Re: Telephone Systems

["matt_miles_uk" <m_miles@xxxxxxx>]

Cheers for the advice Patrick!

Matt

--- In ukha_d@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Lidstone"
<patrick@l...>
wrote:
> > The bonus is that it senses faxes and
> > has a call director so will automatically transfer calls to a
> > specific extension when an external call comes in.  I have
included
> > a link to some product information below:
>
> Don't have any comments on the specific PBX - but an observation
> about fax sensing in general: the PBX has to answer the line in
order
> to do the fax sensing. Depending on how it is implemented, this
can
> be very disconcerting for the caller (e.g. they hear 15s of
silence
> before then hearing simulated ringing). It is also anti-social in
the
> event that no-one answers the phone (the caller is paying to hear
a
> ringing tone, but may not be aware of this fact).
>
> If you want to receive occasional faxes, and have a BT line, then
you
> may well be better off with a distinctive ringing adapter. You can
> have two numbers assigned to the same physical line for a charge
of
> 1.50/month (BT call this "callsign"). Plug in a widget like
this
> http://www.beststuff.co.uk/bt_twin_talk.htm
and the call gets
routed
> to the right place, based on the number dialed.
>
> PS. As a source for PBXs in general (new and second hand) you
can't
> go far wrong with the back of Exchange and Mart magazine.
>
> Patrick


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