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Posted by Mike Muderick on March 12, 2006, 12:31 am
I have some small keysystems in my garage, with phones that I'll let go
really inexpensive. I also have the 551 ksu's that T writes about and phone
for them. Let me know of your interest at michael@muderick.com
> spork.sporkman@gmail.com says...
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm helping a friend move from a home office to a "real" office. We're
> > fine with just using his two lines with a two-line cordless phone for
> > the time being, but it looks like some of the "antiquated" key systems
> > would work well. They have very, very low call volume. They need two
> > CO lines and five extensions to start. Being able to plug standard
> > phones, fax machines and an answering machine into the system is a
> > necessity, as is caller-id.
> >
> > The old Lucent/ATT Partner/Partner II systems look very interesting.
> > I've worked with one briefly and it looks like it gives him just what
> > he needs (put a call on hold, pick up elsewhere, ring all phones on
> > incoming, caller id, support for standard phones). Having a door
> > buzzer would be very nice as well. Panasonic looks like a possibility,
> > and also maybe some of the old, small Nortel systems.
> >
> > Right now I'm drowning in Google results for used key systems. Any
> > recommendations for a cheap used vendor? I have seen some tantalizing
> > stuff on Ebay, but it looks like I could easily end up with the wrong
> > thing when buying through there...
> >
> > Suggestions? Cheap is what will push him to a "proper" key system
> > instead of a bunch of two-line phones going back to a bunch of
> > splitters...
>
> The Partner systems are great. You can either use a 4-wire phone or a 2
> wire standard 2500 type set.
>
> Me - I'm an old school purist. Would love to find say a 551 KSU and some
> 2564 phones to hook up in the house. Nice thing about those is they're
> supremely adaptable. Granted, having to run a fifty pair to each phone
> is a bit much but it isn't insurmountable.
>
> Just try to find one for cheap though. Ha!
>
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