Thanks for the advice... I think this is something for a hosted service to
take care of.

John.. Never worked with a ray smith in va. Sorry.
On Feb 22, 2012 7:09 PM, "Johnny" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Buy the number at tollfreenumbers.com.
>
> Then Check out phone.com or grasshopper.com for services and management.
>
> Johnny
>
> O.a.r.  ever work work a Ray Smith in VA?
> On Feb 21, 2012 8:19 PM, "Alan Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking to get an 800/888 number for a small business with no brick
>> and mortar presence. We want voicemail, conference calling, extensions
>> (which forward to individual cell phones or land lines), a menu with
>> options when people call, and an admin interface that I can interact with
>> to make changes.
>>
>> Heres what I'm not able to piece together just yet...
>>
>> 1) how do I get an 800 number thats not tied to a phone company or
>> physical phone line.
>> 2) how and where can I host the server (asterisk?) To handle calls, store
>> voice mail, etc. I currently have some amazon ec2 instances and would love
>> to use one of them if possible. I've heard good and bad things about doing
>> this.
>> 3) if cloud hosting isn't possible, should we just go with some hosting
>> service specializing in business phone services and hosting? Id rather not
>> get into the business of housing business critical hardware in my house.
>>
>> I'm more than willing to rtfm's if pointed to some :)
>>
>> Thanks
>> Alan
>>
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