On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Noam Birnbaum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noam@maccentricsolutions.com" target="_blank">noam@maccentricsolutions.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello everybody,<br>
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A client wants to install a FreePBX infrastructure, but have all calls forward to their cell phones rather than buying VoIP phones.<br>
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They would be doing SIP trunks over a Comcast business line. Probably maximum 6 simultaneous calls.<br>
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Any gotchas we should warn them about?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What a waste of effort, bandwidth, and money. There are a dozen services out there that can do this far more efficiently and for a lot less money. You will be using bandwidth in both directions and double the channels (one call in, forwarded call out). It will increase the latency by a lot and the chance of call quality problems is huge. Call in over a cheap cable connection, call out on the same, then over a cell.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Concurrent ringing with cells is popular and makes a lot of sense since you primarily typically answer on the desk phone. If it's just forwarding, then just use a forwarding service which will cost less and not introduce the extra cable network layer.</div>
<div><br></div></div>-- <br><div>Carlos Alvarez</div><div>TelEvolve</div><div>602-889-3003</div><div><br></div><br>