kam@dlogics.dlogics.com (Kevin A. Mitchell) (03/14/91)
My condo association is planning one of those entry systems that causes the telephone to ring in the tenant's unit. There is great debate about the cost of the phone calls. Does anybody have examples of apartment buildings that use this system, and how much they pay in phone calls? Please reply by mail with the costs and the number of residential and commercial tenants. For reference, our installation would have 178 residential and 14 commercial tenants (mostly doctors, CPAs, etc) receiving visitors. We're concerned about the cost and the possible economies of a more expensive system that patches directly into the phone system. Thanks. Kevin A. Mitchell (312) 266-4485 Datalogics, Inc Internet: kam@dlogics.UUCP 441 W. Huron UUCP: ..!uunet!dlogics!kam Chicago, IL 60610 FAX: (312) 266-4473 [Moderator's Note: An article in the Digest over a year ago discussed two types of front door entry systems which work over standard phone lines. If someone finds it and sends it in I will reprint it; else I will comment on it in detail in a day or two. PAT]