[Discuss] Paperless falling behind the Phoneless Office?

[kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)]

On 11/07/2013 09:09 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Kent Borg wrote:
>> Why,  I wonder?  We have $40 phones that seem to work, why replace them
>> with $400 phones?  (Or whatever they will cost.)
>
> The $400 smartphone is the new, "improved" pager. The idea is that if 
> you're always connected then you're always available to work.
>

(So I have heard, but I don't let it.  I use mine for personal purposes.)

But no, I was talking a fancy VoIP desk phone.  Trading an RJ-11 analog 
phone jack with an RJ-45 ethernet jack, putting a bunch of digital 
electronics in there.

-kb