Have any of you worked with either of these telco companies for phone system installation?
Catalyst Telecom or Imagine Communications? It's a long shot but since they are both nationwide i thought i would ask for your input. Thanks David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Phone system for remote/ satellite office
David, I've done this with Nortel 4. MCK makes a device that is basically a fancy-smancy media converter. It takes the Nortel digital signal converters it to IP to transfer a WAN segment and then the device translates is back to digital to talk to the PBX. I've worked with Rickenbacker communications to purchase the devices. It's been 4 years since I was over that environment but it was rock solid as long as it wasn't over a VPN.. http://www.rickenbackercommunications.com/home.htm Shook From: David Baca [mailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:18 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone system for remote/ satellite office It's an old nortel pbx .version 4 From: Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:01:14 PM Subject: RE: Phone system for remote/ satellite office What is your current system? Shook From: David Baca [mailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone system for remote/ satellite office our current system does not support voip. I am hunting for options now. Regards, David From: James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:47:17 PM Subject: Re: Phone system for remote/ satellite office What about getting a voip card in your current pbx and just getting them viop phones? You could have separate DID or hunt groups or what not. A long time ago I saw that Panasonic had small digital phone systems that were inexpensive and nice. Maybe you could take a look at what they have now. James - Original Message - From: David Bacamailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesmailto:exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:09 PM Subject: Phone system for remote/ satellite office Hello All, I was wondering if you had any suggestion or can share your experiences on phone system ideas for an office of three execs and one receptionist. I am looking for a low cost solution. I have considered fonality and avaya which can get expensive roughly 10 -15k with installation. Thanks in advance. David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Phone system for remote/ satellite office
Hello All, I was wondering if you had any suggestion or can share your experiences on phone system ideas for an office of three execs and one receptionist. I am looking for a low cost solution. I have considered fonality and avaya which can get expensive roughly 10 -15k with installation. Thanks in advance. David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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Can't VoIP off your existing system? I have a client using Vonage and they really like it. They have about 12 users behind a 3.0 Mpbs connection and have no issues at all. They can't transfer and what not, but they don't seem to care. Otherwise, look at Mitel, I've seen 20 user offices for less than 10k installation. Jason Tierney, MCITP:EA Vice President, Consulting Services tel: 240.425.4441 fax: 301.349.2518 From: David Baca [mailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone system for remote/ satellite office Hello All, I was wondering if you had any suggestion or can share your experiences on phone system ideas for an office of three execs and one receptionist. I am looking for a low cost solution. I have considered fonality and avaya which can get expensive roughly 10 -15k with installation. Thanks in advance. David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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What about getting a voip card in your current pbx and just getting them viop phones? You could have separate DID or hunt groups or what not. A long time ago I saw that Panasonic had small digital phone systems that were inexpensive and nice. Maybe you could take a look at what they have now. James - Original Message - From: David Baca To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:09 PM Subject: Phone system for remote/ satellite office Hello All, I was wondering if you had any suggestion or can share your experiences on phone system ideas for an office of three execs and one receptionist. I am looking for a low cost solution. I have considered fonality and avaya which can get expensive roughly 10 -15k with installation. Thanks in advance. David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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our current system does not support voip. I am hunting for options now. Regards, David From: James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:47:17 PM Subject: Re: Phone system for remote/ satellite office What about getting a voip card in your current pbx and just getting them viop phones? You could have separate DID or hunt groups or what not. A long time ago I saw that Panasonic had small digital phone systems that were inexpensive and nice. Maybe you could take a look at what they have now. James - Original Message - From: David Baca To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:09 PM Subject: Phone system for remote/ satellite office Hello All, I was wondering if you had any suggestion or can share your experiences on phone system ideas for an office of three execs and one receptionist. I am looking for a low cost solution. I have considered fonality and avaya which can get expensive roughly 10 -15k with installation. Thanks in advance. David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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What is your current system? Shook From: David Baca [mailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone system for remote/ satellite office our current system does not support voip. I am hunting for options now. Regards, David From: James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:47:17 PM Subject: Re: Phone system for remote/ satellite office What about getting a voip card in your current pbx and just getting them viop phones? You could have separate DID or hunt groups or what not. A long time ago I saw that Panasonic had small digital phone systems that were inexpensive and nice. Maybe you could take a look at what they have now. James - Original Message - From: David Bacamailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issuesmailto:exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:09 PM Subject: Phone system for remote/ satellite office Hello All, I was wondering if you had any suggestion or can share your experiences on phone system ideas for an office of three execs and one receptionist. I am looking for a low cost solution. I have considered fonality and avaya which can get expensive roughly 10 -15k with installation. Thanks in advance. David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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sometimes you have to ask the right questions. Our system supports IP trunking, not VOIP. But I think most Voip systems can be tied back into your legacy phone sys if it supports trunking. shoretell is the bomb. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:57 PM, David Baca dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com wrote: our current system does not support voip. I am hunting for options now. Regards, David -- *From:* James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:47:17 PM *Subject:* Re: Phone system for remote/ satellite office What about getting a voip card in your current pbx and just getting them viop phones? You could have separate DID or hunt groups or what not. A long time ago I saw that Panasonic had small digital phone systems that were inexpensive and nice. Maybe you could take a look at what they have now. James - Original Message - *From:* David Baca dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:09 PM *Subject:* Phone system for remote/ satellite office Hello All, I was wondering if you had any suggestion or can share your experiences on phone system ideas for an office of three execs and one receptionist. I am looking for a low cost solution. I have considered fonality and avaya which can get expensive roughly 10 -15k with installation. Thanks in advance. David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Phone System
