[RLUG] [Off-topic] Phone systems

[Chris Kissinger]

There's a lot of things to consider when doing a phone system. You say 12
stations but how many physical lines are needed? 

If you just want to have as many lines as stations then a Centrex solution
would work great. Each person gets their own direct dial line but then
there's also all the aspects of a PBX with transferring calls, voicemail,
etc.

Say you only want 4 physical lines... Now you need to consider all the
various features that are required. Do you just want all the lines to ring
at every phone? With something this small you can get away with just using
higher end business phones or cordless phones. They are coming rather
feature rich now and each phone can be an extension w/o the need for a true
PBX system.

If you wanted to go with more features or more lines that 4 and less than 12
then you need to look into a true PBX or VoIP solution. From there the more
features the more $$$ is basically how it's going to go.

For simplicity and not wanting to manage an in house PBX or VoIP getting a
Centrex solution is going to be the best bet.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: rlug-bounces at rlug.org [mailto:rlug-bounces at rlug.org] On Behalf Of Tim
Moss
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:26 AM
To: rlug at rlug.org
Subject: [RLUG] [Off-topic] Phone systems

This isn't a Linux question but I thought some people on this list might
have experience installing or having a phone system installed.
A friend of mine is opening an office in Carson City and is going to
need a phone system setup for about a dozen stations. Does anybody on
this list do that sort of thing or know a good person/company who does?
Thanks for any help.

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