[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk, PBX, VoIP and PRI

[Scott Laird]

On Jul 28, 2004, at 2:07 PM, Peter Svensson wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Chris Johnson wrote:
>
>> 1)       Convert one of our PRIs into a two way voice/data bundle.
>> 2)       Plug this PRI into a piece of equipment (AS5300?) which can
>> terminate both PPP, *AND* feed our Asterisk system.  We'd transfer our
>> POTS service over to the PRI and pick up the SIP signaling there.
>> 3)       In the extended model, use this setup to resell VoIP to our
>> business ISP clients.
>>
>> Has anyone out there done this?  If so, is the AS5300 the right 
>> choice?
>> What caveats will I face?
>
> Why not plug the PRI into a TE410P in the asterisk box and handle both 
> the
> ppp and the voice via asterisk?

He's (presumably) talking about PPP over a 56k modem, not PPP to a ISDN 
BRI.  Asterisk can't do an internal 56k modem, at least not yet.  I 
thought that someone said that you need the AS5350 to do combined voice 
and data, but I might be mistaken.  It's been years since I've dealt 
with dialup.


Scott