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What is best office telephone system to buy?
Question : What is best office telephone system to buy?
I have new phone service from my cable provider with 4 phone numbers (3 rollover lines & 1 fax line) with 8 desks / extensions. I need to purchase a telephone system and would like to know what is the best value (bang for the buck). I do not expect to expand phone lines beyond 5 total lines for the foreseeable future. I do not expect to expand beyond 10 phone extensions either.
I have a quote for 3k now but am not sure this is a good deal.
I discovered a company called SwitchTalk which provides a system. Anyone using them?
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Best answer:
Answer by Carl N
What do you get for the $ 3K? An NEC DSX-40 which grows to 8×24 and starts as a 4x8x2 will cost about 1600 without voice mail and anywhere from 2000-2200 with VM but without VM to email.
Installation of premise wiring is extra.
It’s actually a TalkSwitch and if you look you can still buy that guy’s SimpliPhone for $ 2500 
Go back to what the $ 3K is for. Does it include inside wiring or are you paying for just the phone system hardware? You can get a Panasonic KSU for $ 100-200. If you want to compare apples to oranges and buy used vs. new, you’ll find a whole lot of different deals for under your $ 3K target. If you wanted cheap, why not do better homework?
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#3 written by Beth Roberts 1 year ago
My advice to watch the for sale ads in in the business category of Craigslist (or some other free classified service) for a used phone system. Then get yourself set up with an internet fax service. It is much cheaper to use online fax providers; you save on paper, long distance, ink and equipment costs. To find the best provider you need to check out an internet fax review. (http://www.faqsaboutfax.com/reviews/myfax.htm)
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