[Asterisk-Users] newbie uk questions...

[David J Carter]

Darrell,

You could try talking to Telappliant, (in London like yourselves), I use
them for one of my connections and have found them very good.

ISDN is the best way to go if you are looking for your own PSTN connections
and to cut down on hardware in the machine I would be looking at an ISDN-30
as only one card is required for up to 30 lines. They say the break point
for ISDN-2e to ISDN-30 is 8 lines here in the UK.

Alternativly look around at some of the UK companies offering VOIP services
it may be quicker and cheaper in the long run to get them to sort it all out
for you.

Two spring to mind www.telappliant.com and www.holdentel.com .

Hope this helps.

Dave

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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] newbie uk questions...


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
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