Is it Possible to Take Vonage up a Notch…

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I am throwing this out to the Vonage community in order to explore a seemingly good idea.

I am a consultant working with a small business; the relevant conundrum is the organization, which I represent, is not nearly large enough to support the costly and somewhat overbearing VoIP solutions available for "small businesses."

We have a full (data) T1 line (1.5Mb up and down the pipe.) I am trying to create a solution where the company has one telephone number that ‘rolls over’ into 6 lines (or internal extensions.) I realize a majority of the internal functionality is dependent on the IP/PBX however; I am trying to determine how Vonage could or will become the "phone provider."

Does anyone know if Vonage uses any particular hardware provider (besides Linksys) in order to complete the gateway. Linksys (to my knowledge) only provides a two-line solution.

Kind Reagrds...

Posts: 7 · New Forum Member Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 7

I guess you could use call hunt off of the main number? Also with a Vonage Business account you have the ability to transfer calls to the other internal numbers?

As for a voice gateway I'm fairly certain that it is not possible. In theory you are able to use and SIP compliant gateway with Vonage, but they will not activate that. I know of only one other provider that has a good solution for a small business (approx 3-10 lines). I'm not sure if I'm able to use other providers names so i will not unless someone tells me its OK first. I am new to this forum, but have about 10 active Vonage lines, and dont want to break any rules.

Hope this helps?

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 30, 2005 Posts: 2

I am not sure if Vonage will allow the other equipment either. I'm in the same boat as TitanWireless in this one I know of a company that can but it would need to be ok'd with Vonage to put their name up.

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 20, 2005 Posts: 5

i currently have 3 vonage lines connected to a nortel phone system. i have 2 linksys vonage routers.. i have them "chained" together. the first one has lines 1 and 2 coming out of it. the second is plugged into one of the first one's network ports, then line 3 (for me) comes out of the line 1 port of the second linksys...

it's working quite well.. no complaints, so far..

it would be nice to have a voice router that had more than 2 lines... 4, at least... just so i can have a little simplicity in the set up, though..

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