How many stations or multiple locations do you have? Kevin Wurm
On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Don McMorris <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Brandon Valentine > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear Lazyweb, >> >> I'm looking for options to provide VoIP PBX service. I have a very >> specific set of requirements, and would appreciate responses that >> focus on those requirements rather than a discussion of the finer >> points of building an Asterix box, which I have zero interest in >> doing >> or time to do. I know there are a lot of folks in here using >> different VoIP providers and I'm hoping one of you will have a >> recommendation on a service that fits my needs and that you have been >> happy with. >> >> I am looking for a fully hosted, managed VoIP PBX that I can pay for >> on a subscription basis, that can be managed through a simple web >> interface, and that is fairly inexpensive. I'd like to have 2 >> incoming numbers in 2 different area codes and be able to port those >> numbers from an existing provider. I would like to be able to have >> extensions that ring individual cell phones directly, as well as ring >> soft phones or actual hard VoIP handsets sitting on desks and be able >> to redirect extensions at will. I would like to be able to transfer >> calls between extensions whether they are any of those 3 device >> types. >> It needs to be simple, reliable, and run 100% over the internet with >> no in-house hardware required (other than VoIP handsets should we >> decide to purchase some). >> >> Any ideas? >> > I've used Vocalocity in the past to do some similar stuff. It's got a > pretty simple web interface and great customer service. The only > reason I don't use it anymore is our company outgrew it. > > I hear good things about Aretta also. I use their NetSIP trunking > product for an Asterisk PBX, but they offer (and I believe their > primary focus is) hosted PBX. Aretta is also very community-active, > co-sponsoring quite a few services/activities for the Atlanta Asterisk > Users' Group. > > Here in Atlanta, we now use Cbeyond. I expect they have a Nashville > presence also. I suspect they may be a bit pricey for you, but they > offer cellular service and (I believe) hosted PBX, so you can make > inter-extension calls on the cell or the desk phones. > > If you do something like Aretta, I don't know as though you can do > direct cell->extension dialing (short of installing a BES or > programming in an "Access number"). However, many providers include > very cheap DIDs that can certainly be dialed from any cell. > > If I was to start over again knowing what I know now, I'd probably > start with Aretta. > > --Don > >> Thanks, >> >> Brandon >> >> -- >> Brandon D. Valentine >> http://www.brandonvalentine.com >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