We just installed an Inter-Tel system and we're real happy so far. Their installation teams were superb. From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone System Inter-tel has some good products but they were bought by Mitel, so who knows. On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 3:12 PM, David Baca [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: remote office for a larger org. - Original Message From: Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:03:37 PM Subject: RE: Phone System Stand alone office, or a remote location for a larger organization? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 2:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone System Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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I recently had an AVAYA IP office system installed. 6 nodes, one main office and 5 remote. Aside from the normal phone system upgrade crap it is a wonderful system. Traditional PBX on site and communication between sites is done via voip. Each pbx is able to do voip to any number of stations you want to license. Big trunks and high end switches through out. Voip is not a problem anywhere in the system. IMHO VOIP voice quality has still not caught up with a digital pbx. M _ From: Steve Hart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone System We just installed an Inter-Tel system and we're real happy so far. Their installation teams were superb. _ From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone System Inter-tel has some good products but they were bought by Mitel, so who knows. On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 3:12 PM, David Baca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: remote office for a larger org. - Original Message From: Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:03:37 PM Subject: RE: Phone System Stand alone office, or a remote location for a larger organization? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 2:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone System Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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Check out http://www.trixbox.com/ based on asterix I'm using their free community version on a vmware server, seems to work well for my home. Or if you want something that has all the traditional pbx features, the Avaya range is good, but from my opinion stay away from the IP office. Cheers Matt From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 August 2008 19:03 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone System Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David _ This e-mail (including all attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Thank You. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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Did I mention it's totally manageable from your desktop? Easy squeezy , manage any node from where you sit. _ From: Matt Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:55 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone System I recently had an AVAYA IP office system installed. 6 nodes, one main office and 5 remote. Aside from the normal phone system upgrade crap it is a wonderful system. Traditional PBX on site and communication between sites is done via voip. Each pbx is able to do voip to any number of stations you want to license. Big trunks and high end switches through out. Voip is not a problem anywhere in the system. IMHO VOIP voice quality has still not caught up with a digital pbx. M _ From: Steve Hart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone System We just installed an Inter-Tel system and we're real happy so far. Their installation teams were superb. _ From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone System Inter-tel has some good products but they were bought by Mitel, so who knows. On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 3:12 PM, David Baca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: remote office for a larger org. - Original Message From: Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:03:37 PM Subject: RE: Phone System Stand alone office, or a remote location for a larger organization? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 2:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone System Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Phone System
Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Phone System
Stand alone office, or a remote location for a larger organization? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 2:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone System Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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remote office for a larger org. - Original Message From: Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:03:37 PM Subject: RE: Phone System Stand alone office, or a remote location for a larger organization? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From:David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 2:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone System Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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Inter-tel has some good products but they were bought by Mitel, so who knows. On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 3:12 PM, David Baca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: remote office for a larger org. - Original Message From: Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:03:37 PM Subject: RE: Phone System Stand alone office, or a remote location for a larger organization? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ *From:* David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2008 2:03 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Phone System Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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We have a full-blown Cisco UCM-BE system in our main office, but we had a CME (router based) before that, and both systems worked pretty nicely for us. We plan to upgrade our office across town to a Cisco CME once their old Toshiba CTX100 system is fully depreciated, or dies, whichever comes first. When we were looking at VoIP systems a few years ago, we determined that the Cisco system had more of the features *we* actually needed and used for less money than the others at the time. Asterisk would have made it farther in the competition if we could have found a firm within a 2hr radius that could help deploy and maintain it. InterTel, Mitel, ShoreTel and PingTel were all short-listed in that same study and all of them were nice. In my experience, it's usually best to sick with the same manufacturer of VoIP equipment across an organization. The minor incompatibilities will net you major headaches. I'd touch bases with the larger org to find out what their VoIP plans are and work with them to find a solution that meets your needs and budget. Ted Crow Information Technology Manager Tuttle Services, Inc. From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone System remote office for a larger org. - Original Message From: Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:03:37 PM Subject: RE: Phone System Stand alone office, or a remote location for a larger organization? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 2:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone System Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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I spotted an integrated 3Com Asterix device at the Network world expo that looked interesting. On 8/18/08, David Baca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I am looking at options for a phone system for a relatively small office. Currently about five or six people. I am interested in VOIP options available. I have had some experience with asterisk and polycom phones but wanted to see what others are doing/using for small offices. Regards, David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ -- -- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
