I've set these up with VOIP gates for guest calling instead of POTS. Broadvoice offers a plan for local only that's around nine dollars a month. I've had this set up running at two locations with no problems for a few years.
One thing I'd like to point out though - While an operator is not needed for incoming calls Liability wise it is a very good idea for the guest to always be able to reach the Innkeeper by dial 0. Cheers, Ray -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clay Archer Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: KX-T: Help with application. I have a small hotel / condominium with 12 rooms, each currently with its own POTS line. The rooms are mostly used only in the winter (ski town). To save money, the owner has been turning off the phone lines with the TelCo during the months they are not occupied. They have asked me for a better way to reduce costs. I have suggested a solution: a KX-TA824 configured for 3 CO lines and 12 stations and an auto-attendant card. It's unlikely more than three lines would be in use at the same time as most people now use their cell phones, but this would provide a land line to each room for incoming and outgoing calls. Each room would use its existing POTS phone and not a proprietary phone. No office or operator is available on site, so the auto-attendant would answer incoming calls and ask the caller to enter the room number. Voicemail is not needed. A few questions: does anyone see any problems with this that I have not thought of? Is DID support available for this system? (most likely not needed for this application but it would be nice to know); and, does caller-ID relay through to the analog phones from a auto-attendant directed call? It seems like a simple application, but it's been a while since I have installed one of these and I want to get it right. Thanks for your help in advance, Clay Archer _________________________________________________________________ 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
