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As this topic is Nortel specific. I have relocated it to the proper category. Rudy has been notified. :thumb:

Think its possible the Norstar line will be sold off - say to Aastra - like the single line/2 line phone products were?

New system with 4.1 software? Are they saying the StarTalk is new?

If you have 14 phones you don't have enough room to add 2 phones AND voice mail.
This is not NEW. MICS 7.1 with a Call Pilot would be new.

I upgraded my vm to cp 5.0 and cs1000m in November and January respectively.

I would be surprised if Nortel went away but not suprised of how stupid I would look for upgrading.

I took my best guess early on.
I think it was the right choice.

Just won a bid against a Nortel. The reason the customer gave me is because Nortel may not be around long. This is what Nortel is up against.
This is tough to over come for people selling Nortel.

A bad salesman will try to use anyway weapon they can to get a sale, including putting the fear in a customer about the viability of a manufacturer or installing company.

A good salesmen will sell his/her product on merit of the product and their ability to service; not by bad mouthing the competion.

A smart consumer won't listen to the rhetoric and buy the best product for their needs.

I respect Nortel for doing what they had to do to apply the brakes back in January. I believe that after restructuring, Nortel will emerge stronger and better positioned than before.

Just a couple of sidenotes-

I once heard rumors that Nortel switches were in a basement adjacent to the World Trade Center. During the attacks on September 11th 2001, concrete walls caved in on the cabinets and racks, toppled them over and half burried them with rubble, yet they were STILL processing calls.

As far as from the Government side: As recent as this past April, Nortel's Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 was the first 40G optical platform to achieve approval for the "DISA/JITC" (Defense Information Systems Agency / Joint Interoperability Test Command) Approved Product List.

My first post here..
I agree with Vernon Telecom above.. I'd think that Nortel is in okay shape but they need to address some new technologies.
The name 'Nortel' could go a long way towards helping other Canadian Telecom companies like Sangoma or Aastra. Both make fine products but don't have the penetration.

If they could somehow merge and make a next-gen IP based system that has the market reach that the current Nortel systems have.. it would be KICK AS$! IMHO of course..

Edited to remove marketing.

Maybe with that new SIP system from Nortel.

Done selling houses? back into telecom? addictive yes.