[Asterisk-Users] After setting up my FXO card, what should I now order from my telco?

[Jay Milk]

I have SBC in Illinois, and dialtone service is only $5-ish.  Add
another $6 or so for caller-id delivery.  Do you need it for outgoing
calls?  If yes, getting DSL on top of one of the lines and then using
VOIP termination is likely cheaper than getting their bundles.  Avoid
call-waiting and three-way calling, as those services are fairly useless
with *.  If you need line-hunt, get call-forwarding on one line.  Or
better yet, get DSL and VOIP for incoming lines as well :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Clements [mailto:bclem at im-online.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 12:00 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] After setting up my FXO card,what should I now
order from my telco?


Ok, so I'm setting up my small office. 

I have my asterisk machine setup and I have 3 sip phones connected as my
stations and a 4 port FXO card ready to go(planning on only using 2
lines currently).

What should I now order from my telco(sbc in this case)

Everytime I call, they want to sell me this expensive $50 package that
bundles everything and that's for a single line.

Is there a specific type of line I should request? What is everyone else
doing? How much is everyone else paying for single line PSTN access for
their small/medium setup's?



Thanks,
Brent