You guys talked me into it. I looked at using my usual host, <a href="http://lyris.net">lyris.net</a>, but I decided to pull a spare PC out of storage and built a PiaF/IncrediblePBX 2.0 box w/Google voice. I haven't worked with GV before and this seems to be a good excuse to add that to my list of things I've tried before. With spare stuff I have laying around, this shouldn't cost the school a penny which is a good thing for any school in these times. Now it would be nice to find a module that will do reverse-911 type of stuff so they can call out for snow days and such this winter.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:44 PM, David Gibbons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.c.gibbons@gmail.com">david.c.gibbons@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I would do ATAs connected to walmart wireless handsets for wireless phones. Seems cheaper/easier.<div><br></div><div>Sounds like a cool deployment and I agree with Fred -- this sounds like the perfect application of *, rather than overkill.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best,<br>Dave<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Robert Rothberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rrothberg@gmail.com" target="_blank">rrothberg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Because they really don't need any of the feature set and my hope is that they won't need to come to me for questions/admin/maintenance. I'd prefer to give them something I can walk away from and will have very minimal set up time. I'm also not sure about wireless endpoints being I usually use Polycom 550s. I could throw a sipura I have in the basement onto a wireless base station which would make all the DECT phones a single extension. <br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Fred Posner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fred@teamforrest.com" target="_blank">fred@teamforrest.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div></div><div>On Aug 24, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Robert Rothberg wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hello all, normally I pitch Asterisk based solutions but I think for this particular case, it would be overkill. My son's school (45 students total for grades 1-8, so very small, very limited budget) just added some office space across the street from the school. I have set up wireless networking between the two locations.<br>
> They now would like a phone system that supports the following:<br>
><br>
> non POTS solution<br>
> supports two lines outgoing<br>
> supports two lines incoming<br>
> allows transfer of calls between extensions<br>
> if nobody answers transfer, VM picks up<br>
> wireless extensions (up to 4)<br>
> intercom type paging between extensions (would be nice, but not mandatory)<br>
><br>
> I thought about OOMA, but the range would be too far for handsets in one location to reach the Telo device in the other location (there is a ton of concrete and brick between the two as well). So I think this will need to be something SIP based. This is something I am doing for free, so any low budget ideas that would meet these requirements would be appreciated. Obviously wireless isn't the ideal situation for VoIP, but there isn't much choice in this scenario.<br>
><br>
> Thanks much for any suggestions.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>Especially for the money, how would Asterisk be overkill?<br>
<br>
I would recommend either Asterisk, Asterisk NOW, FreePBX, or AstLinux.<br>
<br>
With best regards,<br>
<br>
Fred<br>
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