John Higdon <john@zygot.ati.com> (05/05/91)
olsen@xn.ll.mit.edu writes: > My question is whether I'm likely to do much better with other systems > such as Panasonic, enough to make it worthwhile to hunt for someone > willing to sell them to me. While the price of the Partner system is certainly competitive (almost as inexpensive as the Panasonic), it sounds as though one of your major criteria would be better satisfied by the Panasonic. The Panasonic allows full use of the features from any standard single line phone. This means access to all trunks, extensions, paging and special stations such as doorphones. They can also forward, participate in pickup groups, system speed dial, SMDR, etc., etc. Some people from AT&T were going to tell me how wonderful the Partner was and how fantastic the single line support was, but I never heard back from them. No wonder; the single line support is hurting compared to the Panasonic KSUs. Panasonic equipment (now manufactured in Great Britain) is widely available. Any major telephone supplier can sell it to you. Examples: NTD 800 426-1024 Procom 800 PRO-COM1 The equipment can also be obtained from a Graybar Electric near you, but be prepared to dicker on the price; Graybar has not yet learned that its prices are way out of line. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !