Matt
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Jamestown, NC
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| [General] Roll own VoIP Solution?
Hello all,
We're a small company who would like to look into the aspect of rolling our own VoIP service. Everyone works from home, so we'd like to install a VoIP server in our datacenter and put an IP phone on each person's desk.
Can anyone give me a quick rundown of what we would need or direct me to a resource with some info?
I am thinking we'd need a VoIP TA, a SIP provider and a Cisco VoIP switch for each of the desk phones?
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christcorp
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| Depends on how many lines you need. You don't even need a voip provider if you already have enough Ma'Bell lines at your datacenter. If not, that is the only thing you really need.
You can set up an Asterisk server. It is a PBX. You then set each person up with their own extension. As long as they all have broadband internet providers, they will see "Your Asterisk Server" as THEIR Voip provider. You just have to determine how many phone lines for inbound and outbound calls. You can get these lines from a voip provider like packet8, vonage, etc... or if you need even more, you could look into a trunk line T1 with DID's from your local Ma'Bell. All depends on how many employees and lines you need.
An asterisk server will allow you to do a couple of people to hundreds. Later... Mike... |
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Matt
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| said by christcorp  :Depends on how many lines you need. You don't even need a voip provider if you already have enough Ma'Bell lines at your datacenter. If not, that is the only thing you really need. You can set up an Asterisk server. It is a PBX. You then set each person up with their own extension. As long as they all have broadband internet providers, they will see "Your Asterisk Server" as THEIR Voip provider. You just have to determine how many phone lines for inbound and outbound calls. You can get these lines from a voip provider like packet8, vonage, etc... or if you need even more, you could look into a trunk line T1 with DID's from your local Ma'Bell. All depends on how many employees and lines you need. An asterisk server will allow you to do a couple of people to hundreds. Later... Mike... Great info, thanks!
What would each user use as a phone? Would they just need something like a PAP2?
We're very interested in having the PBX-type capabilities, extensions, ability to transfer and such.
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RockyBB
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Longmont, CO
| said by Matt :What would each user use as a phone? ... We're very interested in having the PBX-type capabilities, extensions, ability to transfer and such. Get youself a Polycom 501 IP phone. The ATA adaptor is built in, and plugs directly into the broadband connection. |
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druber
join:2000-04-11
Marlborough, MA | reply to Matt
depends on what you want, HW wise. if you want them to use existing analog phones, then a PAP or somesuch. or, you can get one of several good SIP-based hardphones and connect that way... |
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sokhapkin
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Somerset, NJ
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said by Matt :We're very interested in having the PBX-type capabilities, extensions, ability to transfer and such. Set up a dedicated Linux server with one of dedicated server providers and hire an Asterisk consultant to do the setup for you.
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Matt
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said by RockyBB :said by Matt :What would each user use as a phone? ... We're very interested in having the PBX-type capabilities, extensions, ability to transfer and such. Get youself a Polycom 501 IP phone. The ATA adaptor is built in, and plugs directly into the broadband connection. Nice, thanks!
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RockyBB
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Longmont, CO | $170 each from an online retailer... |
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Matt
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| said by RockyBB :$170 each from an online retailer... I looked into them and we'll likely use the 601 or 650. We'll need more than 3 lines and I like the way the 650 looks. 
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kaila
join:2000-10-11
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Asterisk based Trixbox is probably the easiest way to setup a PBX. It requires very little in the way of hardware, plus you can test it on a windows PC using the free VMWare Player -> »nerdvittles.com/index.php?p=152
A video tutorial for a basic setup is here -> »www.asterisktutorials.com/showpr···ductID=5
The active Trixbox community (with lots of people setting these up in business environments) is here -> »www.trixbox.org
Like anything worthwhile, there is a learning curve. I'd recommend starting out running it on your own PC using the VMWare Player and a softphone following the video tutorial. If you decide you like it, check out Nerdvittles.com for VoIP provider recommendations (not a requirement, ma bell's PSTN lines will integrate with an additional piece of hardware) and the Trixbox forums for hardware & Phone (IP or analoge) advice and solutions for your particular environment. Start slowly though, there aren't many things that will get your head torn off faster than screwing with the phones |
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RockyBB
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said by Matt :We'll need more than 3 lines and I like the way the 650 looks. Looks is looks, but you don't need more than 3 lines on each phone set! Be sure you know what you're doing before you order them!!!! |
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mazilo
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Lilburn, GA
| reply to Matt
Perhaps, you may want to consider this Linksys SPA400.
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ilhy
join:2005-11-07
Detroit, MI | reply to Matt
Try:
»premierpbx.com/ |
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