Some years ago I used an application on my home PC that ran a voicemail service, handled income faxes, etc. Just wondering if there's a contemporary equivalent that might support handling of incoming calls (forwarded from various mobiles, etc.)...
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I remember those days! Was it something like Zetafax?
You might find it to be more hassle than it's worth and instead consider an online service such as numberstore.com, gradwell.com, efax etc. much more flexible, accessible from anywhere and you don't have to have your PC switched on.
You might find it to be more hassle than it's worth and instead consider an online service such as numberstore.com, gradwell.com, efax etc. much more flexible, accessible from anywhere and you don't have to have your PC switched on.
Thanks - that's the one I couldn't think of...
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It depends on size, asterisk is great but as said if you wand a few isdn bundles on there the cost will go up rapidly. However if it is smallish. Take a look at fritz!box. They are quality routers with built in telephone system where you can easily blend plain old BT style telephony with Internet ip telephony. It also has a built in dect server for cordless phones, can handle extensions mailboxes etc.
Alternatively, or in conjunction with, sip gate do interesting cloud solutions as well.
Alternatively, or in conjunction with, sip gate do interesting cloud solutions as well.
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SIP trunks are free these days, and UK geographical numbers can be had for less than £2/month and call costs are generally very cheap. The only reason I have a BT number is for my ISP.... and the fact I have an all-in calling package.
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arad85 said:
Actually geographical numbers an be free
I run 5 at my home in an nice orderly number range 
But broadband isn't free however, especially not the kind thy comes with guaranteed service and contention ratios that supports this professionally.
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Fibre does wonders for this
Have been looking into this a little more, there seems to be a divide of opinion between having a 'landline' number rather than a mobile number (e.g. on a website) to look more professional, and customers being reluctant to pay for calls to, e.g. 0845 numbers.
What are your experiences in this regard?
What are your experiences in this regard?
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Landline in my opinion. And yes I would provide normal geographic numbers as most people can dial them free from their allowance on their mobile or landline package.
Strictly speaking 0845 should be free to dial as well, as the whole idea behind it was to have a national call at a local price. But the fact that you brought that number up as a number that people may be reluctant to call whilst they really shouldn't just demonstrates the confusion that is there for ordinary consumers.
Just use a normal landline number and at least everybody knows where they stand You could use the sipgate app on your iPhone or Android phone and have the number always to hand, or even when mobile appear like you are dialing from in the office
Strictly speaking 0845 should be free to dial as well, as the whole idea behind it was to have a national call at a local price. But the fact that you brought that number up as a number that people may be reluctant to call whilst they really shouldn't just demonstrates the confusion that is there for ordinary consumers.
Just use a normal landline number and at least everybody knows where they stand
You could use the sipgate app on your iPhone or Android phone and have the number always to hand, or even when mobile appear like you are dialing from in the office