Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request
From: aurs01!roberson@uunet.uu.net (CharlesChip Roberson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: RingDirector vs. RingLeader
Message-ID: <16346@accuvax.nwu.edu>
Date: 22 Jan 91 16:06:15 GMT
Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu
Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC
Lines: 43
Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 60, Message 6 of 10


I just called Bell Atlantic Business Supplies to find out about their
RingLeader product ($54.95).  The person on the other end wanted to
ask me a few questions beforehand to make sure the product would work
for my situation.  He said that there had been problems with some
applications of the product.  After talking to him, I decided it was
worth gamble to save $40 and go with their product.  I later found
out that they are "9 in the hole" and that the RingLeader was
backordered until early February.  At that point I decided I would
wait.

Hello Direct has the Lynx Automation RingDirector/2 in the catalog for
$99.95, but a previous posting said you can get it for $89.95 directly
from Lynx.

Both appear to have privacy switches but I'm trying to figure out why
is there a $35-45 difference in the two products?  Is there some
reason why I should pay the extra money for the RingDirector/2 or
should I just save my money and wait for the RingLeader?

Jack Winslade gave some good info on the RingDirector in a recent
posting.  Can anybody provide the same for the RingLeader?  Are there
any other models out there?

Hello Direct says they only package in paper -- ``no styrofoam mess
or ozone hazard''.  Does Lynx do this?

Thanks,

Chip


Work:  2912 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609  (919) 850-5011
(...!mcnc!aurgate!roberson) || (roberson%aurgate@mcnc.org) ||
(71500.2056@CompuServe.com) || (Chip.Roberson@f112.n151.z1.fidonet.org)
 #include <disclaimer.h>


[Moderator's Note: I always enjoy reading each issue of the Hello
Direct catalog; but it seems to me some of their products are a bit
overpriced. For example their headsets are good quality, but two or
three times more expensive than those at Radio Shack, or even the
local AT&T Phone Center for that matter.  PAT]