Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Panasonic Cordless 3910R Comments Message-ID: <16480@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 28 Jan 91 01:08:28 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 23 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 74, Message 6 of 7 Joe Konstan writes: > Basically, these are almost identical. The 5500 has very good sound > quality even from the speakerphone (My friend who used to work in a > lawyer's office said it was much better than theirs). There are hold > buttons on both the base and extension, etc. The 5500 does hold the sound quality edge over the Panasonic. But the Panasonic has an important feature lacking on the AT&T: long DTMF. The AT&T falls victim to the most frustrating drawback found on phones by voicemail users and that is those short DTMF bursts regardless of how long you hold the button. The Panasonic will sound the digit as long as you want. Side by side you would probably find the standby battery life of the AT&T to be superior to the Panasonic. Panasonic's auto-channel-select is more convenient than the 5500's strictly manual system, but that defect is overcome in the otherwise lesser-endowed model 5400. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !