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5 Replies Last post: Jan 12, 2008 1:50 AM by albertga

Does anyone know?

Jan 11, 2008 1:07 AM

Click to view bomy12's profile Start-up bomy12 1 posts since
Jan 11, 2008

Hi all,

I want to organize my small business so I am looking for an affordable PBX
system that I can communicate to each and every employee and save my lots of
time and money. Does anyone have any idea that which one is the best and where
should I go for purchase? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
in advance!

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Click to view LUCKIEST's profile SCORE LUCKIEST 5,265 posts since
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1. Re: Does anyone know? Jan 11, 2008 6:44 AM
Hi 12, A Private Branch eXchange (PBX) is a telephone exchange that serves a particular business or office,
as opposed to one that a common carrier or telephone company operates for many businesses.
34, If you google PBX, the first three listings are
PBX phone system - QUOTES
PBX phone System
and FREE PBX Guide
A good place to start. Good luck, LUCKIEST
Click to view DomainDiva's profile Mogul DomainDiva 1,164 posts since
Oct 10, 2007
2. Re: Does anyone know? Jan 11, 2008 9:23 AM
A PBX system is expensive. They are installed by private companies. You say communication is important and I am assuming communication when people are out of the office as well which means a PBX system would then be moot unless there is some kind of call forwarding to hone, or cell phones.

Have you thought about contacting a wireless provider and seeing what kind of deal they can make for you? There are scads of wireless devices on the market now that perform many different functions from MSWord & Excel, to email and internet access. It seems to me that a PBX system is miniting.
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Dec 28, 2007
3. Re: Does anyone know? Jan 11, 2008 10:04 AM
I am going to presume you know for sure you need PBX.

Have you considered Asterisk PBX? All you would need then is a computer (it could very easily be a computer several years old).

http://www.asterisk.org/

Then pretty much any telco could set you up with the corresponding services you would need from them.

Don't be afraid to try to tackle this project yourself even if you are not extremely technical there are a lot of tutorials online and large support forums filled with friendly and knowledgable people.

I hope that helps. Good luck!
Click to view arose535's profile Start-up arose535 1 posts since
Jan 11, 2008
4. Re: Does anyone know? Jan 11, 2008 1:25 PM
I'm not at all aware of your specific requirements, but if communication with employees is important and they are frequently on the move, you might want to consider a virtual, web-based communications system like GotVmail.com. For less than $40/month you get an 800 number, a local number, numerous voice mail boxes, each individual can set their calls to forward to multiple other phones based on specific times of the day, there is music on hold, an employee phone directory, as well as many other features. It's a great business tool! Just something you might want to look into before making a big investment in a PBX system.
Click to view albertga's profile Start-up albertga 1 posts since
Jan 12, 2008
5. Re: Does anyone know? Jan 12, 2008 1:50 AM

Yeas! It’s fantastic idea to manage of any small business. I have also a
small business and I installed a PBX machine before couple of months from
NEOBITS and it works without any problems. NEOBITS offers a wide range of [url=http://www.neobits.com/]small
Business phone systems [/url] and designed PBX systems for the small office.
You can buy PBX machines according to your required extensions. Hope this help
you.

Best of luck!

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