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Posted by Reed on February 7, 2008, 10:50 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options hot_dog_relish wrote:
> Our 2-story retail store has been using an old Nortel system, which no
> longer supports its mobile telephones. Repairs have become almost
> impossible.
>
> My suggestion to the management was to replace the Nortel mobile
> telephones with off-the-shelf cell phones.
>
> Using our old system, an outside call can be made to the department's
> extension by dialing the store and then the extension.
>
> My idea was to program the cell phones to the store's outside number
> and the department code.
>
> Our manager likes the idea, but suggests that (1) it would tie up
> outside calls, and (2) the concrete in the structure limits the use of
> cell phones within the store.
>
> I only have the idea. And, I am hoping that members of this group
> might suggest that it is feasible/unfeasible.
>
> If it is, indeed, feasible, would you suggest what I should be looking
> for? Can a router within the store eliminate "dead zones" we have
> found? What can be done, if needed, to ensure that our home customers
> still have active access to the store?
>
> Obviously, I'm a green-horn at this. I sure would appreciate any
> help.
>
> Thanks
>
> Earl Sande
> Surrey, BC, Canada
You might consider a third-party vendor of wireless PBX extensions such as
http://www.spectralink.com/products/linkwts/index.jsp
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