Obama and the Oval Office Telephones

[GordonKapesMZ4]

Hey fellow phone people out there.....check out President Obama's phone collection in the follow photo from wikipedia and Hurricane Sandy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:President_Barack_Obama_receiving_update_to_Hurricane_Sandy.jpg

It looks as though they indeed still have the Lucent/Avaya switch as well as the Cisco IP switch in the White House.....

I thought the old Lucent equipment was torn out years ago....but on his desk is the older Lucent MLX-20L phone as well as a Cisco 7970.....

I guess they like the security of land line trunks as well as IP.



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[Sympology]

Nah, they just are using skinned Huawei kit, but don't want to admit it


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[jeffmoss26]

I thought they used Raytheon phones...a quick google search:

http://cryptome.org/2012-info/obama-phones/0015.htm

jeff moss

 

[GordonKapesMZ4]

Looks like a plethora of Cisco, Lucent/Avaya and UGLY,dated looking Raytheon phones.....

I'd prefer to see a Nortel 1165E in there......

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[GordonKapesMZ4]

By the way, the Raytheon phone seems gone in the latest photos....

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[lopes1211]

More likely, that's a secure 8520 ISDN set on a CM. Very common in defense. Not a Legend phone.

-CL

 

[hanluc6933]

Wow, I feel like such a phone nerd now. Getting excited seeing phones I support being used by the current president.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it. ~William James

 

[Westi]

Don't feel like a nerd hanluc6933, or actually yes do, but you are in good company as we all here will feel the same way if we see phones we know.
I am just surprised to see a MLX20L there which is outdated by about 10 years already. Maybe they need to get a new system, or maybe they just need an old dinosaur phone system in case all else fails, LOL.

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[curlycord]

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[GordonKapesMZ4]

How about an 1165E from Avaya on the desk!

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