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Hi all, new member here.
I would like to introduce myself, I am an owner of a small telephone company (business phone systems) here in NY, and I have been in the business for thirty years. I am very much interested in learning the “non traditional” communication applications that are available today, unlike my colleagues, I see this is the future in this industry. So in short I am no longer in “denial”
I and my crew have implemented many traditional VOIP phone systems, mostly the ESI product, with that said, I still consider use very green in this computer telephony industry.
I have many questions, and I guess the first step should be setting up one of these systems in my office, would you agree with that? I see there is a “free edition” of the 3Cx software as well as pay version, my understanding by looking at the website is that the pay version gives you more features and functionality, would that be a correct statement?
If so, could you help me to get started with the “free version”? I think I might want to start with SIP trunking as opposed to PSTN, reason being is the cost for the VOIP gateway. So with that said I need some recommendations on a SIP trunk provider (say 3 lines or so, and the hardware to configure a small system for test purposes in my office, figure 3 or 4 phones with one remote worker. Could I set this up on a dedicated laptop that has windows XP?
Thanks in advance for your help, if there are any questions you need to ask me on the “traditional” end of this business, I would be more than happy to help you with that.
Best Regards,
Walter
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I would like to introduce myself, I am an owner of a small telephone company (business phone systems) here in NY, and I have been in the business for thirty years. I am very much interested in learning the “non traditional” communication applications that are available today, unlike my colleagues, I see this is the future in this industry. So in short I am no longer in “denial”
I and my crew have implemented many traditional VOIP phone systems, mostly the ESI product, with that said, I still consider use very green in this computer telephony industry.
I have many questions, and I guess the first step should be setting up one of these systems in my office, would you agree with that? I see there is a “free edition” of the 3Cx software as well as pay version, my understanding by looking at the website is that the pay version gives you more features and functionality, would that be a correct statement?
If so, could you help me to get started with the “free version”? I think I might want to start with SIP trunking as opposed to PSTN, reason being is the cost for the VOIP gateway. So with that said I need some recommendations on a SIP trunk provider (say 3 lines or so, and the hardware to configure a small system for test purposes in my office, figure 3 or 4 phones with one remote worker. Could I set this up on a dedicated laptop that has windows XP?
Thanks in advance for your help, if there are any questions you need to ask me on the “traditional” end of this business, I would be more than happy to help you with that.
Best Regards,
Walter
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