What is a good small business telephone system?

Question

I'm researching a good (cost vs quality) small business telephone system. Have any ideas?

The following features are a must:

- Transfer
- Intercom (between phones)
- Intercom (overhead speakers)
- Expandable up to at least 12 extensions (I'd like at least 15)

I'd *like* the following:

- Music on hold
- The ability to see which phones line are being used (or see what extensions are on the phone)
- Speed dial
- Ability to use external flash feature to transfer to outside phones (be able to flash the CO Line)

There's no requirements on ease of setup-- I'll spend 300 hours if I need to put something good in. My budget is around $1500.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I'd suggest a good refurbished Toshiba DK16 or DK40... The Toshiba DK system is a very high quality system. By buying a good refurbishied system you can get the quality you need and price you want. Both systems have all the features you need. Both are easly configured for 16 extentions. The cost will depend on how many phones you need. An example: a DK40 configured for 8 telephone lines and 16 stations with 6 10-button speakerphone telephones would cost about $1,250.00. By the time you bought some speakers for your external paging, wire, jacks, etc., you'd spend around $1,500.00. I'm assuming you'd install and program the system yourself. If your interested in a system like this let me know.

Answer 2

Our phones at work are Lucent and we've had minimal problems with them. We don't have as many lines as you have but we can set up any extension to have voice mail, one extension has been designated to roll over to a pager when emergency calls come in, and we're able to use either a radio station as on-hold music or a pre-recorded CD stating info about our business. I'm providing a link so you can check out the different phones available. Good luck!

Answer 3

Try a Nortstar keysystem probably be the closet to what your lookin for.

If you use one of these you might need to setup a seperate pageing system but that should still be with in budget. As far as phones they might run you a little more than what your expecting to pay.

Answer 4

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