Let me try to explain it again...

A home NEEDS real hard-wired telephones, whether you think it does or not. If there's an emergency, you want a real phone that doesn't run on batteries, that you don't have to look for.

Now, since we should already have phones in several rooms ANYWAY, why not also use those same phones for the intercom. Kill two birds with one stone, less "clutter" on the walls, plus you get additional benefits of a programmable KSU.

While hands-free answering of a page is nice, I wouldn't consider that a deal-breaker, considering the otherwise superiority of a KSU system. And like I said, there might even be a phone system that does have that feature - I just haven't seen one.

Anyway, to each his own. If you're happy with what you have, so be it. If I sold cars, it would be BMW's, Audi's, Porsches, or Ferrari's, but I understand that not everyone would want one... :-)