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Select an article About Larry Toshiba docs Samsung docs 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 Arkansas Bargain Hunters     Bubba and Billy Bob, who are both from Fayetteville, Arkansas, traveled to Grand Lake, Oklahoma for a vacation. While walking along a busy downtown street, they see a sign in a store window which reads, "Suits $5.00 each, Shirts $2.00 each and Trousers $2.50 a pair."     Bubba says to Billy Bob,"Lookee here! We could buy a whole gob of these clothes, take 'em back to Arkansas sell 'em to all our friends, and make a fortune fer us."     Bubba continues, "Now when we go in there, don't you say a word, okay? Just let me do the talkin' 'cause if they hear your accent, they might think we're ignorant, and they won't wanna sell them clothes to us. Now, I'll talk in a slow Oklahoma drawl so's they won't know."     They go in and Bubba says with his best fake Oklahoma drawl, "I'll take 50 of them there suits at $5.00 each, 100 of them there shirts at $2.00 each, and 50 pairs of them there trousers at $2.50 each. I'll just back up my pickup and......"     The owner of the shop interrupts, "Ya'll from Arkansas, ain't you?"     "Well....yeah," says a surprised Bubba. "How come'd you know that?"     The owner replies, "Cause this here's a dry-cleaners."