Ask YC: Virtual Phone System for my Startup

by mishmax on 10/26/2008, 7:17 PM with 3 comments

I'm launching my company and need a virtual phone system. At the start, I just need a local # that people can call and leave voicemail on. I'd like the voicemail messages to forward to my email address.

Eventually I'll need more PBX type features like call forwarding, extensions, fax, toll-free, etc...

What do people here use?

There's a lot of options out there. GotVMail seems most professional, but there's also Innoport, Ringcentral, etc...so what does Hacker News recommend?

P.S. Bonus points for companies with local Canadian numbers.

  • by lpgauth on 10/26/2008, 7:47 PM

    You could just setup your own Asterix server and have all the features you can ever need...

  • by markessien on 10/26/2008, 8:09 PM

    Get Skype. There is voicemail, it's cheap and you can setup numbers in multiple countries.