For many years telephone entry and intercom systems have been staid and stable systems that really didn’t change much functionally over time. But as with the consumer world, technology has advanced at lightning speed in recent years — bringing with it game-changing capabilities.
“Your dad’s intercom was a whole bunch of wires running between each other,” says Brad Kamcheff, senior marketing specialist, Aiphone, Bellevue, Wash. “Over time that wire count came down because we wanted to be able to replace a doorbell and we got it down to two wires for audio/video/call-in.”