Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 9 Jun 91 23:07:33 GMT From: Howard Siegel Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Fax/Phone Switch Information Wanted Reply-To: Howard Siegel Message-ID: Organization: TRW, c/o Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore Md. 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 444, Message 8 of 10 Lines: 39 In , caserta@athena.mit.edu writes: > 1) Hello-Direct sells two of these devices: the Crosspoint > Autoswitcher I and the Crosspoint Autoswitcher II... > Crosspoint Autoswitcher I $229 > COMMENTS: I have the impression that Hello-Direct's C.A._I is actually > the same as the ASAP TF 555 made by Command Communications and sold > for much less (~$170) by Lechmere. In the most recent Hello Direct catalog, the Autoswitcher I was listed at $199. I have not verified that the price has come down or this is a misprint. The Autoswitcher's do look just like the ASAP models. I just saw them on display at my local Staples office supply wharehouse. There are two ASAP models with the same specs as those from Hello Direct. I didn't notice the prices though. Also, Black Box Corp has the ASD-4 Automatic Sharing Device for four devices listed at $199. All of these devices must be made by the same company and OEM'ed to these companies since all of them look identical, except for the colors; the Hello Direct and ASAP models are white (or off white) and the Black Box model is of course black. I have been thinking of picking one of these up too, but for my office where I only have one phone line and just put up my own Telebit T1600 modem (finally 9600 baud!). How well to these devices work with a campus voice mail system on the telephone instead of an answering machine? Howard Siegel siegel@stsci.edu 301-338-5415 TRW c/o Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore MD 21218