in my opinion, asterisk is the best solution. it is relatively very cheap, asterisk is free and u can use any soft phones to do calls. you can find cheap digium cards, around $400+. you can set up any normal phone to FXS cards. yu can do conference call and voicemails in asterisk.
this link may be helpful to read though there are lots of it out there http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk?PHPSESSID=736cb8758a4bc846654fd36e33ead8eb --- Michael Welter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > My PBX/key system failed when building power was > switched off and then > back on. The service rep says the PBX unit is so > old that it is not > repairable. > > The unit has 8 incoming POTS lines and 12 multiline > sets. There are > voice mailboxes on each line. > > Switching to Qwest's Centrex system would cost about > $3800/yr. My 8 > business lines now cost $3320/yr, so the Centrex > increment would be > about $480/yr. > > Purchasing a new PBX would run anywhere from $4K to > $9K. > > My questions are: should I be considering Asterisk? > What type of > telephone set could I use with Asterisk? Would I be > able to conference > outside parties into a call? Would I have voice > mail? > > Thanks for your help, > Michael Welter > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ===== Designs __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
