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Re: [LUG] Own Asterisk Server

 

tom wrote:
> Edwin Rhodes wrote:
>   
>> Hello can I setup FreePBX in a virtual machine and use it to setup a group
>> of ciso phones for both internal calls and external via sip to other
>> people??? I presume pstn cards are needed to connect to phone network or can
>> I configure the phones to connect using sip to the phone network? Very new
>> to this pbx thing. Thanks ed.
>>   
>>     
> You don't need phones - you can use £3 headsets - some say these are not 
> as good as phones but if you want to reduce desk clutter in an office 
> ... and watch U-tube without disturbing everyone.... Try one with 
> audacity to see how it sounds to you.
> You don't need to a phone line - there are services that you can access 
> that will connect you to the PSTN should you require - last time I 
> looked the pricing was quite good but that assumed you weren't paying 
> for the phone line you've probably already got for your broadband. But 
> if you can steal an open wireless connection....
> Tom te tom te tom
>
>
>   

Headsets and soft phones are ok for home use.. but for people to accept 
a voip system in a business you really need to look in to hard phones, 
they just look and feel (and regularly sound) right..

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