Voice questions

I have a few questions:
1. If I have a US Lync deployment with Enterprise Voice that is using a SIP provider in another country. Are there any issues with 911 calls?
2. Can I setup extensions off a main number instead of direct numbers for everyone?
3. Right now there is a hunt group with two fax lines between two fax machines. What would be the best way to configure this in Lync? There are some analog ports available with the SIP.
Thanks in advance.

1. Yes, because that SIP provider probably won't support dialing 911 (for example if you used an EU provider a lot of those providers use 112 - and that would route to the local provider, which will also cause problems when people dial it, because a local
provider will be useless if you're in another country)
That's not to say you can't get around it, by using a local provider specifically for 911 calls. Also depending on legislation, you may need to also support E911, which I doubt the provider would support.
2. Yes you can. You would format their number something like +1xxxxxxxxxx;ext=yyyy (take a look here http://jasonmlee.com/archives/426)
3. I've tried this before with a SIP provider and had some issues. You could try getting an ATA and configuring your fax numbers as analog extensions within Lync, but in the past if I have had issues, I have just ported the fax numbers to a PSTN connection
and plugged the fax in.
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hie myself Paras from India
I am about to buy spice fire one that runs through firefox operating system. So my question is that can I make a voice call using skype through this device ?
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