Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 28 Apr 91 10:10:58 EDT From: Herman R Silbiger Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Comments on History of Telephone Apparatus Manufacturers Message-ID: Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 313, Message 7 of 8 Lines: 25 In article , 0003493915@mcimail.com (Michael Dorrian) writes: > Comdial is still alive and kicking in Charlottesville, VA., operating > under the same name. > As far as I know, Comdial remains the only US manufacturer of > telephones (local content - AT&T's phones are assembled in the US from > Asian manufactured components). This offers quite a niche on sales to > the US government. > Their products are often used as key system behind PBX or Centrex. Many hotel chains such as Hyatt use Comdial phones in the rooms. They have their own design. What I like about them is that they provide an easily accessibleRJ-11 port on the side of the set. An arrow on the faceplate points to the jack, and is marked "modem". So much more convenient than having to move the bed to get to the wall jack. Herman Silbiger