I am a very small computer business with only a few employees. I'm looking for a low cost VOIP Solution with the following considerations in order of importance:
1. Software based, running across a 2003 Enterprise Server network on XP, Vista, Win7, and windows mobile devices.
2. Quality of voice transmittion and sound clarity
3. Voicemail with multiple boxes (1 for sales, 2 for support, ect)
4. 1-800 capability
5. Integration with MS Outlook 2007 and/or Exchange 2007
6. Remote (Internet and phone) access to voicemail boxes
7. VOIP Access through public hotspots on Windows Mobile
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I checked out Asterisk and it looks like a great dev platform but I'm a windows shop (I fully appriciate what linux can do, I just took a different direction years ago).
3CX looks like a great start and I'm downloading it now... If I may... just a few followup questions:
1. Which is the best VOIP provider for quality of signal (skype, broadvoice, ???)?
2. Which softphone software works best for the price? Must work on XP, Vista, Mobile, Win7
1. I'm not sure there is a "Best" voip provider. We've had really good luck with www.link2voip.com. I'd also recommend telasip and voipstreet if you're in the USA.
2. For XP,Vista, and Windows 7 I'd recommend either the 3CX softphone or else Xlite. As far as windows mobile goes, depending on the phone you're running, some of them come with a softphone. I know I've used the softphone on the HTC phones with roms from ppcgeeks.
Running Trixbox on a POS computer is not a good idea. I know people do it but you really want your phone system on something that you know is stable. It doesn't need a great deal of resources but you want something that you can depend on. Of course it does make a difference if this is for yourself or for a client....
I should expand on my earlier comment regarding Freeswitch. It runs on Windows and comes with decent examples to get a pbx up and running.
Alright, so I take (let's say a 6 year old computer with extra ram/hd). Do a default install of Red Hat Linux. Install Trixbox and set it up with a VOIP Provider, right? Or is it much more complicated than that?
I could still use Windows softphones and such correct?
Is it worth the maintenance of a linux box when I'm a very small windows based software developement company? Or will the linux machine just quietly go about its business providing VOIP?
Go to trixbox.org download the bootable iso that will install CentOS linux and all of trixbox. Then do all of your configuration in trixbox. Get some sip trunks through someone like Vitelity, or throw in a sangoma or digium card for pots lines if you would rather use them. Trixbox will quietly go about it's business providing great voip service. Trust me you will forget about it compared to windows machines annoying you on tuesdays that there are new updates available. Download XLite for your softphones and you will be cruising with voip for the cost of $0.00 for trixbox and xlite + the computer that it runs on + cost of sip trunks (vitelity pay as you go is great and it is 1.4 cents per min).
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by: millsclPosted on 2009-11-04 at 06:53:24ID: 25739855
Given what seems to be a limited budget, check out Asterisk.
It is well supported by the open source community.