If you are there for a short time only, I image you will find it difficult to meet nice women (you will see a lot but the Gringos have a bad reputation there). It might be easier for you to use an agency like this one:
VIP Prepagos Medellin

Of course you could just do it the old fashioned way but unless you dress like James Bond and have the same level of education and manners, you can forget about meeting anyone more attractive than you could get back home.

Here are a few simple ways to tell if your line is crossed and what you can do about it.

Cross Line Symptoms:

1. Usually the first sign of a crossed line is the sound of faint voices in the background of your conversation. Alternativly there may be either a faint dial tone or busy tone in the background of your conversation.

2. Another noticeable symptom is that when you call a mobile phone, the first call goes through ok but you can hear the person you called’s voice mail in the background. This is due to the fact that because of the crossed line, you have effectively dialed the same person 2 times at the exact same moment.

3. A more subtle effect of a cross line can be that you hear a sound that has a similar pulse to a normal ring tone but doesn’t actually sound like a phone ringing. This is the sound of the extra voltage that gets sent across a phone line, it comes in short bursts that can sometimes be heard on a cross line when the other line is ringing.

Common Causes:

Cross lines are caused when one of the 2 wires that provide the line to your telephone handset touch one of the wires feeding another line. The most common area for these faults is in the junctions out in the street which can become water logged after heavy rain.

Other causes include corroded terminals, phone cables that have been squashed or partially severed and unintentional double connections made by telecommunications technicians on the telephone cabling.

There is an easy fix:

In the maintenance console open up:
2: System
  6: Numbering Plan
     3: B/NA Call Feature

Remove the the “4″ from message waiting set and leave it blank. This does not effect the voice mail in any way.

We remove this annoying feature from all of the systems we supply before they are installed and we recommend others do the same.

If you do not have the maintenance console, you cannot disable this feature through the handset. The message light can be cleared manually by pressing message, then clear until the light turns off.

You cannot change the time using the KX-T7667 handset. This handset is the basic model and does not have the ability to enter program mode (which is a requirement for changing the time)

All other Panasonic handsets ( KX-T7630 & KX-DT333 ) are able to change the time.

Here are the instructions

It is quite common to find offices where all phones are the smaller KX-T7667 model. Clearly this is an oversite by the phone system company as it makes changing basic system settings impossible.

You should expect to sign a long (3 year) contract to avoid the very high setup fees. Once connected a fibre optic connection provides a stable, high speed, low latency connection to the outside world that is capable of flowing huge amounts of data both in and out of your network.

Another benefit of fibre optic internet is greatly increased reliability. The copper telephone network is suffering due to age and the high cost of maintenance.

Fibre internet starts at around $600 for a 10/10mb connection. Price varies greatly between the providers with Telstra as expected, being the most expensive.

Some companies that supply fibre internet:

http://www.pipenetworks.com/PipeEthernet/location.shtml

The 6 digit number starting with 13 costs $850 a month on a 12 month contract. This is a government charge and does not vary between carriers. The 1300 and 1800 numbers usually have a monthly line rental of between $15 and $50 depending on the service provider

13, 1300, 1800 Number Call Rates

Call rates do not usually vary for 13, 1300 or 1800 numbers. The key difference is in how local calls are treated on a 1300 number. The main feature of this type of phone number is that any local call from within your area is not charged to you unless you are on the phone for more than 15 minutes.

Call Rates For Comparison:

Pricing quoted is Ex GST

All calls are charged using per second billing, not in 30 blocks. There are no flag falls on any calls.

For more information or to receive a full copy of our rates including international call us on 1300 799 659

From an installation perspective, a phone system has 2 sides. Lines coming in & extensions coming out. When I install a system, I usually start by identifying how the lines and extensions are connected to the existing system. Most phone systems have 25 pair tails that connect either to the system or directly to the cards inside. Identifying what is what is one of the most difficult parts of installation because there are some many brands and models of phone systems out there that chances are you wont know the how things connect to the old system. This is where a bit of experience really helps.

Generally I start by asking the customer how many lines they have. If they have 5 analogue lines then I will go back to the 25 pair tail and look for 5 red and white jumpers all next to each other. I will then connect my analogue test phone on each line and make sure they are the lines. The extensions usually make up the rest of the jumpers connected to the tail. If there is 15 phones then you should see roughly 15 jumpers plus the 5 for the lines.

Now that you have determined what is what, remove the old system and begin reconnecting the lines and extensions to the new system. Once you have done this and tested it, you will need to move on to the programming.

Programming a phone system can usually either be done via the reception handset (the first extension) or via software loaded on a PC. If this is the first system that you are installing, you should be using the software on the PC as it is far easier to understand what is what when you are looking at a nice windows based GUI.  The problem is, you might find it hard to get the appropriate software for your system as it is generally not given out to end users. Look on forums to see if someone has a link to a download.

Once you have the software it will be a case of trial and error to get things working they way you want. Phone system programming is generally broken up in to 5 sections:

• Incoming Calls
• Outgoing Calls
• General System Settings
• Extension Settings
• Line Settings

Good luck. If you get stuck, we offer phone system installation services in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane

Estimate only – Prices vary depending on specification
2 x Basic handsets, 2 phone lines $2200
4 x Executive handsets, 4 phone lines $3400
8 x Executive handsets, 6 phone lines $4800

Don’t be sucked in by hype and gimmicks – Call us on 1300 799 659 for an obligation free consultation

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