[asterisk-biz] Large System

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Michael Welter wrote:

> I've promised myself that I would never go back to channel banks and
> analog phones.  Since that time, Digium have released the TDM2400P.  At
> over $100/port, this is $100K+ in TDM cards.  With ~40 cards, we're
> talking at least 10 servers.  The advantage is that the existing Cat3
> can be reused.  Should I consider analog?
> 
> I installed Cortelco phones (with Adtran 750s) in my last analog system,
> and the customer is *very* dissatisfied with the speakerphone quality
> (they expect Polycom quality in a $50 phone).  Can anyone recommend a
> inexpensive, single line analog speaker phone with CID display?
consider refurb ADSI phones (nortel aastra 390 etc). they could be had for 
about 50$.

-alex