tep@ucsd.edu (Tom Perrine) (03/27/91)
I have just found out that we will be getting a new PBX to replace our existing Dimension (tin cans would be an improvement!). I have a few questions about our new system (which is about two months away). What I know is: We are getting a "ROLM 35", which includes voice mail. There will be ONE extension in each (regular) office, even if that office is shared by two people. The "standard" phone has 10 programmable buttons, which may each activate a "feature" or a speed dial. There will be DID for each extension. "They" had not even considered the problem of two people sharing a single extension and its interaction with the voice mail! Now for my questions: How should (can?) the system be set up to allow individual voice mail, even though two people share a single instrument? Can we setup two numbers to ring the same phone, with Call Forwarding BY/DA rolling over to the "proper" voice mail? I know that this is a digital PBX, but to avoid sharing an instrument, can I keep my own "real-Bell, solid as a rock Western Electric 2500 set" and somehow attach it to this PBX? Obviously, everyone should have their own instrument and extension, but apparently those who count the beans have decided that this would be too expensive (since we are buying 250 sets). What are the alternatives, other than money? Thanks, Tom Perrine (tep) Internet: tep@tots.Logicon.COM Logicon - T&TSD UUCP : sun!suntan!tots!tep P.O. Box 85158 GENIE: T.PERRINE San Diego CA 92138 Voice: +1 619 455 1330 FAX: +1 619 552 0729