Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Dave Levenson Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Centrex, Everyone? Message-ID: <3764@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 11 Feb 90 23:56:00 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA 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 10, Issue 94, message 5 of 6 In article <3711@accuvax.nwu.edu>, lmiller@houxa.att.com (Louis E Miller) writes: > 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. > 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. As long as we are comparing Centrex with CPE equivalents, the obvious question comes down to price. Do you know what one pays for ISDN Centrex service? Also, Louis, from what telco, and in what state is this service available? I think the major incentive for the RBOCs to offer ISDN is to that they can offer Centrex that competes with CPE PBX and KEY equipment in features. What you described certainly seems to do that. We seem to know what PBX and KEY equipment cost. The price comparison ought to be very interesting. Dave Levenson Voice: (201 | 908) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave