@thecreativeone91 said:

Huh? an SSD doesn't imply a 2.5" drive. http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-120GB-Pocket-Drive-900718/dp/B00O0NV5HU

Holy Shit. That is one expensive drive.....

http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Turbo-128GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00FE2N1WS/

If so, I'll start a league

@scottalanmiller said:

I found 3CX to be unnecessarily complicated. A bit harder to use than more powerful and less constrained alternatives like Elastix and FreePBX. And needing a Windows license makes 3CX extra complicated and normally costly too.

That might be true if you already have a linux admin on staff.....

@IT-ADMIN said:

but the SIP trunk is related to his internet connection, so we need to ask him about his bandwidth

10 up 10 down

@thecreativeone91 said:

How many phones do you have? $5,000 is going to be tight.

Might have to wait until 2016 until we get a new budget.

50 Phones

@thecreativeone91 said:
get a phone system that can take PRI/T1 Directly

I did think about that. What system would you suggest?

@thecreativeone91 said:

What part are you referring to that's so expensive?

Looks like PRI Gateways are 2K

Have to try to do this for 5K

@thecreativeone91 said:

Why do you want to keep POTS lines?

I don't, but I can't drop that much money on this.

We already have POTS lines. Do they make a POTS to VoIP Gateway that is cheaper?

Holy Crap.

Looks like PRI Gateways are 2K.

@thecreativeone91 said:

Why does the fact that you are already paying for justify counting to pay for it?

They had to run fiber to the building so we are locked in for 5 years.

@thecreativeone91 said:

A SIP Trunk. I Doubt it comes with your internet package, maybe they put the costs together so you don't see the individual. I'm sure it's in no way a freebie included with the internet.

I agree. It's not free, but we are already paying for it.

As much as I would like it to, the company policy will not be changed, no matter how much I beg,

@thecreativeone91 said:

Company Policy. We never have more then 4 calls at a time.

You should question the company policy and try to get it changed then. If you only have 4 calls at a time a PRI is way over kill (both in size and pricing).

We already have the PRI connection, it comes with our ISP package. What would you suggest over PRI?

@g.jacobse said:

Why the limitation to a PRI? From what I know, PRIs are limited to 23 (simultaneous) connections.

Company Policy. We never have more then 4 calls at a time.

We have a aging Siemens PBX that is starting to fail (having to reboot it daily, etc.)

What's a good replacement?

I have started testing 3CX, but now I am wondering if there is something easier.

I can use VoIP internally, but I have to use a PRI connection for external calls. (Company Policy)

@thecreativeone91 That is correct. Not released yet.

@JaredBusch said:

I installed it at release but did not like that it was not able to work with the full B&R suite and use the same target.

That was supposed to be address in the next B&R update to come after the release. I should really go back and verify that. I really want to make use of this.

It works