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Larry the phone guy

    I currently work by day for Dobson Fiber. Dobson provides Fiber internet services and hosted phones. Dobson is based in Oklahoma.

    Dobson acquired Pinnacle Telecommunications in 2021 to extend their reach into Arkansas. Before that, I was a part of Pinnacle.

    Many of the old telephone systems are hardly being supported any more. I have been a Toshiba phone tech for over 10 years. So, part of what I am doing on the side is keeping them running a while longer until they can be replaced.

    Once the move is made, I then offer cabling services to get businesses ready for the new Internet based phones.


What happened to Toshiba?

    They actually quit the phone business. The Surprise announcement was made early 2017 they were shutting down their business phone division. Financial reasons involving project not related to phone system was sited. Mitel bought out parts of it to continue supporting their systems for a limited time. As of October 2019, Toshiba systems officially reached EOL (End of Life).

    It is still possible to get replacement hardware through refurbishing companies to keep most systems running. Expansion is be very limited. There is no way to obtain required licenses to grow the system or use any of it's IP based features.


Don't mind the laughing

Where Is God??

    Two little brothers were always in trouble in the town they lived in. The parents decided the only thing to do was to have the new Priest in town talk to them. The Priest agreed but he said, only one at a time.

    So Billy went first. The Priest walked into the room where Billy was sitting and asked, "Where is God"? Billy just sat there starring at the floor so the Priest asked again, in a louder voice, "Where is God"? Billy started to squirm in his chair when in a booming voice, the Priest asked ,"Where is God"?

    At this point, Billy jumped up, ran out of the room, down the street into his house , up the stairs, into his room and stood leaning against the door making sure he hadn't been followed.

    His brother Bobby asked him. "What happened"? And Billy said, "You are not going to believe this, but God is . . . is missing and they're trying to blame us"!!!!