VOIP Telephone system

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Hey there.
I need some help with VOIP.
I installed an ADSL line in my company for VOIP. I was then informed by the company installing the VOIP system, that they no longer could do the installation, due to a fallout with there suppliers.
I am now have an ADSL installed (Telkom 2 yr contract), and no VOIP system.
Can anyone suggest a company that does VOIP, so that I can cut the cost of my telkom calls?

Thanks
 
dude all the VOIP systems that "companies" do will still cost you money. consider getting SKYPE for each person ? then skype business ? its all free, you can buy your airtime from one central point and distribute to eahc person, even set it to auto top up each of them and best of all is no VOIP system out there can beat skype rates, and skype is VERY simple to use, you can get an adaptor for your phone so you can use the telkom phone for normal and skype calls without any change on the users side.

dont get some company like Storm or Voxtelecom,. its a waste of money. you can run many users at a time on one 512k adsl lines without anybody experiencing any problems!

also if you dont like skype you can simply uninstall it, no contracts, no nothing.
 
And what if you want to be able to receive calls?

Come on albert123. Skype is NOT what VoIP is all about.
 
daffy said:
And what if you want to be able to receive calls?

Come on albert123. Skype is NOT what VoIP is all about.
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so what is VOIP about then? saving money? or spending the same but letting it now go "digitally" instead of analogue?

with a simple device you can still have the normal telkom phone and simply use your skype for outgoing calls. incoming calls is free?
 
Astrix... the linux Voip solution..
Still need some kind of hardeware for it to run.
 
What about a business.
Do all the people in the business have to have a Skype Phone and a normal Telkom phone?
Incoming calls are not free, you still have to pay line rental.

Skype is just giving VoIP a bad name.
Its taking it to the masses, which, in a way, is great.
But in another way, its giving everyone the wrong idea of how VoIP really works, and what it can do.
 
*appluads daffy* Don't like skype much either to be honest... A propper VoIP System (Such as Asteriks) provides a far more flexible and feature rich option than skype does....
 
Oh christ... Without even bothering to open a web site...

- Call waiting
- Music on Hold
- Hunt Groups
- Multi Subscriber Numbers
- Call Attendants
- Switch boards?!?!
- The list goes on....
 
Any half decent VoIP enabled PABX system would have those features - and more. It's considered 'standard'. If I really start searching, the list will become long with features, and then you can maybe go and discuss what makes the one better than the other.

The point remains, for a BUSINESS, Skype, makes absolutely NO sense what so ever if you are serious about your telecomunication needs... Personal use, or general 1 to 1 business use, sure, it might work. But skype has a VERY long way to go before it can even be considered as a replacement for a PABX system.

If you have the money - buy a PABX (Cisco, 3Com comes to mind as good choices for VoIP). If the budget is tight, Asterisks is your friend. Personally, due to the nature of Asterisks and the amount of development still going on in the system, I'll personally use Asterisk as a last resort... I know there might be some that will disagree with me here, but it's a free country ;)
 
We have just trialed a VOIP product from GVSC. It is a telephone that connects directly to ur ethernet port and ur network cable for ur pc can be connected to the back of the phone. U get given a number which u can dial other people for free (like skype but without the software). U can also make calls to normal phones and cell phones at a slightly reduced fee. I must say for the week we had the phone it was awesome. :) To contact them : 011 450 3401 or [email protected]
 
The difference between asterisk and traditional pabx systems is where asterisk provides many features for free, traditional pabx companies sell those features as additional 'licenses'. These licenses have made asterisk a viable option given that the IT manager can grasp the basic asterisk administration. If you do not have have someone within your company that can perform the basic asterisk admin/maintenance, go for a traditional pabx solution. Asterisk implementation costs vary and some companies are really forgetting that the purpose of asterisk was open source from the beginning. you can simply only charge for support/admin services and not the software (unless enterprize)

In my opinion skype, the voice quality/codec part, is excellent. It is however a single user solution. It was never meant to be a replacement for a pabx, so to critize it for falling short as an smb/enterprize solution would be a mistake. However there are already third party solutions for expanding a existing pabx system to intergrate with the skype protocol.

On the long run I envisage the iax and sip protocol to be the business friendliest.
 
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