On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Brandon Valentine <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Lazyweb, > > I'm looking for options to provide VoIP PBX service. I have a very > specific set of requirements, and would appreciate responses that > focus on those requirements rather than a discussion of the finer > points of building an Asterix box, which I have zero interest in doing > or time to do. I know there are a lot of folks in here using > different VoIP providers and I'm hoping one of you will have a > recommendation on a service that fits my needs and that you have been > happy with. > > I am looking for a fully hosted, managed VoIP PBX that I can pay for > on a subscription basis, that can be managed through a simple web > interface, and that is fairly inexpensive. I'd like to have 2 > incoming numbers in 2 different area codes and be able to port those > numbers from an existing provider. I would like to be able to have > extensions that ring individual cell phones directly, as well as ring > soft phones or actual hard VoIP handsets sitting on desks and be able > to redirect extensions at will. I would like to be able to transfer > calls between extensions whether they are any of those 3 device types. > It needs to be simple, reliable, and run 100% over the internet with > no in-house hardware required (other than VoIP handsets should we > decide to purchase some). > > Any ideas? > I've used Vocalocity in the past to do some similar stuff. It's got a pretty simple web interface and great customer service. The only reason I don't use it anymore is our company outgrew it.
I hear good things about Aretta also. I use their NetSIP trunking product for an Asterisk PBX, but they offer (and I believe their primary focus is) hosted PBX. Aretta is also very community-active, co-sponsoring quite a few services/activities for the Atlanta Asterisk Users' Group. Here in Atlanta, we now use Cbeyond. I expect they have a Nashville presence also. I suspect they may be a bit pricey for you, but they offer cellular service and (I believe) hosted PBX, so you can make inter-extension calls on the cell or the desk phones. If you do something like Aretta, I don't know as though you can do direct cell->extension dialing (short of installing a BES or programming in an "Access number"). However, many providers include very cheap DIDs that can certainly be dialed from any cell. If I was to start over again knowing what I know now, I'd probably start with Aretta. --Don > Thanks, > > Brandon > > -- > Brandon D. Valentine > http://www.brandonvalentine.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
