I bought my Panny KX-TA824 just a few years ago. I remember at the time looking at a similar hybrid PBX from NEC. I don't remember the model #. It had proprietary wired and wireless phones, too, that could probably do all the paging, music on hold, and other tricks the Panny can, and might have even had a more useful computer interface. But it was much more expensive, especially compared to the Panny equipment used on eBay.
I just looked and they have a model now called SL1000 that is hybrid IP/POTS. Don't know anything about it.
Of course you can use VOIP services just as POTS-interface endpoints for the Panny. I have one POTS, one Ooma, one ObiHai, and one AT&T cellular as CS lines.
Speaking of ObiHai, their systems seem like they're pretty versatile.
We may never see anything like those Panny PBXs again. Not only are analog lines going away, but in a modern household, most occupants will have earbuds in their ears. Maybe intercoms and whole house audio are living on borrowed time.
My wife and I are old-fashioned, and park our cellphones in chargers when we walk in the door. Nothing in my ears either, thank you very much.
-Tom
I just looked and they have a model now called SL1000 that is hybrid IP/POTS. Don't know anything about it.
Of course you can use VOIP services just as POTS-interface endpoints for the Panny. I have one POTS, one Ooma, one ObiHai, and one AT&T cellular as CS lines.
Speaking of ObiHai, their systems seem like they're pretty versatile.
We may never see anything like those Panny PBXs again. Not only are analog lines going away, but in a modern household, most occupants will have earbuds in their ears. Maybe intercoms and whole house audio are living on borrowed time.
My wife and I are old-fashioned, and park our cellphones in chargers when we walk in the door. Nothing in my ears either, thank you very much.
-Tom