>> We are in the market for a new phone system. The company has
>> approximately 35 employees with 3 - 5 remote workers we want to tie in
>> with VOIP connections. We currently have an AT&T Partner system that
>> has served us very well. Our needs are fairly simple and the system
>> should be easy to maintain with a broad support base. We are
>> considering Avaya, Intertel, Cisco and 3Com. I would appreciate any
>> good recommendations.
> Asterisk. You can use any open source VoIP phone, the sofware is open
> source, runs on Linux. It's a bit of a pain to set up but the cost
> savings are very high.
I second that, you can check
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for an easy installation package.
I have used asterisk software for IVR systems that handles thousands of calls a day -- so 35 users is a breeze.
Joss.