But are limited to your available outgoing lines? With GC (and I assume everyone else) I place 75 calls simultaneously and complete my number bank in a round robin fashion. I keep it down to 75 as that is about how many my local telco can handle at one time... I also do not have to absorb the long distance to call all of these hundreds of cell phones.
All-in-all I calculated that I spend about $1/number called/year. --Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 Cellular: 217.306.6824 "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during your lectures so that I do not need you any more." A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." - Alan Kay On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Luke Walling - AVG Technologies < [email protected]> wrote: > For those that are looking to save money, there is some amazing stuff > that can be done with Asterisk, or the commercial version (that we use here > at AVG NC) Digium. We created an automated outbound calling engine that > did exactly what most of you are seeking to do, and it cost absolutely > nothing, granted it took some good Linux-background. Just a thought. > > > > Luke Walling > VP, Education and Government Sales > AVG Technologies USA, Inc. > 2105 Northwest Blvd. > Newton, NC 28658 > phone: (828)-459-5430 > > office: (866)-833-5727 > fax: (828)-459-7341 > > > > [image: AVG2_logo_full3D_black_strapline] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Steve Carrington > *Sent:* Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:43 AM > > *To:* Tech-Geeks Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [tech-geeks] telephone call out systems > > > > We just went with SchoolMessenger. Pricing was better than AlertNow, with > features that we wanted - calling, emails, SMS. > > Steve Carrington > Murphysboro CUSD #186 > Unit Office > 819 Walnut Street > Murphysboro, IL 62966 > V - 618-684-3781 > F - 618-684-2465 > > "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we > created them." - Albert Einstein > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Bob Schmidt" <[email protected]> > *To: *"Tech-Geeks Mailing List" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:07:52 AM > *Subject: *Re: [tech-geeks] telephone call out systems > > Both my schools use OneCallNow > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mark Hess > *Sent:* Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:54 AM > *To:* Tech-Geeks Mailing List > *Subject:* [tech-geeks] telephone call out systems > > Hello > > I was ask to seek out the pricing on services that we can use to make calls > from the school for weather closing, special announcements to parents ect.. > I cannot remember the systems others have been using for this type of thing. > I would appreciate the names of the companies you are to compare prices and > services . Thank you. > > Mark Hess > > > This email communication and its attachments, if any, may contain > CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION WHICH MAY ALSO BE LEGALLY PRIVILEGED and is > intended only for the use of the recipient(s) identified above. The > unauthorized review, use, dissemination, distribution, downloading, or > copying of this communication or any of its attachments is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > immediately notify the listed sender by reply email, and delete and > otherwise destroy all copies > of the communication and all attachments to the communication. > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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