I setup asterisk phone systems using our local phone companies service called single number reach. http://snr.bell.ca
It works good you setup your computer with asterisk/ freepbx and you gather a bunch of providers and you get the best of both worlds
a business phone number thats fairly stable that rings through to 5 different providers then worst case a backup pstn line then possibly a cell or fax line…
it first started off pretty good a $14.95 service… we tested it and where able to do like 4-5 simultaneous calls through it… (not bad and cheap for a web interface ring hunt service.) Recently they been having issues and slowly upgrading it and raising the cost… (they limited to passing only 3 calls recently) its up to $19.95 last I checked my bill this month… I am starting to think I could find a voip provider that will do this for me (for same cost) and give me mins… I figure vonage does… but 3 hours on hold 5 people later finnaly a second level support gave me the feeling if I can run there service on my setup with a vphone… they sorta I hear not support what I want anyway… (hunt group for internal numbers only and forward to one outside line!) based on the soft phone works with asterisks http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+and+Vonage
I know USA company verison has a feature… but I am canadian… Does anyone know a provider for roughly $20 a month CAD or USD can provide a service like that that has the backbone to actualy be up if something goes wrong.
I called primus and allstream… and well bell I have… sorta need a alternative… just shooting the question out there… Telus I have called a few months back and do not have anything and they don’t support Ontario as much … sorta Bell Canada territory
there has to be some othere service providers that could move a ajax ontario canada number over!
Anyone? know of anything…