Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Mike.Riddle@iugate.unomaha.edu (Mike Riddle) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Home Phone Recommendations Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 91 07:00:00 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 27 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 116, Message 9 of 15 I've been looking for something resembling a key system for home use. "The successful candidate will" support two lines and up to six phones, contain a dial-intercom, support speaker-phone paging or operation, and ideally not require me to pull new cable. This means it should work on three pair (six wires) or less. DAK had a closeout on GTE "Wolfpack", but if it's closing out, and I could just see Higdon commenting about GTE.... AT&T (another Higdon favorite) has something called System 2000. The sets are called 2052 and 2022. They require 110VAC, and from what I can tell need only the two pair for the trunks. This means that they must do some fancy phantom circuits or multiplexing, right? The cost per unit seems high (219 - master, 179-slaves), but then again, it's not 2000 for a key system. Except: there must be small key systems out there, and if the price is right I'll break down and pull wire. Does anyone have specific recommendations? Email is fine: mike.riddle%inns@iugate.unomaha.edu, riddle@hoss.unl.edu, or sysop @ 1:285/27@fidonet. Thanks.