[Asterisk-Users] 8 lines - best approach

[Darren Martz]

Thanks Chris!!

Running copper does not seem logical to me either. The last time I checked
(Sept03), the cost of 8 lines in a T1 was almost double the cost of split
lines.

I have been considering NuFone, and have investigated it. We have also been
looking for a decent IP based business phone, but I'll post a separate
question for that :)

I have three businesses all with the same problem. A decent T1 price would
be the best, so I could centralize everything and only outsource the long
distance side.

I'm in Vancouver, BC Canada with the "Telus Inc" monopoly.
What range of prices do most American telco's charge for a T1??

The price (in C$) I was quoted was $450/m plus $27/m per voice channel with
zero features. Plus there was a $1200 setup fee.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Albertson" <chrisalbertson90278 at yahoo.com>
To: "Darren Martz" <darren at shelbrook.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 8:49 AM
Subject: Fwd: [Asterisk-Users] 8 lines - best approach




First get rid of those 8 analog lines.  then you'l have
two options:

1) Have the local phone company provide you with a T1 line
that you can plug directly into the Digium card.  After all
it seems silly for ther phone company to split out the lines
to 8 pairs runs 16 coppr wires only to have you re-combine
them.

2) Get 8 DID numbers from a VOIP provider like NuFone or
Iconnect and have all your incomming calls come in over
your Internet link.  Now yu've got zero hardawre, except for
the PC.

I suppose you would want local extensions...  Depending on
the numbr you might want a channel bank and anlog desk phones
or go with all IP Phones




--- Darren Martz <darren at shelbrook.com> wrote:
> From: "Darren Martz" <darren at shelbrook.com>
> To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] 8 lines - best approach
> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:30:42 -0800
>
> I have 8 lines coming into an existing PBX system and am looking for
> a cost
> effective way to replace the existing system with Asterisk. We need
> some of
> the features in Asterisk, including its ability to support remote
> offices
> (long distance savings).
>
> At first glance this appears to require a T100P card and a channel
> bank, but
> that seems rather expensive. My estimated price on that would be
> roughly
> $2600 for 8 lines given that system - perhaps my estimate is way
> off????
>
> Is there another way that is more cost effective?
>
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