[Asterisk-Users] newbie uk questions...

[Darrell Berry]

hi:

Just starting out with *, and I'm planning to heed the advice to start 
simple and small, but the goal i'm aiming for eventually is:

*-based pbx for 10-20 seat small business, based in the UK. Users will 
have PoE SIP hardphones. So far so good, but two questions, both 
UK-specific, relating to connection to the outside world (PSTN or VoIP):

- are there any UK-based VoIP providers targetting small business users: 
by which I mean support for multiple simultaneous connections in and out 
on the same DDI (to simulate traditional multi-channel ISDN PBX 
capabilities), and guaranteed SLAs/professional support? If so, has 
anyone dealt with any of them and do you have any recommendations 
(either for or against?). This includes ISPs getting into the VoIP arena.

- failing that, what my options for *-compatible, UK-legal 
interconnections between a *-based PBX and UK PSTN? I'm looking for more 
channels than I will get from ISDN-2e, but less than ISDN-33 (probably): 
enough for say 4-8 simultaneous incoming/outgoing calls. I admit this is 
the area I'm least clear on!

Even better: has anyone actually implemented either of these scenarios 
in the UK? Any feeeback/cheatsheets?

Thanks

- Darrell