[asterisk-users] I need the least expensive way to do this

[Steve Totaro]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Panasonic-PBX-Phone-System-with-voicemail-wireless_W0QQitemZ250221311559QQihZ015QQcategoryZ64080QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like a decent deal but I have seen much better.

There are plenty of free and feature rich conferencing services out
there if you need more than three participants.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On 3/1/08, Timothy C Litwiller <tim at litwiller.net> wrote:
> Everyone seems to think a used proprietary system would be better - I
>  looked on ebay for over a week and never found something that indicates
>  that you can conference and have voicemail.  In this day and age how can
>  you get along without that. and for a small school without a diedicated
>  person answering the phone I would think that an IVR would be critical.
>  I didn't find anything on ebay that had that for less than 3000.
>
>
>
>
>  John Novack wrote:
>  > You get what you pay for, if you are lucky
>  >
>  > Go with a used hybrid PBX, best bet is a Panasonic that suppots both
>  > POTS phones and prop phones. It will outlast ANY micro-computer based
>  > desktop hardware.
>  > Perfect for a church or very small office or retail business.
>  >
>  > I just replaced one that was installed 20 years ago, and NEVER needed
>  > any attention until it finally failed.
>  >
>  > John Novack
>  >
>  >
>  > Andrew Ladanowski wrote:
>  >
>  >> http://www.3cx.com has a free system for non profits that is easy to
>  >> use.
>  >> It is windows based and runs great on XP or a server.
>  >> Grandstream - HT386 is easy and cheap.  It it less then 50$ for two FXO.
>  >>
>  >> Andrew Ladanowski
>  >> AddInSolutions Inc.
>  >> www.addinsol.com
>  >> andrew at addinsol.com
>  >> Phone:   954-815-2402
>  >> Fax:        954-414-8432
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>  >> -----Original Message-----
>  >> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>  >> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Sigma
>  >> Networks
>  >> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 5:34 PM
>  >> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>  >> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] I need the least expensive way to do this
>  >>
>  >> Timothy C Litwiller wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>> I never did see this get to the list.
>  >>>
>  >>> Tim Litwiller wrote:
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>> For my church school we need a way to connect 3 room phones, 1 office
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>>> phone and 2 phone lines.
>  >>>> so I need a device or several that i can connect to 2 pots phone
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >> lines
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>>> and at least 3 plain old wall phones.  I'll donate a sipura 941 for
>  >>>> the office.
>  >>>>
>  >>>> What would be the best product to get 2 fxo ports and 3 fxs ports.
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
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>  >> Talkswitch is a good entrypoint system and easy to administer.
>  >>
>  >> http://neobits.com/talkswitch_240vs_small_business_phone_system__free_su
>  >> pport_p10664.html
>  >>
>  >> Even though you might be able to get used systems you will want to pay
>  >> aparticular attention to how easy is it for you to install and maintain.
>  >>
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