On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
> > Merlin's suck. I've got a full-blown miniature central office in my
> > house. The eOn (formerly Cortelco) Millennium could easily act as a
> > central office for a small neighborhood. It has all the features of a
> > regular telephone exchange and is completely programmable, and fits on
> > my closet shelf. I currently have 80 ports and a T-1 stuffed into mine
> > though I'm only really using about 20 (4 lines, voicemail/auto-attendant
> > and about 8 extensions scattered throughout the house). Once I get the
> > T-1 clock board for it I'll be using that as my link to the voicemail
> > system for clean and seamless call transfers.
>
> Does it support standard analog lines like one would use for modems? How
> about pulse dialing? This sounds like what I should look into for my
Yes and yes. It even does MF signaling, it handles ground start trunks,
it does ISDN, Feature Group D trunking, and it even works in Russia
(seriously! :)
> systems. Where would a similar system be found, and would would the costs
> be like? I suspect the only way I could afford such a system will be
> surplus/auction/resale, but maybe not...
They are not readily available on the common surplus market. They are
very high-end and specialized. You need to find a re-seller. That being
said, call my friends George or Matt at Reliance Telecommunications in
Hayward, California, and ask them how much they can offer a used system
for.
1-800-323-6466
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