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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=292415212-22082005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi, i'm looking for some recommendations on did service. These
lines will be going into an Asterisk box.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=292415212-22082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are a small
company (7-10 employees) and my thought is that we get about 20 did
numbers, and utilize a service that would provide 5 or more simultaneous
channels (simultaneous calls). Each person could have a direct
number, but i shouldn't have to have an equivalent # of
channels, right? I can use asterisk to determine who's direct
number was dialed and map it to that persons extension. (utilizing
ANI??).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=292415212-22082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I received a good
response from jason at ipcomms.net, but just curious why i can't find any others
that provide this type of service.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=292415212-22082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seems to be good
recommendations for Voicepulse Connect, but that's per line, with a max of 4
simultaneous calls per line, so i'd either have to buy a line per did, or limit
incoming calls to my company to 4 using one did. In addition, when we
expand, chances are i couldn't get a few more numbers in series of what i would
already have gotten from them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=292415212-22082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Teliax is another
big-time recommended service on this list, but at my calculations, $0.02
per minute adds up quick in an office environment. I'm all for paying per
minute outgoing, but seems like alot of incoming (including POTS) don't
usually track per minute.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=292415212-22082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry for any bad
questions and such, i'm still a little new to this. Any recommendations
and/or suggestions would be appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=292415212-22082005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=292415212-22082005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>-jim</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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