[Asterisk-Users] number of simultaneous calls with E&M

[Kris Boutilier]

I'm not certain I understand your question, however: If you have one four
wire E&M trunk interface then you can only handle one call over it at a
time. E&M is a handshaking protocol, not a multiplexing protocol (such as
the protocols used by T1 circuits, which give 24 channels on one pair).

Hope that helps.

Kris Boutilier
Information Systems Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Regional District

-----Original Message-----
From: muhumuza brian [mailto:m_brian2001 at yahoo.com]
Sent: August 30, 2004 1:56 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] number of simultaneous calls with E&M


Hullo over there. i'm trying to link an asterisk box
with a legacy PBX system with a four wire trunk line.
the legacy PBX has 21 analog phones connected to it
and i would like to route calls to another site via
the asterisk box. i would like to use E&M signaling
over this line. my question is how many simultaneous
calls can you have over this line with E&M signaling.
is there a better way of doing this apart from  using T1?