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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=062394119-02082006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I would be VERY cautions about being and IP to IP
middleman. Any problems with your ISP or your wholesale providers
ISP OR your wholesale providers connection to the phone network
which could be yet another company. Your gonna get grey hair
and a LOT of unhappy customers REAL fast if any one of these things are not 100%
solid 100% of the time. It's not like running your own webserver.
Not even close.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=062394119-02082006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=062394119-02082006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Just my 2 cents and I would be interested to hear others
opinions/experiences on this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Michael C. Hughes
[mailto:mhughes@antelecom.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 02, 2006
10:46 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [asterisk-biz] Hosted
PBX<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006>Hello,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006><SPAN class=014343517-02082006>No need to buy an
expensive package to get into the hosted PBX
business.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=014343517-02082006>You
can easily set up your own linux server and install a low cost or
free web based management system. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=014343517-02082006>If
you are going for an IP only service then there is no need for Digium hardware
either.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=014343517-02082006>I
suggest you take a very good look at Thirdlanes latest Multi-Tenant PBX
Manager. Easy to install and gives you management</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006>interfaces for the system administrator, tenant
(customer) and individual phone users. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006>Needs no SQL database, no Apache,
no PHP and no extra Perl modules.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=014343517-02082006>Sign
up with a wholesale provider like Junction, Teliax or PacWest and you could be
in business by tomorrow.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=014343517-02082006>Mike</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Alex
Epshteyn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: [asterisk-biz] Hosted PBX<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you are looking
for a full featured system that can be installed on your own hardware,
please consider Thirdlane PBX Manager multi-tenant version.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.thirdlane.com/pbxmanager.htm">http://www.thirdlane.com/pbxmanager.htm</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Alex
Epshteyn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">sales@thirdlane.com<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">+1 415 497
6918<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Susan Swanson<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, August 02, 2006 7:30
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [asterisk-biz] Hosted
PBX</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=purple size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">We’ve been
offered VoIPOffice from a company in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place>, Telappliant. I’ll check out
enswitch. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Sales @ MSM
Netphone [mailto:sales@msmnetphone.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, August 03, 2006 5:15
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">susan@stellacom.com</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [asterisk-biz] Hosted
PBX</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="http://www.enswitch.com">www.enswitch.com</A> is what you want<BR>what
have you been offered?<BR><BR>Susan Swanson wrote:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Okay, this is probably a
stupid question for you guys but I am still a novice so don’t
laugh!<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">We want to provide a hosted
PBX solution for small businesses and have been offered 200 extensions held
server (i.e. 20 companies with each co. having 10 extensions).
<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Isn’t this just an asterisk
solution that we are being sold through a middle man?
<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Can’t we do this in house by
purchasing our own server and purchasing licenses and perhaps hardware from
Digium?<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Any guidance is greatly
appreciated!<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Susan<U1:P></U1:P></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P><PRE wrap=""><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
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</SPAN></FONT></B></TT><BR><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
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