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

[Timothy C Litwiller]

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
>
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> 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
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>> Timothy C Litwiller wrote:
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>>     
>>> I never did see this get to the list.
>>>
>>> Tim Litwiller wrote:
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>>>> For my church school we need a way to connect 3 room phones, 1 office
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>>>> phone and 2 phone lines.
>>>> so I need a device or several that i can connect to 2 pots phone
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>> lines 
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>>>> 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
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>> 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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