From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Interesting.

We love the NBX systems (have one in a satellite office in NYC).  It's
probably the most trouble free phone system I've ever worked with, and
easiest to administer (make changes to).  I'm sure there are systems that
have had problems, but neither or ours have.

Easy to setup office to office connections as well.

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Glenn M.
"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:44d8e7d3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Carry around a small 3-5 port switch to plug laptop into network jack to
>> share with user's machine.
>
> That wouldn't work here, 80% of my LAN is token ring and you can't just
> plug in a hub. 
>
>> Here in Nashville, we have a 3Com VOIP phone system (NBX-100), and each
>> phone has a network jack on it that is a loop through from the phone
>> system, which is tied into our network (phone conversations run thru same
>> switches as data).  THAT's really handy.  The old phones are 10meg, which
>> is OK, but some of the later phones are 100meg.
>
> No VOIP here, standard phone company based Centrex system. I just finished
> that project, we used to have a PBX system based here, now it's all at the
> phone company and we pay about half as much.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:44d8e1f3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Carry around a small 3-5 port switch to plug laptop into network jack to
>> share with user's machine.  I do that when IN NYC, since there is only 1
>> network cable in each work area, the other is a plain old pots line.
>> Some offices have a small linksys 5 port already, as there are 2 people
>> in those offices, or they have network based printers in there.
>>
>> Here in Nashville, we have a 3Com VOIP phone system (NBX-100), and each
>> phone has a network jack on it that is a loop through from the phone
>> system, which is tied into our network (phone conversations run thru same
>> switches as data).  THAT's really handy.  The old phones are 10meg, which
>> is OK, but some of the later phones are 100meg.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>> news:44d8b571$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> It was management who wanted wireless here in the first place, not
>>>> moi.  There is technology out there to make it better, I just don't
>>>> want to buy it before I try it. 
>>>
>>> I hear you!
>>>
>>> It would be extremely nice to be able to drag my laptop around to user's
>>> desks for support purposes though.  (I do a lot of my support 1 on 1 as
>>> opposed to the phone since we're so small.  (and it makes me get out of
>>> my chair and walk up and down the steps. )
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>> "Richard B."  wrote in message
>>> news:ij8hd21o1594qk2kp3tokoc4t92lsmbv4n{at}4ax.com...
>>>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:48:33 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I can bet on the answer. 
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Bob Comer 
>>>>
>>>> It was management who wanted wireless here in the first place, not
>>>> moi.  There is technology out there to make it better, I just don't
>>>> want to buy it before I try it. 
>>>>
>>>> - Richard
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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