[cisco-voip] Intercom with 2-way talking?

[Madziarczyk, Jonathan]

I tried but I was having trouble finding a useful link that actually
explains what IPMA does.  For some reason the sales speak of "promotes
synergy" wasn't cutting it.

Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: swalberg at gmail.com [mailto:swalberg at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Sean
Walberg
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 3:59 PM
To: Madziarczyk, Jonathan
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Intercom with 2-way talking?

Did you look at IPMA?

Sean

On 9/10/09, Madziarczyk, Jonathan <JMad at cityofevanston.org> wrote:
> I'm looking into options for a manager/assistant scenario where the
> assistant can place a call to the manager that goes to speakerphone
with
> a "bill is on line 1" and the assistant can hear "take a message" or
> "I'll take the call", etc.
>
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>
> While I appreciate the security of the Default Cisco intercom 1-way
> feature, it is limiting without the ability to give feedback.
>
>
>
> My next solution is to implement a second line on the manager phone
that
> auto-answers and program the assistant phone with a speed dial button
> for that.  Do I then have to take up another button on each phone by
> doing the reverse if the manager wants to get a hold of the secretary?
>
>
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> It seems like this should be much simpler than it is...
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> Jon
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>

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