[Asterisk-biz] DS3000P - 16 E1 capacity on single card (Are we there yet or temp solution)

[Christopher Bergström]

alex at pilosoft.com wrote:

>On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Christopher Bergström wrote:
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>>>MAX TNT + ser + asterisk.
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>>Please pardon my ignorance.. What's the interface to connect TNT +
>>Linux/box with *. (protocol/hardware) I do totally agree with putting
>>ser in the middle, but our goal will put us only trunking this out to
>>about 8 locations and those locations will actually handle the client
>>registrations..
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>SIP.
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>>What's the general thought on ZAP to IAX trunking? If we do figure out a
>>solution to get 4 quad E1 cards in a box will it perform?  Anyone with
>>real experience that can speak with working hardware combinations..
>>(Thank you to those who have given suggestions offlist)
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>Why use IAX?
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I'm a cheap bastard that doesn't want to pay 6k for g729 licenses and 
still wants low bandwidth.. What do you recommend that trunks well, 
quality and not 10$ per channel?