Get yourself (9) 2500 sets, (9) modular blocks, and (9) pairs of inside wire to the router block.

Verify the PSTN numbers, and put a Post-It note on each phone, numbered from 1 to 9.

Disconnect the PBX.

Schedule a vendor meet with AT&T. Be sure to invite your customer to observe.

Demonstrate the problem, using just the SLT's.

Ring into, and then leave off-hook, each phone in turn. Use a cell phone with its speakerphone turned on to do this, as a "nothing up my sleeve" proof.

* The cost of the phones is minimal.

* The cost of your labor is minimal.

* The look on their faces when you do your little dog & pony show and prove that they are FOS....

"Priceless."


Arthur P. Bloom
"30 years of faithful service...15 years on hold"