VOIP - What is it called when you want 2 or more lines to ring on phone all through your house

[thespeakerbox]

We just moved into our apt and id like to use voip for our personal and business.

Heres what im looking to do

2 phones in office
1 fax in office
1 kitchen phone
1 bed room phone

I want each phone to show what line is ringing so i know whether to asnwer for business. A friend of mine told me to go voip but what exactly should i be looking for.

 

[TheGizmo]

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
We just moved into our apt and id like to use voip for our personal and business.

Heres what im looking to do

2 phones in office
1 fax in office
1 kitchen phone
1 bed room phone

I want each phone to show what line is ringing so i know whether to asnwer for business. A friend of mine told me to go voip but what exactly should i be looking for.

I have sunrocket, and with the phones they gave me for free, you can have different ring tones for different phone lines... thats how we distinguish one from the other.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

PBX was the acronym you were looking for.

 

[QED]

Yeah, PBX is the acronym you were looking for, but not the feature you are looking for.

Sunrocket and Packet8 offer a virtual-number feature, and like someone else mentioned, have the capability to do different rings based upon which number is being called.

 

[cherrytwist]

Originally posted by: TheGizmo

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
We just moved into our apt and id like to use voip for our personal and business.

Heres what im looking to do

2 phones in office
1 fax in office
1 kitchen phone
1 bed room phone

I want each phone to show what line is ringing so i know whether to asnwer for business. A friend of mine told me to go voip but what exactly should i be looking for.

I have sunrocket, and with the phones they gave me for free, you can have different ring tones for different phone lines... thats how we distinguish one from the other.

I just got the Sunrocket packet today, took less than 10 min to set up. Crystal clear, very happy I made the switch from cable phone service.

Got the 15 months for $199. No free phones but meh, I'm satisfied.

It's nice because I have friends and family back home to take advantage of the free "other" phone number with an area code in their location.

:thumbsup:

 

[Pepsi90919]

it's called distinctive ring

 

[InlineFour]

Sunrocket international calls weren't that great, so we switched back to Qwest.