Off Topic - Telephone Systems

Mitchell,

We put in a MITEL system about 7 months ago, after
dealing with Merlin/Lucent before our new system.
If you want some more information, feel free to
contact me off list at tcare@....

Hope this helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Kirby [mailto:m.kirby@...]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:57 AM
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Subject: [Vantage] Off Topic - Telephone Systems


I apologize for the off topic but I am in over my head on this. We lease a
Merlin Legend telephone system. We were looking at upgrading to a Merlin
Magix system at the end of our 5 year lease. The vendor seems to be jacking
me around on getting out of my lease six months early. We can do it, but I
think I am getting sandbagged on the pricing.

Can anyone recommend a competing telephone system? Do you have any comments
on the Merlin family of products? We have 10-12 incoming lines, 30
extensions in-house, an auto attendant, voice mail, music on hold, etc.

We would like to add direct in dial, additional phone lines, and high speed
data access. We are looking at one or more TI lines to handle long distance
and data needs. The phone system would connect to my LAN via a
gateway/firewall.

Got any suggestions?

Mitchell Kirby
V. P. Manufacturing
Riten Industries, Inc.

800-338-0027, ext 210
800-338-0717 FAX


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I apologize for the off topic but I am in over my head on this. We lease a
Merlin Legend telephone system. We were looking at upgrading to a Merlin
Magix system at the end of our 5 year lease. The vendor seems to be jacking
me around on getting out of my lease six months early. We can do it, but I
think I am getting sandbagged on the pricing.

Can anyone recommend a competing telephone system? Do you have any comments
on the Merlin family of products? We have 10-12 incoming lines, 30
extensions in-house, an auto attendant, voice mail, music on hold, etc.

We would like to add direct in dial, additional phone lines, and high speed
data access. We are looking at one or more TI lines to handle long distance
and data needs. The phone system would connect to my LAN via a
gateway/firewall.

Got any suggestions?

Mitchell Kirby
V. P. Manufacturing
Riten Industries, Inc.

800-338-0027, ext 210
800-338-0717 FAX
Mitchell,

We've used Comdial phones for years and they have been trouble-free and the
system is expandable to grow with your company.

Our supplier in the Chicago area is

Tri-Tel
phone - (847) 870-0010

Hope this helps,

Brian Basler
E.J. Basler Co.


-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Kirby [mailto:m.kirby@...]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:57 AM
To: 'vantage@Yahoogroups. com'
Subject: [Vantage] Off Topic - Telephone Systems


I apologize for the off topic but I am in over my head on this. We lease a
Merlin Legend telephone system. We were looking at upgrading to a Merlin
Magix system at the end of our 5 year lease. The vendor seems to be jacking
me around on getting out of my lease six months early. We can do it, but I
think I am getting sandbagged on the pricing.

Can anyone recommend a competing telephone system? Do you have any comments
on the Merlin family of products? We have 10-12 incoming lines, 30
extensions in-house, an auto attendant, voice mail, music on hold, etc.

We would like to add direct in dial, additional phone lines, and high speed
data access. We are looking at one or more TI lines to handle long distance
and data needs. The phone system would connect to my LAN via a
gateway/firewall.

Got any suggestions?

Mitchell Kirby
V. P. Manufacturing
Riten Industries, Inc.

800-338-0027, ext 210
800-338-0717 FAX


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