[asterisk-biz] What do you pay?

[Harry McGregor]

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 21:51 -0600, Dan Wright wrote:
> I am in the processes of designing an asterisk server for a friends
> company, and I am undecided as which setup to go with.
> He wants to start out with 5 incoming/outgoing lines with the option
> of growing to 10. I was thinking of just going with one of the new
> TDM2400 
> cards, or two TDM400P cards,  but am wondering if it wouldn't be
> better to go with a T1 card. They don't need a lot of bandwidth and
> could even
> split the T1 for use with data as well. What I really want to avoid is
> having to change the setup down the road. 

If you intend to grow to over 8 lines, I would suggest looking at the T1
options.  You could use a T1 card and a channel bank, but if you also
are looking for true commercial grade Internet bandwidth, I would look
at the combined voice/data T1 offerings.

> So my question is, what would you do?  If you would go with the T1
> line, what do you pay for a similar setup?  I understand that the cost
> varies
> per location, phone company, or reseller. I'm just trying to get a
> ballpark figure on what to expect. 

This is not possible to answer. PRI T1's (23 voice channels) can go from
$350ish to over $3000 per month.

I would suggest looking at a CLEC like Time Warner Telecom
(http://www.twtelecom.com).  They have an combined Voice/Data service
(VersiPak), that they do offer with a PRI output.

You could get 768K Data (CIR), 6 voice lines, and when voice lines are
not in use you can get another 384K of data.  I setup one consulting
customer (non-asterisk), with 768K CIR, and 12 voice lines on a PRI
output, bill is under $700/month.

> Any information or other ideas that you can provide would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,


			Harry
> Dan
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