[GRLUG] Does anyone know PBX - Asterisk

[Greg Folkert]

Call them. Seriously.

Look at the features you can expand and have all everything run that
way. If you have an "800/877/866" number its can already be hosted.

Local numbers are $1/month per Line (Direct Inward Dial or other type)

We have local numbers for certain area codes. Ranging from Michigan
here, to Phoenix, to Redlands Ca, to Texas... etc. You can pick and
choose.

You just have to have SIP capable phones and match things up to what you
want.

Call them and find out what. Aretta has been less troublesome than our
own self hosted VOIP phone system by a wide margin... *PLUS* things are
just working.

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 07:51 -0500, Bill Creswell wrote:
> Oooh - I like that idea. What is required then, to get phone numbers?
> Since we have the Video Phones as a major communication service, the
> Internet connection will be vital anyway.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net>
> wrote:
>         You might consider a managed Asterisk system
>         
>         We use Aretta.com
>         
>         http://www.aretta.com/
>         
>         Very good features set and cut our costs hugely. Only thing
>         you have to
>         have is a reliable internet connection that can support all
>         your phones,
>         which is typically a lot less than many POTS or managed T-1
>         services.
>         
>         We saved a serious amount of monthly cash going to a managed
>         service.
>         
>         
>         On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 11:46 -0500, Bill Creswell wrote:
>         > I am on the board of a non-profit, Deaf and Hard of Hearing
>         Services,
>         > and we are moving to a new location.
>         >
>         >
>         > I am not particularly familiar with phone systems or
>         requirements, but
>         > I have heard the costs may run into the tens of thousands of
>         dollars,
>         > which we don't have.
>         >
>         >
>         > After reading
>         > this http://www.chayden.net/Asterisk/SeUpAsteriskAtHome.htm
>         > I began to wonder what might be necessary to setup a decent
>         system.
>         >
>         >
>         > We do need voice for the receptionist, and a few employees,
>         and the
>         > rest will be using Video Phones which, as I recall, just run
>         off the
>         > internet service. So it would seem to me overkill, to spend
>         large sums
>         > of money for a few extensions. Therefore, it is possible
>         that a
>         > smaller PBX system run off Asterisk may do the trick.
>         >
>         >
>         > Does anyone know about this stuff?
>         >
>         >
>         > Is anyone willing to donate some time/knowledge, or discount
>         some
>         > "professional" installation?
>         >
>         >
>         > Or even know a cheap way for a small non-profit to get phone
>         service?
>         >
>         >
>         > Thanks,
>         >
>         >
>         > Bill
>         >
>         >
>         >
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