VOIP solutions...

[Brad Pears]

We are looking at getting into the VOIP arena and wonder what types of
products are available for reasonable prices out there. We currently have a
COMDIAL phone system and would be interested at integrating that system into
a new VOIP system - but for now, just allowing users at their computers to
do this over our broadband connection would do the job.

Can anyone point me to some companies out there that are offering
inexpensive software to do this and have maybe had some experience with
them?

Thanks, Brad

 

[Armin]

We are looking at getting into the VOIP arena and wonder what types of
products are available for reasonable prices out there. We currently have a
COMDIAL phone system and would be interested at integrating that system into
a new VOIP system - but for now, just allowing users at their computers to
do this over our broadband connection would do the job.

Can anyone point me to some companies out there that are offering
inexpensive software to do this and have maybe had some experience with
them?

Thanks, Brad

http://www.skype.com

Best of all it's FREE!

 

[Charlie Tame]

We are looking at getting into the VOIP arena and wonder what types of
products are available for reasonable prices out there. We currently have
a COMDIAL phone system and would be interested at integrating that system
into a new VOIP system - but for now, just allowing users at their
computers to do this over our broadband connection would do the job.

Can anyone point me to some companies out there that are offering
inexpensive software to do this and have maybe had some experience with
them?

Thanks, Brad

I would go with Skype as it is free of stuff like stupid toolbars etc that
get downloaded along with some others.


Beware that if you sign on at one machine it does NOT sign you off at
others, like Yahoo does, so your users will have to take some responsibility
for the security of their own ID. It is useful as an instant messenger and I
find the quality good, get them a headset maybe. I use it mainly for US to
UK and it's like 2c a minute or something like that. Free across the US and
Canada.

What Comdial have you got? A recent one? We have DXP that is only 10 years
old but way out of date

I find this company very helpful and even if they do not do business where
you are they may well be able to suggest an associate.

www.vodaci.com

And maybe even more into hosted VOIP are Lightedge

http://www.lightedge.com/


You do need to resist impulsive decisions with phone systems I reckon but
these folks both see pretty genuine in trying to give you what you need
rather than what they make most money on

Good Luck,

Charlie