Telephone service.

Just after we moved onto this new property were we have high speed ADSL Internet service I opted not to get a telephone.

Instead we have a ghost number for the ADSL service, without the telephone service. I then purchased a Aastra voip telephone with a cordless handset..

Signed up with https://www.voip.ms

Awesome service with plenty of added features for $0.0125 a minute billed in 6 second increments, toll free calls are free, all voip.ms to voip.ms are also free. call forward, all blocking, change your caller ID to any random number of your choosing.

It cost me $1.98 a month for my number, I get two lines that enable simultaneous outbound or incoming calls.

If you sign up for a 1 800 number you would have unlimited channels, outbound and inbound calling features. if you did not have enough operators to answer your inbound calls they would go to call waiting where you could have a recorded message about your fine services that you have to offer.

A multi line system for your office would probably require a PBX system, which can be built using open source software on an old PC.

If you need more info on how to set up a PBX system follow this link.
http://www.asterisk.org/

Just thought I would throw this information out there for those of you who are thinking about growing your business.

That's good info, getting tired of paying $40 + bucks a month for current line.

IF you want to use your current phones for home use you can use www.voipyourlife.com I use them and its only $27 a month KZBell and you can plug your regular phone right into the box they send you. Much better then paying $40 a month for a land line.

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That's good info, getting tired of paying $40 + bucks a month for current line.

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As long as your paying for your current service you own the telephone number, for a small fee you can have your number ported over to the voip service then tell the telephone company to take a hike as you cancel your service and still keep the number.

One of the features I like with this voip service, any voice messages get emailed to me as wav files no matter where I'm at. I have my service configured to drop any callers who do not display a caller ID.

I've only had one telemarketer call with caller ID I added his/her number to my blocked callers list, all others are dropped or you could call forward these unidentified callers to anywhere or anyone in the world.

For instance I could have set this telemarketers caller ID number to forward any future calls back to his/her pbx switchboard to be picked up by another operator working out of the same office. Remember 1 800 numbers have a round robin of unlimited incoming channels, either the caller would have been on hold or picked up by another operator.

A net buddy whom I have never met has re mailed some packages for me that I had purchased from ebayers who would not ship to Canada. As a gift to him I acquired a local number that he could dial toll free from his home.

The service is called callback, anyhow once he dialed the number I acquired he would get a busy signal, hang up, the service would call him back with a dial tone from which he could now call anywhere in the world on my nickel by just dialing straight out from that dial tone

The only hitch with this voip service is that you have to make a deposit to prepay for services, the upside is you can set the parameters to email you when your funds are getting low to avoid interruptions in service. I have my low balance triggered at $10.00

Does anybody else use Google Voice? If you've never heard of it, GOOGLE it. I use it for a business number. A call will go to any telephone or as many as you want and to your email.

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Does anybody else use Google Voice? If you've never heard of it, GOOGLE it. I use it for a business number. A call will go to any telephone or as many as you want and to your email.

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That's what I have.

I have an OBi110 set up with Google voice. Paid around $50 for the OBi....and Google voice is still free for the time being.

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Originally Posted by Mick

Does anybody else use Google Voice? If you've never heard of it, GOOGLE it. I use it for a business number. A call will go to any telephone or as many as you want and to your email.

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Yes, I use Google Voice. Wish they had something for fax to email as well, but perhaps in time.

magic jack 40$ a year

Thanks for the share.

Can you guys using google voice or magic jack get a 1 800 number fro your business, with MS I can get a toll free number with the few mouse clicks.