<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #333333'>**Disclosure: First Post on ale.org. Feel free to bash or tease if I am not following posting protocol.** <br>Greetings all,<br>I am a support engineer working in the metro-atlanta area and our company is ready to make the move from antiquated digital phones to VOIP.<br>Is there a phone veteran or linux guru out there that has experience with asterisk and its various flavors?<br>I'm interested in self-hosted solutions that can support over 200 end users, a 24/7 costumer service operation and possibly "click-screen-to-answer" integration.<br>I'm familiar with the big players like Digium, but I'm wondering if there is a better way to get our operation up and running without the huge sticker price.<br>Any thoughts, guidance or info is greatly appreciated,<br>-ab<br><span><br>-- <br><span name="x"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(252, 112, 2);">Aaron Blowers | Technology Support Engineer </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
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