On 30 Aug, 17:45, Steven <s...@steg.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> We will be changing offices over the next month or two. Our current
> phone gear is leased from the owners and won't be coming with us. It's
> ISDN using Avaya kit; we use 10 lines on there.
>
> We were thinking about a move to VoIP. Is this feasible for a business
> with a measily 10 lines or so, or is the business world not quite ready
> for that? I accept there'd be a risk of broadband going down, but with
> POTS fall-over from the VoIP provider we could live with that... IF
> there'd be benefits elsewhere.
>
> The features we'd like are:
>
> * 10 IP Phones
> * Ability to receive calls on 10 DDI's
> * Voicemail
> * Internal/ External Call transfer
> * Route a DDI to a teleworkers phone at home or mobile
> * The box to run everything (Preferably an all-in-1 solution, and maybe
> look into something like Asterisk later.)
>
> Easily achievable, or should we stick with ISDN?

In my view, it is feasible to go VoIP- only if you have a dedicated
broadband line for voice. ADSLMax perhaps? And there's Swyx and
VOIspeed to consider as well as Asterisk...If I were moving office I
think I'd go VoIP only!