Re: Do Panasonic KX-61610's (phone system) die after 16 years?

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The TMC phones are analog but require no KSU (control unit).  Panasonic
makes a similar system.

 Don Wiss wrote:
> But does it use my four existing Panasonic phone sets? As I wrote I
> see no reason to buy new ones. And is it hybrid? As I wrote it must
> be.
>
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:46:43 -1000, "BruceR"
> <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> If you're not using a lot of features, consider the TMC Epic 4300
>> series. KSU less and all the bells & whistles.
>>
>> Don Wiss wrote:
>>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:59:49 -0500, "Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If the OP like to play with his stuff,he should look at Asterisk, a
>>>> pbx system that do VOIP locally and have all the function of a big
>>>> pbx for a fraction of the cost
>>>>
>>>> he should take a look at
>>>>
>>>> http://www.asterisk.org/
>>>
>>> The OP does not plan to change the proprietary Panasonic phones that
>>> he has. Doing so would double the cost. As for the comment about
>>> getting more functionality, the current system has way more features
>>> than I'd ever use. What it does lack is caller ID passthrough.
>>> Caller ID came out right after I installed the unit. And my unit is
>>> not upgradeable. I checked.
>>>
>>> I tried to find out what the current Panasonic model is. Panasonic
>>> sticks the label Easa-Phone on all their telephone products, making
>>> searching on that practically useless.
>>>
>>> I'm looking at eBay now. I found a used Panasonic KX-TA624 phone
>>> system. In the description I find "there was some bad phone ports."
>>> Hmm...
>>>
>>> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).