merlins for way too much
money (1 800 HI HELLO). We got our Panasonic KX-T1232H a 12 line
version of Macy Hallock's KX-T308 from Anixter Bros. (They have a
national number, but we got friendly service from Leonard at 415 352
3100 -- tell him Dan from Stanford said hi.) While the switches
themselves are easy to get, the phones are a bit harder. The 1232 and
the six line 616 need a feature phone for programming (although the
default configuration is usable) but you can plug in as many other
POTS sets as you'd like, and configure them to do anything except make
your coffee in the morning.

The Panasonics are cheap, reliable (ours is in use at the student-run
crisis counseling center -- and I've seen a 616 working at the
Warfield in San Francisco, which is a rock concert hall) and
relatively feature-rich.

I've also heard Comdials are sorta crappy but usable.


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