Alan.  I'm using a hosted VOIP service at Clearwater.  If you want to
discuss our experience, what to look out for, what's important, costs, etc
you can call me at 845-297-8323.

Hal

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Alan Snyder <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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