[Asterisk-Users] What do I need to ask my T1 supplier?

[niles at atheos.net]

On Nov 3, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Scott Nelson wrote:

> My employer is switching to a new T1 supplier (it was AT&T, we are now  
> going
> with XO), and sometime in the future we want to replace our PBX with an
> Asterisk system.
>
> What do I need to know to make sure the T1 line is "provisioned" (is  
> that the
> right term?) correctly for a Digium T100P/TE410P/TE405P?
>
> They will split the T1 line into 10 channels of voice and 14 channels  
> of data.
> From what I understand, they will terminate the T1 into a channel  
> bank, and
> then from that give is 10 POTS phone jacks and one data port (to go to  
> an
> Adtran router for our Internet access).
>
> Any comments and/or suggestions?
>
> Scott
> _______________________________________________

Scott,

you can skip the channel bank & router, and use asterisk with a T100P to
serve your data & voice.  You can find all the info you need on the Wiki
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php? 
page=Asterisk%20Data%20Configuration

I use this setup for 11 voice channels and 256K of data from Nuvox.
Niles