Greetings to Mitel Folk

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Hello Mitel Folks,

I stumbled into Mitel when I took over an existing phone setup for a 5000 PBX as an IT admin. I found after the initial learning curve that the equipment was well built and easy to use (thanks in part to this forum), and I was interested in setting up one for my own business. What would the recommended path and equipment be for someone that wants to serve a small office of 5 people and good old pots wiring. I wouldn't know where to start, and can't afford to become licensed or take any classes as a professional Mitel tech. I'm just interested in learning how to use this equipment, since I also admin some other IP lines, and I found the copper to be more reliable. If I could, I'd like to recommend / sell the Mitel copper equipment over anything that runs on UDP. But at the moment, VOIP is the easier / lower hanging fruit from my IT experience.

Any advice is appreciated.

[johnp]

For a small office as described, I would look at the Grandstream UCM6202 and run sip phones

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This is an IP PBX, something I wasn't familiar with. I'll have to do a bit of research, but this might be more future proof than a PBX. I see there are a few different kinds (of IP PBX), but if I can get one that is a true hybrid, then it will allow me flexibility and I can choose whether to use the SIP asterisk tech, and / or go with the existing cat3 wiring.

I will look into this, thanks.

[teknoloji]

Why Grandstream? Their softphone is not useful.
I'll suggest you look at 3CX and Yeastar solutions.

For a small office as described, I would look at the Grandstream UCM6202 and run sip phones

[johnp]

Why Grandstream? Their softphone is not useful.
I'll suggest you look at 3CX and Yeastar solutions.

I myself think it is a price point versus value received. I run a Grandstream in my house and find that for the money paid it handles what I need and that said should handle most customers requirements.

I don't think you need to run Grandstream's softphone, as I have run others on my system