PBXes at home

[Steven M Jones]

On 09/19/2019 19:27, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
> 
> A number of years ago I picked up a Lucent Merlin Legend system. ...

Around 2000 I picked up an expanded Nortel Compact ICS (CICS) with voice 
mail unit - might be the last thing I bought from a NetNews post. That 
was 8 analog CO lines and 24 extensions as received, with a tub of 
cables, phones, buttons, die-cut un-printed inserts, a few manuals, etc.

Overkill for a four bedroom house with attached office, but it gave me 
all the features I wanted as a remote worker. I had the music on hold 
wired up, but stopped using it after one occasion where I put a staff 
meeting conference call on hold... When I finally acquired an ISDN line 
card years later I was very excited, but then I moved cross country 
before I put it into service. Maybe I should have tried to order ISDN at 
the new place but it was late 2005, and my DSL Internet service included 
an analog loop with free calling nationwide...

Still using the CICS, having upgraded some handsets (M7310 -> T7316e) 
and the system software.

--S.