The Asterisk PBX system allows for many of the features found in the most common landline office telephone implementations, and offers several features available only on a software implementation.

• Voice Mail
• Conference Calls
• Operator Menus
• Call Distribution
• Call Transfers
• Dial Pad Scripts

A fully implement Asterisk PBX system allows users to access the network via software phones (also known as soft-phones), traditional analog phones (special converters needed), and digital telephones. All the VOIP solutions offer great call clarity when adequate bandwidth is available. This makes the solution very flexible and allows companies to use existing hardware. When companies combine this with an asterisk predictive dialer, the possibilities are endless.

Because the system is open source, there are tons of options available when it comes time to getting asterisk support.

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