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   From: rcp27g@gmail.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   > On 26-Jun-14 13:39, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>> You can often tell whether a retail store is using a KTS or a PBX   
   >>> by whether their pages say "Bob, line X" or "Bob, dial X".   
   >>   
   >> I got the impression (possibly wrong) that plain vanilla phones (ie a   
   >> 2500 set) are rare these days and that multi-line phones don't cost   
   >> that much more.   
   >   
   > Analog multi-line phones mean you need a wire pair for every line that   
   > appears on the phone--and that's expensive after the 3rd line.   
   >   
   > Digital phones can have lots of lines, limited only by the number of   
   > buttons on the phone.  But more buttons still costs more money; in most   
   > cases, the typical desk phone only has 2-3 line buttons, and only a   
   > receptionist's phone has more (one for every user's extension).   
      
   Surely a modern desk phone would have some sort of display and menu type   
   system so that an arbitrary number of "lines" could be accessed?   
      
   Robin   
      
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