Nicely said my man. Very Impressive. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- Daryl J. Wolff Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: BigBadWolff420 Phone: 561-756-2327 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------
> >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > >Michael Karaman > >Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:31 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: KX-T: Which System? > > > >Well, time for my two cents. > > > >Run away from a 500?? To what?? I've been selling Pana digital since > >the > >beginning in '94. I've never NEVER had a customer of mine take a Pana > >system out to put something else in. They are reliable and very cost > >competitive and I give them good customer service and support. In my > >market > >my main competition is the LEC, Sprint, selling the Norstar. Norstar is > >a > >solid system but their phones are not user friendly. A DSS/BLF button is > >only avail on the top of the line phone (7324) and then it's not a full > >24 > >buttons - program an intercom, handsfree, redial, flash, speed dial, > >voice > >call (auto answer) and forward/DND button - that's 17 buttons left for > >LCD > >indication of DSS/BLF stations. Display and keypad is a lot smaller on > >the > >Norstar. Unless the customer specifies the Norstar, I sell the TD > >always. > >I can also service and program the Norstar form the simple 308 to the > >MICS > >with a PRI card, I know what I am talking about. > > > >Let's talk about space. I installed a MICS with one 0X16 Trunk Module > >and 4 > >Analog Modules, specified for a school bid. That thing took up every bit > >of > >four feet of wall space and even more for future expansion. 6 power cords > >too! Compare that to a 500, about 18" of space with lots of expansion. > >Norstar analog modules are 8 ports and take one 25 pair AMP cable, sound > >familiar? Even the big boys are not that efficient, consistency of the > >install makes it easier for the installer. Let's not forget that Norstar > >only has one page port and one MOH port per system, Pana 2 EACH!!!! > > > >I also work on Avaya (Lucent) Definity, G3i - mostly Hotel systems. Most > >cards are 16 ports, the older digital 2 wire sets - 8 ports per card. > >Every > >card is 25 pair per card, again consistency. Yea, the Definity is king > >of > >the hill with programming options for just about anything you can think > >about, but it also comes with a hefty price. Don't talk about manuals, > >the > >Complete Definity Series manual is every bit of 550Mb of a CD in .PDF > >format. The Definity is necessary for a particular applications and it > >works great. The Definity has been around a lot longer than the 500 (we > >won't count the 336), thus a lot more popular to the Fortune 500's. > > > >If we could only take some of the best features from each of the most > >popular systems out there and build the ultimate PBX. Anyone out there > >want > >to form a new manufacturing company to produce the most user & tech > >friendly system? Or how about forming a conglomerate of the big boys and > >have them work in harmony with us, the installers and of course a group > >of > >users who have input of features that they would like to see in a system? > >I'm willing to start by putting a few bucks in. > > > >Until this happens (never), we will just have to make do with what's > >available on the market. And these user groups will just have to keep > >the > >dialog going. > > > > > >Michael Karaman > >President > >The Phone Network, Inc. > >894-B Elm Street > >Fayetteville, NC 28303 > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ > >Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
