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From: Louis E Miller <lmiller@houxa.att.com>
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Subject: Re: Centrex, Everyone?
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Date: 9 Feb 90 17:20:46 GMT
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It was mentioned by a fellow poster that Centrex has dull,
unimaginative phones.  That is not always true.  I just got a new ISDN
Centrex phone on my desk.  Among other things it has: conference ,
drop, transfer, hold buttons; speed calling, call forward, and
automatic callback buttons; redial, mute buttons.  It also has a
built-in speaker phone, date/clock/call timer, message waiting lamp,
and 2 line LCD display.  The display can be used for incoming call
identification or directory lookup via keypad.  It also has a choice
of 8 selectable ring patterns.

I may be biased since it is an AT&T product and I work there.
However, I doubt if anyone would call this a dull, unimaginative
phone.