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For all those interested. We had the Aastra Venture IP/Allied Telesyn viocall system demonstrated at our office yesterday. I'm sharing my notes. https://www.alliedtelesyn.com/products/features.aspx?cid=65
https://www.aastra.com/enterpriseip/pro_228.asp
Account Codes: no
Number of phones: 200
Number of lines: 4 4 port FXO gateways 16 lines
CO groups: no. Can however point certain CO access digits to a certain gateway.
Key system style line appearance: NO
Key system style station appearance: NO
Call park: NO
Call pickup: NO
Ringing programing: Each line can be programmed to ring the AA, an ext. or group of extensions
Unified messaging: email notification is available but cannot attache the .wav file as of yet
Speed dials: limit of 9 per ext. No system speed dials
Programmable buttons: None
Trunk flash: No
Day/Night service mode: runs a 24 hour period. There is no way to tell the system the business is closed at 9AM sunday morning.
SIP trunks: NO Supposed to be released soon
Single digit translation in AA: No
Toll restriction: Yes
Teleworker: Yes with a VPN and multicast router
Speakerphone: Is full duplex. It is good quality
Record calls: No
Transfer calls to a specific mailbox: Yes. Takes about 5 softkey strokes to accomplish
Handsfree intercom: No
Headset port: Yes
Cordless phone available: No. Comming soon.
External paging port: Yes
External MOH port: Yes

What was our take on this system?
They certainly won't meet the need of our customers who want a viable alternative to a key system. We're still searching for a low end VOIP system to fill this need.

You're right about that. This one looks way early for market.