Private communications network including connected public communications devices and method of operation thereof

A virtual private communications network (VPCN) comprising:

• a communications server;
• a web server connected to said communications server and the Internet;
• a plurality of digital telephones connected to said communications server;
• at least one communications trunk connecting said communications server to a public telephone network;
• a plurality of remotely connected web enabled devices communicating with said communications server, said remotely connected devices each acting as a locally connected digital telephone;
• and
• a remote telephone located in the vicinity of each of said remotely connected web enabled devices, telephonic communications being provided to said digital telephones from remote telephones in cooperation with said communications server and controlled by said remotely connected web enabled devices.