Jerry Jones - The Cowboys - METRO-TEL

I was reading that Jerry Jones is enjoying his 25th anniversary of the purchase of the Cowboys.  This got me thinking as I was looking at our warehouse inventory today, how telephone systems have changed in the past 25 years. At METRO-TEL we have kept a lot of our older parts and manuals from legacy systems that are no longer sold or supported.  In fact, we even added to our older parts inventory by buying from vendors that stopped supporting older systems.  This allows us to support a number of telephone systems that are still functioning well, but may have a need for a part replacement or upgrade.

This is not to say that we have lost ourselves in the past, as we install and support a great new TOSHIBA line and other leading edge telephone systems and features. But it does point out how not everyone needs to upgrade or buy a new system. A good example is Microsoft Windows 8.  As you recall, it was to be an improvement over Windows 7.  And in some cases I guess it was. But not everyone needed, or wanted, the new bells and whistles. What made it harder was the fact that if you wanted to buy a new PC they only came with Windows 8, unless you’re ordered from the manufacturer at an additional cost. Who has the time for that when you need another PC?

Although new telephone system technologies often have benefits, there are times when those benefits do not outweigh the benefits of staying with older telephone technology. Cost has a lot to do with it. When we started building our older parts inventory, we knew that there would be a time when our clients would compare old technology vs. new technology. We have learned that selecting products because of the latest technology is not always the best solution.

Today our clients rely on us for there “Legacy” phone systems support and we have an impressive list of new clients that started with us when needing a part for a systems that was no longer supported.