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From: Ed_Greenberg@3mail.3com.com
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Subject: Two Line Turnbutton Phones
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Date: 3 Dec 90 16:51:00 GMT
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The Moderator (or anybody else) should be able to buy one of these
from any telecom vendor.  (I don't mean Hello Direct but rather a
supplier like North.)

It might also be interesting to contact AT&T and ask if you can buy
out the lease and what it would cost.

One question, Patrick, weren't you offered the option to buy this set
during divestature?
                                -edg


[Moderator's Note: No. I wish I was ... but the two-line, one-button
phones were specifically *not* for sale during divestiture. They were
then categorized as PBX equipment even though they were frequently
used in homes instead of business places. And to this day, they are
one type of phone the AT&T Phone Stores cannot help you with, other
than to act as a depot to turn in broken sets or take them off lease.
If I want to replace the one I have, I must call AT&T Consumer
Products, and they ship out a new one by United Parcel Service the
same day. I give the one going back to the UPS driver at the time the
new one arrives in a carton the driver has for that purpose.  PAT]