RE: FN-FORUM: VOIP and Featureline

date posted 1st September 2005 17:33

Have you considered www.voipfone.co.uk ? dirt cheap VOIP provider and =
full
vPBX for =A31 per month per extension I think.

I have my Voip line though them and have had very little in the way of
problems while I've been with them.

Get yourself some sipura 2000's or 3000's and you've got yourself a mini
call-centre. :)

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf=20
>Of Nathan
>Sent: 01 September 2005 16:20
>To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: VOIP and Featureline
>
>
>Julian Voelcker wrote:
>> Does anyone have any experience with FeatureLine, BT's cheap PBX=20
>> system?
>>=20
>> The main restriction is that it only works on phones=20
>connected to the=20
>> local telephone exchange.
>>=20
>> I was wondering if there was any way of extending the range by using=20
>> VOIP as a form of extension?
>>=20
>> I was thinking along the lines of having an extra Featureline phone=20
>> socket being put in one office which has a gizmo to link it=20
>to the net=20
>> and then another gizmo in my own office that I can plug the=20
>featureline=20
>> phone into.
>
>Humm,
>
>Not 100% sure what you want but there are "gizmos" about that will let=20
>you use things like skype through your normal telephones. The=20
>ones I've=20
>seen are mainly for home users thou.
>
>You plug it in to your computer via usb, plug your phone line and a=20
>phone into it, then when someone calls you on skype then the=20
>phone will=20
>ring. Also you can dial out using skype by prefixing your call=20
>with a *=20
>or something.
>
>(Funny you should call it a "gizmo" as there is a new home=20
>VOIP solution=20
>called the same thing ... http://www.gizmoproject.com/)
>
>
>The other thing I'll be looking at shortly is Asterisk,=20
>, which is and open source PBX. There are=20
>companies about that will forward a telephone number to an IP address=20
>using VOIP for around =A33/month. You can then use asterisk to do =
pretty=20
>much what you would do with a normal PBX (as far as I=20
>understand anyway).
>
>I'll be getting a test box up to play with it. I will report back (if=20
>people want) with what its like, the plan is to use it as a=20
>business line.
>
>
>Nathan
>
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