[Asterisk-Users] Three (quick?) questions...

[Jay Milk]

1) A digium FXO card ($100) will do.  Works great for me, ymmv.  ~$100.
My system is running on a Celeron 2.7GGhz with 256 of RAM and the
processor never really blips.  I'd say a ~1 GHz would be plenty enough
for one or two channels.
2) $10 Walmart Special connected to a $100 Sipura SPA-2000.  The Sipura
gives you 2 FXS ports (=two extensions) bringing the cost of an analog
port to $50/each.  Any analog phone will do... I have two cordless, two
SWB "Freedom Phones" ($9.95, with caller-id) and a couple of Aastra 390s
(refurbed from ebay, $40ish) because of their excellent speakerphone.
3) Dunno, I do POTS and VOIP only.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken D'Ambrosio [mailto:ken at jots.org] 
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:33 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Cc: kend at xanoptix.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Three (quick?) questions...
> 
> 
> [Please excuse if this is a repeat; I initially tried to send 
> it from a different account, and it's been held up for a 
> couple of days awaiting moderation.]
> 
> 1) What's the absolute minimum required (hardware-wise) in 
> order to get one
>    in-bound POTS line into Asterisk, and then have IP phones "inside?"
>    [In other words, I obviously need a NIC -- but what would be the
>    bare-bones telco POTS interface?]
> 
> 2) What phones would be recommended for inexpensive (doesn't 
> even need LCD),
>    and yet functional?
> 
> 3) In order to share data and voice over a T1, does it have to be PRI?
>    [I've got a T1 I could probably play with, but I'd like to be sure
>    it'll... well, you know: work.]
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken D'Ambrosio
> Sr. SysAdmin,
> Xanoptix, Inc.
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