[Asterisk-Users] 8 lines - best approach

[Kostur, Andre]

Hey neighbour!   I'll be posting on here what sort of experience we'll have
with 8 (actually 10) incoming FXO lines going to a Vegastream gateway...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Martz [mailto:darren at shelbrook.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 6:10 PM
> To: Chris Albertson; asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] 8 lines - best approach
> 
> 
> 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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