http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/centrex tag posts with centrex Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:02:20 -0800 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:02:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/24801/Centrex-vs-Other-Office-Phone-Systems Centrex/CustoPAK vs. Other Phone Systems: Should I get one? I'm setting up a new office and we need a phone system. I found <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/16404">this</a> thread very interesting. After looking into PBX (including Asterisk), key systems, hosted PBX and other IP-based systems, it looks to me that given our needs, Centrex is the ticket, primarily because it's really cheap and we don't need to learn how to admin anything (I'm really not looking forward to poring over a horribly-written manual for some clone 1A2 hw while everyone's freaking out that the phones are down). <br> <br> There will be about seven people in the office total, and three or four who really use the phone all the time. I was thinking of getting four lines with three jacks per desk, and some regular three-line cheap phones. Verizon lets you pay for your install month-by-month with no interest, which is nice for a startup. So my impression is that when you have a small company, with no in-house phone expertise, Centrex is both the cheapest and the easiest thing to use. Am I missing anything here? Has anyone had a Centrex setup and hated it? Horror stories? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.24801 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:02:20 -0800 telephone phone voicemail phonelines work phonesystems pbx centrex jeb