3CX / Home/Office Usage

[kpms]

Hello;
Forgive me as I am quite a novice when it comes to 3CX/Asterisk and still learning the basics

At my home I have prewired CAT5 throughout and I wish to have 4 Phones (Office, Kitchen, Living Room, Bedroom)
I want one generic voice mail for all 4 extensions and I do not wish to have an auto-attendant. When a person phones
all phones to ring. As well I will be doing some office work out of the house and will require 2-3 lines outgoing.

My problem is I am having issues understanding the lingo for "SipTrunks" and Providers.

With a SIP Trunk the "Channels" is that the Number of accessible lines?

I am doing the research at this point on what I need to purchase and get things up and running. My phone choice is the
Cisco 7940/7960 running the SIP protocol.

If someone knows of a reputable SIP Trunk Provider in Western Canada that they may suggest. I have tried googling but
finding way too much information or some places I do not feel 100% comfortable with.

Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Kris

 

[leejor]

Hello;
Forgive me as I am quite a novice when it comes to 3CX/Asterisk and still learning the basics

At my home I have prewired CAT5 throughout and I wish to have 4 Phones (Office, Kitchen, Living Room, Bedroom)
I want one generic voice mail for all 4 extensions and I do not wish to have an auto-attendant. When a person phones
all phones to ring. As well I will be doing some office work out of the house and will require 2-3 lines outgoing.

Best thing is to put all lines into one ring group (ring all). You'll have to decide which set will get the voice mail, probably one near the door so you'll see it flashing when you come in. Ring Group will forward to that line if not answered after a given time. If you do use SIP phones with multiple number keys you could have an appearance of the voice mail set as one of the keys to easily retrieve VM from any set.

My problem is I am having issues understanding the lingo for "SipTrunks" and Providers.

With a SIP Trunk the "Channels" is that the Number of accessible lines?

If you pay for one or more lines from a provider, then that's what you get. They all come in over your ADSL/Cable high speed connection rather than each requiring a pair of wires from the phone company. They could each have a different number or be multiples of the same pilot number. You could have a trunk to local VoIP number and a trunk to an outgoing only long distance provider.

I am doing the research at this point on what I need to purchase and get things up and running. My phone choice is the
Cisco 7940/7960 running the SIP protocol.

You might want to read this post...http://www.3cx.com/forums/cisco-ip-phone-15895.html

If someone knows of a reputable SIP Trunk Provider in Western Canada that they may suggest. I have tried googling but
finding way too much information or some places I do not feel 100% comfortable with.

Make sure that you get a provider that allows you to use your own equipment, many of the "big name player" will only support their own ATA. I haven't used these guys but I do know someone that has, with no issues. They have been around for a few years. http://www.peopleline.net/pstelco/index.htm

Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Kris

 

[LeonidasG_3CX]

I am doing the research at this point on what I need to purchase and get things up and running. My phone choice is the
Cisco 7940/7960 running the SIP protocol.

I wouldn't suggest them unless you like setup configuration headaches.
Unless you already know how to configure them, or you know someone who will do it for you i wouldn't try going near those phones.


Why don't you buy something from Cisco's new phones? They can be up and running with no technical knowledge in 1 minute.