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Summary: This is one fantastic product!!!
Review: I have been using Avinta's Trivox for about 2+ years and love it. I have 7 units throughout my 2 story house (plus a basement). I no longer have to scream for my kids to get the phone and I don't interrupt anyone when I open the phone and someone is using the line. Let me explain... you put a Trivox any place you want to transfer calls to and from and connect a regular phone or wireless phone (any brand) to it. You assign each box a number ( I used #11 for the basement, 21 kitchen... 31, 32, 33 for each bedroom, etc). When a call is received I can transfer the call to any other box, or have the call ring in all of them (#99). I can even use them as intercomms (no outside call is required to ring any extension). If the line is busy - the interrupting party hears three tones - the other people on the line will hear only one tone - thus knowing they will be interrupted if required (I normally hang up and don't interrupt once I hear the three tones)Avinta has other uses but the best one is the one that avoids any phone calls to ring next to my bed. If I'm sleeping I don't want any telemarketing nor any calls to ring next to my bed. Only someone inside my house can ring my extension!!! It's the greatest phone product since slice bread. I saved a ton of money versus having to buy a PBX system with their non-standard expensive phones per each extension. BTW I can have my computer answer its extension and patch my phone call via the internet for free! You know, one day all phones will have their technology built inside!
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Summary: Great for screening telemarketing calls
Review: Telemarketing calls have been a source of much annoyance for many people, and have proliferated in recent years. Despite many efforts to opt out, I was still getting unwanted calls. Frustrated, I looked around for screening devices and was not satisfied with any because they would either still require me to hear the phone ringing and pick it up, or would not work well with extension phones. I was pleased when I found TriVOX -- it does exactly what I desired. Not only does it block unwanted calls, it also allows me and my roommate to have different extension numbers (much like a small PBX). [Note: each extension number requires on TriVOX box.] A regular answering machine (called the "auto-attendant") is used to prompt the caller to dial an extension number or leave a message if s/he does not know one. When a valid extension number is dialed, only the phone(s) that are connected to the box programmed with the number will ring. Otherwise, the answering machine will allow the caller to leave a message, and the phones won't even ring. There is a small problem with these devices: sometimes they fail to pick up even when a valid extension number is dialed. I think this happened when the outgoing greeting of the answering machine is too loud, interfering with the devices' detection of the touch-tones. I re-recorded the outgoing greeting with a lower volume, and the problem was solved. Oh - I also had some fun with the outgoing greeting. I used a text-to-speech engine to generate a message spoken by a robot, so I didn't have to make many attempts of myself speaking to have just the right sound level.
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