Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!bionet!agate!telecom-request From: sbrack@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Steven S. Brack) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Northern Telecom in General Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 06:13:26 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 30 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 197, Message 7 of 7 As I sit at this terminal, I'm loooking at a NT Touch*Tone desk phone. In outward appearance it is much like the Western Electric models I grew up with. But, it does have some good and bad features. Good points: Flash button for switchhook signalling. Voicemail/ring indicator lamp. High-quality handset sound. Piggyback RJ11 jack for additional telecom devices. REN of 0.8. A real-live bell (not electronic) Bad points: A hinged keypad (keys pivot at top instead of just pushing in) Poorly constructed faceplate (feels loose when dialing) What strikes me most is how much this telephone resembles Western Electric equipment. Did NT buy WE tooling or parts at some point? Incidentally, this phone has all sorts of features available from the switch (owned by the University), including forwarding, music-on-hold, remote call pickup (picks up any ringing extension you select, or one ringing in your predefined office area), voicemail, ringback on busy, conferencing, call transfer, & group ring (rings all phones in your office, useful as an intercom) -- Steven S. Brack sbrack@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu sbrack@ewf.eng.ohio-state.edu (Avoid sending here, if possible) Wine, women, & midterms; not quite Utopia.