The original article can be found here: How to setup your own office PBX
Building your own business phone system does not have to be an expensive project or technical nightmare only to be conquered by the most experienced professionals. Working with RingRoost's drag and drop phone system builder, anyone who knows how to boot up a computer can now set up their own phone system for their office or even home.
In this step by step guide I will show you how to setup a 3 line office phone system for your own company. The phone system we are going to setup has three phones each with their own ten digit phone number (accessible by anyone) and each with their own extensions. When one of three phones wants to dial another they simply dial the extension and are connected, if they want to dial out they simply dial the 10 digit phone number they want to reach and they are connected. One phone (considered the "main company phone") in the system has an interactive voice response menu that prompts anyone that calls it to dial 1 ,2 or 3 and then connected them to their desired extension. The main phone is also E911 capable, which is required for most office/small business and home phone systems in the USA.
Here is a link to a video that shows the whole process, you can watch the video and/or follow the steps below to setup your own PBX.
To give you a rough idea of what this will cost: I bought the three phones a total of $120 ($40 a piece), as far as service I have only used $8.50 in RingRoost's credits after 3 months of making and taking calls on my three line phone system.
After you signup you will need to get three phones number (or more or less depending on how many phones you want to setup). Buying a number is simple, in your RingRoost account under "Phone Numbers" click "Add Phone Number" and then search for your area code and select the number you want. Numbers are really cheap with RingRoost (under $1/mo for most numbers.) Here is example of buying numbers:
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After you have your three numbers, go to your dashboard and add a new call system names "My office PBX", after adding it click "View/Edit" and you will be taken into the Phone system builder.
Adding a new phone system:
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Building your own business phone system does not have to be an expensive project or technical nightmare only to be conquered by the most experienced professionals. Working with RingRoost's drag and drop phone system builder, anyone who knows how to boot up a computer can now set up their own phone system for their office or even home.
In this step by step guide I will show you how to setup a 3 line office phone system for your own company. The phone system we are going to setup has three phones each with their own ten digit phone number (accessible by anyone) and each with their own extensions. When one of three phones wants to dial another they simply dial the extension and are connected, if they want to dial out they simply dial the 10 digit phone number they want to reach and they are connected. One phone (considered the "main company phone") in the system has an interactive voice response menu that prompts anyone that calls it to dial 1 ,2 or 3 and then connected them to their desired extension. The main phone is also E911 capable, which is required for most office/small business and home phone systems in the USA.
Here is a link to a video that shows the whole process, you can watch the video and/or follow the steps below to setup your own PBX.
To give you a rough idea of what this will cost: I bought the three phones a total of $120 ($40 a piece), as far as service I have only used $8.50 in RingRoost's credits after 3 months of making and taking calls on my three line phone system.
STEP 1 - GET THE RIGHT VOIP PHONE(S)
To get started you will need to acquire a few VOIP phones (meaning they support SIP). I would recommend the Grandstream gxp1400 . It's a great phone and you should be able to find one for under 50 bucks. If you need a wireless phone (ie: where you want your phone setup is not near a ethernet line) then I would go with the Panasonic KXTGP500B04 (it's pricier, but all wireless phones are).STEP 2 - GET A PHONE NUMBER AND CREATE A NEW PHONE SYSTEM
After you have your phones you have gotten the hardest part out of the way. Now we just need to leverage RingRoost's drag and drop builder to set up our phone system. If you don't already have an account with them you can sign up here .After you signup you will need to get three phones number (or more or less depending on how many phones you want to setup). Buying a number is simple, in your RingRoost account under "Phone Numbers" click "Add Phone Number" and then search for your area code and select the number you want. Numbers are really cheap with RingRoost (under $1/mo for most numbers.) Here is example of buying numbers:
After you have your three numbers, go to your dashboard and add a new call system names "My office PBX", after adding it click "View/Edit" and you will be taken into the Phone system builder.
Adding a new phone system:
