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Why use PBX? Go for VoIP instead. It's cheaper, more portable, more flexible, etc. You have a much wider range of hardware choices, and you can even use soft phones on your computer and mobile devices (Your iphone or even iPad can even become an extension). Route calls to your home or Skype, record calls, have voicemail messages emailed to you, and much more.
You can even take a hardware phone with you as you travel and have instant access to your calls from any Internet connection. Some phones (such as the Cisco 525G have built-in Bluetooth and Wifi) letting you make and take office calls, wirelessly, though its more elegant to use voip or route to your mobile device. But still. I did this for the Qwebec Expo last year and it worked perfectly.
Try
http://www.ringcentral.com
or
http://8x8.com |
I have ring central now, works great. However I have 3 sales people and incoming calls and the current solution doesn't work well and causing problems, mostly the constant solicitor calls.
As well when we make outbound calls, people call back the number dialed, so if that line is in use, there is no call hunting available and just busy.
I'm looking at some of these Nortel systems on eBay which look pretty good for 6 phones and the box. I got a response back from one seller saying I just need to provide the phone lines and have someone install the lines into the box, which would probably be about $100 or so.
Before we had all our lines forward to our Ring Central number, problem is you can get any of the landlines to actually ring since it keeps forwarding, so they can only be used for outbound calls.
Comcasts pricing is insane and they charge a boatload for equipment and won't install any purchased devices that are not there's. however we do need voice lines and theirs are te cheapest for unlimited calls (4 lines at $85/mo.), and our building can't handle FiOS yet so cable is a must.
If I can figure a way to plug these lines into a system, I'd be happy