Hello all,
I'm helping a friend move from a home office to a "real" office. We're fine with just using his two lines with a two-line cordless phone for the time being, but it looks like some of the "antiquated" key systems would work well. They have very, very low call volume. They need two CO lines and five extensions to start. Being able to plug standard phones, fax machines and an answering machine into the system is a necessity, as is caller-id.
The old Lucent/ATT Partner/Partner II systems look very interesting. I've worked with one briefly and it looks like it gives him just what he needs (put a call on hold, pick up elsewhere, ring all phones on incoming, caller id, support for standard phones). Having a door buzzer would be very nice as well. Panasonic looks like a possibility, and also maybe some of the old, small Nortel systems.
Right now I'm drowning in Google results for used key systems. Any recommendations for a cheap used vendor? I have seen some tantalizing stuff on Ebay, but it looks like I could easily end up with the wrong thing when buying through there...
Suggestions? Cheap is what will push him to a "proper" key system instead of a bunch of two-line phones going back to a bunch of splitters...
Thanks,
Charles