Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: portal!cup.portal.com!fleming@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Northern Telecom Maestro Message-ID: Date: 6 Mar 91 10:24:08 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 30 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 184, Message 7 of 11 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu I picked up a Northern Telecom Maestro set this weekend (Disclaimer: I work for NT, but in a different part of the business). Wow, I'm impressed! Caller ID isn't turned on yet, but even without it, this is a nice set. Good-looking set (I have mine wall-mounted), seemingly solid construction, keys feel right when you press them. Nice features like on-hook dialling using the LCD display (with a backspace key), a Link (hookflash) button for Call Waiting, a Hold button so you can run to an extension, adjustable handset volume, and a lamp that lights whenever any extension in the house is off-hook. I can see how long my daughter spends on the phone in her room without leaving the kitchen! User-interface is all menu-driven ... so easy that I came home and found my daughter had programmed half a dozen soft keys with the numbers of her friends without having the manual. Same for setting the built-in clock/calendar and other options. Can't wait for Caller ID to be activated ... from reading the manual, it does a nice job with this as well. Stephen Fleming | Internet: fleming@cup.portal.com Director, Technology Mktg. | CI$: 76354,3176 AOL: SFleming Northern Telecom | BIX: SRFleming X.500: ??? Eastern Region +---------------------------------- McLean, Virginia 22102 | Opinions expressed do not (703) 847-8186 | represent Northern Telecom.