From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Our do the same, except you don't need to re-patch anything if a user
moves. Just move the phone.  Boots up, and it's the same extension as it
was in the other office.  Our directory displays on the phone.  I've used
both styles, and actually I prefer the current model.  At the studio when
the new owners bought it in 1999, put in a new phone system.  It was jack
centric.  That system used a T-1 as well, I don't remember the brand, but I
do remember having huge problems with it, and it taking 10 minutes to boot
from a cold start.  We had 2 satellite systems connected in other
buildings, by T-1's, and if either of the others went down, or a T burped,
the whole damn system crashed.  They spent 80k for that beast, and after 2
years it was still a mess.

--
Glenn M.


"Geo"  wrote in message
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> Our voicemail also had a web interface and the capability to send
voicemail
> notifications to a pager or as a text message to a cel phone or as an
email.
> The vendor claims it's part of the phone system but it's actually a
separate
> PC running linux.
>
> Our extensions are set by what walljack you use, that way we can list them
> in a directory by location instead of by person and users can configure
> their speed dials on the phone but they stick with the extension not the
> phone. If we want an extension to follow a user it's a simple matter of
> changing a jumper cable in the phone room (remember all those red and blue
> jumper wires in the room with the murrey box?)
>
> Geo.
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:41fd15b4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Voice mail is in the same box, it has a web interface to allow users to
> > configure their own extension and program speed dials on their phone,
has
> an
> > IMAP server so that you can get voice mail in email if you want.  It's
> some
> > Unix variant in the box.  VX, or something like that.
> >
> > Hey, I didn't design it, I just use it, as it was put in before I was in
> the
> > picture, it's paid for, and it DOES work VERY well.  We've really had
zero
> > problems with it at all... .
> >
> > --
> > Glenn M.
> >
> >
> > "Geo"  wrote in message
news:41fcfa2c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> > > news:41fc0ef3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > Our systems have mirrored hard drives I recently found out when
wading
> > > > through the configuration pages.
> > >
> > > yes but why? what is it about a phone system that should require a
hard
> > > drive at all? I mean all the programming and settings I could easily
> store
> > > in my watch.
> > >
> > > Geo.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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