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   -=> George Pope wrote to August Abolins <=-   
      
    GP> Seems useless to give out that number, then -- Maybe they just forgot   
    GP> that the  switchboard controls calls in their building? Often some   
    GP> organisations will  have a central incoming number that goes to the   
    GP> receptionist & also several  outgoing-only lines used as extensions to   
    GP> be used by the staff, so they're not  disturbed when with clients.   
      
    1975 called, they want their tech back.   
      
   Back when PBXes roamed the earth, I put a phone on everyone's desk, a   
   receptionist console in the back room, another console at the front   
   desk, and call centers for customers to call the company and speak to a   
   human being.   
      
   People used to walk by the front desk and pick up their messages from a   
   little rotating organizer.   
      
   Then, we installed a voicemail system and people could get their own   
   messages - even get paged when they received a voicemail!   
      
   At that point, everyone got Direct-Dial numbers. No need for paper   
   messages or a reception desk any more, except for the odd caller who   
   didn't know how to reach someone directly.   
      
   Fast forward a couple of years and people were asking me to take the   
   phones off of their desk - took too much room.   
      
      
      
      
   ... ZIMA TASTES BETTER WHEN IT'S ILLEGAL   
   --- MultiMail/Win v0.52   
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