Thanks guys, I'll probly do the cordless route before the system, that'll work. The answering system will not. It's 2 owners sharing a store, the 1 owners sales girls don't take messages too well.He wants them to tranfer to his extension, where if he's not in the answering machine would p/u. They share the same lines and these #'s were his originaly so everyone calls him on them. Hal your right, but they each don't want to pay for a new system. Has anyone tried that GPA device? looks like it might work for the answering machine. Thanks again for all your help.