On March 24, 2010 at 12:51, amirm said...
In the age of cell phones, that is no longer true. In our vacation house for
example, we don't even have a phone service let alone a phone in every room!
Everyone in the family has cell phones. Even in our primary house only half the
areas have phones whereas all have intercom.
Man, I was waiting for someone to say this, and you fell right into the trap! :-)
Just because everyone has cell phones doesn't mean the house doesn't NEED real telephones - if nothing else, for the intercom functionality. With real, wired, telephones, there's always a way to communicate. No need to wonder where you left the phone, or if the battery is charged, or how long you'll be able to talk on it.
A hard-wired phone (like a touchpanel, but for different reasons) is always there. It's better to have it and not need it, than the other way around. Our clients expect us to provide them with the BEST solution, whether they think they need it or not. They can thank me later :-)
In our primary house we had an intercom where we could call the kids to dinner
and any of them could speak and say they will be late without doing anything.
Can you do that with a phone system? That is, page and then have the mic be
on for X number of seconds for anyone to speak?
Many systems, including Panasonic, have "hands-free answering" when calling a single room, but I've never seen one that allowed it with a page (multiple rooms). However, that doesn't mean there isn't one...
